Click HERE to watch a -=quadriplegic=- going for a sail!!!
That is the coolest thing I've ever seen!
Sunday, August 14, 2011
THERE ARE (apparently) NO LIMITS: quadriplegic sailing
Sakes alive this is cool!!! The backstory is that I signed up long ago for emails from disability.gov. I got one about 3 months ago, and finally had time to read it since I'm on my last day of summer break. This email discussed wheelchair bowling and the American Wheelchair Bowling Association. Whoa. Wheelchair bowling's pretty doggone cool, but what caught my attention was this sentence: "Challenged America is an adaptive-sailing rehabilitation program for kids and adults with disabilities." While I sail fine without adaptations and I've worked incredibly hard to make it so, I was very intrigued-- I mean, bowling, you can't get hurt (badly); sailing, you need to have your game face on. Folks who are very physically disabled-- sailing? How the heck??? Dad looked into it and found that it's a special kind of sailboat, a Martin 16, which has no tiller. Um, you kind of need that. How the heck do you steer a boat with no steering wheel? WHOA!!! COOL! You put a nozzle in your mouth, and use that to steer! Just gotta remember, "sip to starboard, puff to port"! (starboard = right, port = left; I'll get all you landlubbers properly educated one of these days...)
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My pirate name is:
Captain Jack Kidd
Even though there's no legal rank on a pirate ship, everyone recognizes you're the one in charge. Even though you're not always the traditional swaggering gallant, your steadiness and planning make you a fine, reliable pirate. Arr!
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