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08/23/07 Nominations are open for the Gay S. Lynn Memorial Trophy. Click here to nominate a person or organization who has made a major contribution to disabled sailors and the sport of sailing for person with disabilities.
08/23/07 2007 Independence Cup and North American Challenge Cup results: Sonar and 2.4 m, Freedom.
08/23/07 170 competitors from 30 countries are getting ready for the Disabled Worlds. Check out a news clip from July.
08/23/07 Check out the sailing program at Rise Adventures in Dallas Texas. They are adapting 4 J-24s.
07/08/07 Access Worlds is August 30 - September 5 in Whitby, Ontario. Notice of Race & Entry Form
06/04/07 Shake-A-Leg Miami is featured in the June 4, 2007 issue of People Magazine
06/04/07 The Notice of Race, including on-line registration, for the 2007 C. Thomas Claggett Jr. Memorial Regatta (Aug. 26 - 30) is now available.
06/04/07 The Notice of Race for the USA Paralympic Team Trials - Sailing is now available.
05/08/07 Dates for the Mobility Cup are August 27-31st in Nova Scotia. Notice of Race and On-line Registration are available.
05/08/07 Dates for the 2007 Thomas C. Clagett Jr. Clinic and Regatta are August 26 - 30 in Newport RI. This will be a major warm up for the 2007 IFDS Worlds.
03/18/07 The Notice of Race for the Independence Cup is now posted. Dates are August 3 - 6. Classes are Freedom 20, Sonar and 2.4mR.
03/09/07 The Council for Sailors with Disabilities will meet at the St. Petersburg YC at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday March 22. Observers are welcome.
03/09/07 The 2007 IFDS Worlds website is now available as well as the Notice of Race.
02/26/07 Access Dinghy Nationals are May 24 - 28, 2007 in San Francisco. Notice of Race is available.
02/12/07 The Notice of Race for the USA 2.4mR Nationals is posted.
02/12/07 Mark your calendars for the US SAILING AGM in Phoenix AZ. Dates are October 24-28, 2007.
02/12/07 The Notice of Race for the 2007 Sonar Worlds in Marblehead MA is posted.
01/31/07 Rolex Miami OCR results.
01/31/07 The NoR for the 2.4mR Worlds is posted.
01/07/07 Dates for the 2007 Thomas C. Clagett Jr. Clinic and Regatta are August 26 - 30 in Newport RI. This will be a major warm up for the 2007 IFDS Worlds.
01/07/07 Important news about the 2007 IFDS Worlds in Rochester.
01/05/07 Happy New Year. Start planning your 2007 sailing schedule.
01/02/07 Register here for the Rolex Miami OCR. You can also check the entry list.
12/21/06 Congratulations to Ricky Doerr for being named Paralympian of the Year by US SAILING
11/01/06g events.
10/27/06 The Sailors with Special Needs Committee will meet at the US SAILING AGM in Newport RI on November 17, 2006 at 2:00 p.m. Join us if you can. more
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10/26/06 The 2007 Alex Caviglia Bluewater Classic Regatta,will be held from Friday, January 12 to Sunday, January 14, 2007 in Coconut Grove, Florida. If you are bringing your Sonar south, or across the ocean, for the Rolex Miami OCR (Jan 21 - 27) this would be a great warm up event. Website
10/20/06 Olympic and Paralympic sailors from more than 20 nations took to the water October 12-15 for the inaugural Skandia RYA Sail for Gold Regatta (13-15 October) at the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy. more
10/18/06 The USA-Florida team Best in the World in B3 Class. Visually impaired skipper J.P. Creignou (St. Petersburg) and crew Jan Bartleson (Miami), sailing with sighted guides Colin Park (St. Petersburg) and Patty Forrestel (Miami), have won the B3 division at the 2006 IFDS Blind Sailing World Championships Read more...
10/15/06 Light winds, strong winds, warm, cold heavy current, light current, the Pretrials Regatta in Newport gave sailors a thorough test. Tom Brown dominated the 2.4mR fleet with 5 wins out of 7 races. Mark Lewis and Maureen McKinnon-Tucker win the SKUD division, and Rick Doerr, Timothy Angle and Bill Donahue dominate the Sonar course with 6 wins out of 7 races. morehe 2006 Blind Worlds. video
9/26/06 Team Florida Leads the Blind Worlds J-22 Fleet. JP Creignou, 2004 Paralympian is among the crew who has stretched out with a strong lead after 4 days of racing. Regatta Website more info about blind sailing. here
9/20/06 U.S. Disabled Sailing Team member Rick Doerr wins the (open) Sonar Long Island Sound Championship. Click for report and results.
9/15/06 Mobility Cup 2006 was hosted by the Disabled Sailing Association of B.C. and the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club. It saw 42 sailors enjoying five days of racing on English Bay using the Martin 16. Read More
8/28/2006 Portsmouth, R.I. (August 28, 2006) ? US SAILING, the national governing body of the sport, has named the top three SKUD-18 teams to the 2006 US Disabled Sailing Team (USDST) in the two- person class. The athletes qualified based on their results at the C. Thomas Clagett Jr. Memorial Regatta, held August 17-20 in Newport , R.I. more
8/23/06 Read more about the Clagett Regatta in SWSN's "News from the Docks" section
8/20/06 Skud's in The US! Read report on Sailing Anarchy. click here
8/4/06 Karen Mitchell (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) sailing this year with Michael Grimm (Miami Beach, Fla) has won her fourth consecutive U.S. Independence Cup/ North American Challenge Cup. Roger Cleworth (Lithia, Fla.) wins the 2.4 m division in a tie breaker. more
7/29/06 Read about Kerry Gruscon's expedition to the 2006 Skandia Cowes Week Regatta in the New York Times
7/25/06 Click here for the Notice of Race for the 2006 Americas Regatta (Sonar Appendix B, 2.4mR, SKUD-18, Martin 16) in St. Petersburg, Florida.
6/27/06 Here is a great review of the 2006 2.4mR Nationals regatta by Len Bose who accompanied Nick Scandone to the regatta.
6/25/06 Read a great interview of Jen French on rollingpix.blogspot.com
6/19/06 Karen Mitchell voted as US SAILING'S Sailor of the week. Read the details here.
6/15/06 Jackie Kay has been recognized by the Australian Government for her work to make sailing accessible for all. Click for more.
6/01/06 I met Judy Hoit in the Tampa airport and we started talking. She is the Chair of Miss Wheelchair America, among other things, and has invented a useful lifting sling. It may work as well (but cheaper) or better than a Hoyer Lift. -Hugh Elliot http://www.myaccnow.info
5/19/06 "Special Living" Magazine article at www.SpeciaLiving.com Read the latest story on "Challenged America" in "Special Living" Magazine, with Kevin Wixom on the cover. Click onto the link above and look for "Anchors Away" on the right side of "Special Living "
Magazine's home page to read the complete story.
3/13/06 View a great video of Betsy Allison getting interviewed by Boating Today TV here This is an exceptional video on the sport of disabled sailing. An excellent link to mail to a friend.
3/10/06 The International Paralympic Committee is proud to introduce the new global internet television channel http://www.paralympicsports.tv/ where you can watch all your favorite Paralympic sport.