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Lake Champlain Community Sailing Center Burlington, Vermont Community Boating Boston Located in the downtown Boston area on the Esplande between the Hatch Memorial Shell and the Longfellow Bridge.
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Shake-A-Leg Miami, Fl.
  The Adaptive Adventure Sports Coalition 833 Eastwind Drive Westerville, Oh 43081 The Adaptive Sailing program was officially launched on July 23, 2000. TAASC uses a 25' Catalina for this program.  TAASC
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Clearwater, Fl.
Jacksonville, Fl.

New Jersey

The Y Knot Sailing Association on Lake George in upstate New York
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San Francisco
Sailing Alternatives.org
Sailing Alternatives Tampa Bay Florida
The Erie Adaptive Sailing Experience (EASE) uses two Access 303 Dinghies and US SAILING certified instruction to provide physically disabled participants to learn and enjoy the sport of sailing on beautiful Presque Isle Bay in Erie, PA
JIm Stewart eriesailing@hotmail.com
814-456-4077
Blind Sailing International is now at: www.blindsailing.org

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Blind Sailing New Zealand is: www.sailingblind.org.nz

Sail Connecticut Access Program - provides Sail Connecticut Access Programpersons with disabilities the opportunity to enjoy sailing - not only as passengers, but as skippers - and to encourage persons with and without disabilities to share the experience. SCAP offers sail outings, learn-to-sail instruction, information on the ecology of Long Island Sound, and racing with Duck Island YC. Contact us: 203-294-1524 or SCAPsail@aol.com http://www.sailctaccess.org/
New England
Competitive Sailing Center
Stamford, Ct
 

Piers Park Boston, Ma
Chesapeake Region Accessible Boating maintains a fleet of 20' Freedom Independence sloops. "SAILING FOR PEACE" is a domestic program run in our home city of Portland, Maine.  We teach self-reliance, self-confidence and more to at-risk youth and challenged individuals through sailing.
Accessible sailing from the Ontario Sailing Association
Downtown Sailing Center at the Baltimore Museum Of Industry

The DSC is a non-profit volunteer-run sailing organization with about 550 members located in the Inner Harbor in Baltimore, Maryland.

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Hampton Roads Community Sailing Center, Inc.
P.O. Box 131
Hampton, VA 23669
757-651-4273
email: David Coffield, Director 

Treasure Island Sailing Center

San Francisco, Ca.
 

Jenny Barba (415) 771-2597 jenny_barba@yahoo.com , coordinator for the Treasure Island Sailing Center Adaptive Sailing Program and the TISC Adaptive Sailing Team.


Stride Sail Program Lake George, New York

South Atlantic Yacht Racing Association
Sailors with Special Needs Program
http://www.sayra-sailing.org/pages/swsn.htm
MISSION BAY AQUATIC CENTER
http://www.mbac.nu/adaptive.htm Santa Clara Point, San Diego, CA

Courage Duluth of Northeastern Minnesota offers weekly recreational sailing experiences to individuals or families of people who have a physical disability or vision loss. Programs are a collaboration with Duluth Community Sailing Association and are offered in the St. Louis Bay-Duluth Superior Harbor on Western Lake Superior. We use Norlin Mark 3's, Sea Clipper 3's and Solings. For more information please contact Eric Larson who's the program coordinator 218 726-4762 or couraged@computerpro.com 

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Judd Goldman Adaptive Sailing Program Chicago, IL.
The Judd Goldman Adaptive Sailing Program (JGASP) includes classroom and on-water instruction for the physically disabled. JGASP is a public/private partnership with the Chicago Park District whereby the Foundation raises funds for instructor salaries, boats and maintenance costs while the Park District operates the Program on a day-to-day basis.

 
 

The Duxbury Bay Maritime School offers a full adaptive sailingprogram. Aboard our converted O'Day 23, we offer full tunk support, on our Martin 16 fleet we offer the freedom of joystick independent sailing, and on our stable Flying Scot and Marshal 15 Cat boat we provide Learn to sail instruction. www.duxbayms.com
PO Box 263A, Duxbury, MA. 02331 781-934-7555, Fax 781-934-7799

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WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE SAILING YACHTS Conifer Grove Gosport Hampshire PO13 OTP United Kingdom

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The Washington State Sailing Chapter of DS/USA

Accessible Sailing Adventures (ASA) is a non-profit organization which provides wheelchair accessible tall ship sailing adventures to wheelchair mobile children, their families, and caretakers.

http://accessiblesailing.info/

Accessible sailing on Lake Coeur d?Alene Idaho. Access Dinghies, Hobie 16 Trapseats, Reynolds 33, & Raider 16?s

http://www.sail-s.com/

Freedom Waters Foundation

Freedom Waters Foundation

 

Debra Frenkel, the Executive Director and Founder of FWF has been involved in the development and management of these types of programs since 1999: all-inclusive sailing programs; yacht outings for those with cancer and other special needs; and a variety of other large, marine related special events.