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UCP’s Sports and Leisure Channel is designed for people with disabilities who are interested in sports and other leisure activities and proposes creative ideas for inclusive community recreation programs, including outdoor adventure activities for people with disabilities.

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Sports & Leisure

Recreation & Leisure

Wheelchair Accessible Sailing Tours

Winthrop, ME, September 1, 2002 – The tall-ship RawFaith sailed by the rocky fir-tree populated island. The wide-eyed boy in the wheelchair at the helm concentrated on holding the course against a strong south wind.

Accessible Sailing Adventures, a non-profit organization, will make such scenes a reality starting this fall with the October 6 launching of a 15th century-styled galleon, RawFaith. The first guests will sail from Bar Harbor on November 1st, according to Captain George McKay. Tours will be available in November.

ASA is on on a special mission to provide an educational and therapeutic experience for children with special physical needs and their families through hands-on sailing of a tall ship. The mission began as a family project and dream three years ago.

ASA now announces a series of dramatic and fulfilling events of great interest to all those confined to wheelchairs but with desire to embark on an exciting tall-ship sailing adventure. For more information, please see the ASA Web site. The site provides a list of scheduled events in October and November. The site also features a mission statement, sign-up lists for construction volunteers, launch helpers, photo galleries of RawFaith construction and a history of the non-profit organization ASA.

To register by phone as a construction or launch volunteer, or as a sailing adventurer, contact Liz McKay at (207) 483-2080 or Priscilla Jenkins at (207) 377-9011.