Burlington Able Sail provides sailing opportunities and instruction for individuals with a physical or cognitive disability to enhance their quality of life and promote the integration of sailors with disabilities with able-bodied sailors. We're open to any person aged 7 and up with a physical or cognitive disability. We are well equipped to give people who have suffered from stroke or trauma or d
ebilitating diseases such as MS an unforgettable experience. Our team is well-educated and we have adapted boats as well as custom equipment to transfer participants from wheelchairs into sailing boats. Our program focuses on the Martin 16 sailboat, which is equipped to cater to physically/cognitively challenged people of all ages. The boats are extremely stable and can be sailed with either a companion instructor in the stern seat or solo by individual sailors who have attained enough experience to “go it alone”. It is a keelboat design, easy to maintain and stable in all conditions, equipped to cater to physically/cognitively challenged people of all ages. The Martin 16, designed with disable sailors in mind, is famous for being “un-tippable and unsinkable”. The boats are extremely stable and can be sailed with either a companion instructor in the stern seat or solo by individual sailors who have attained enough experience to go it alone. These boats are very competitive, so sailors who want to advance their skills from casual day sailing to racing are taught the fundamental of sailboat racing under the tutorship of our trained CYA
instructors. Burlington Able Sail operates in partnership with LaSalle Park Community Marina and Burlington Sailing and Boating Club, with support from Volunteers, Summer Jobs Canada, Rotary, and many others. Burlington Able Sail is dependent upon financial support from the community, including Corporate, Service Clubs, and individual donors. To make a donation to this program please send an Interac e-Transfer to [email protected] (if e-transfer doesn't work for you, then you can also send a cheque payable to "Burlington Able Sail" and mail it to our Treasurer Phil Taylor, 10 Cameron Ave. S., Hamilton, ON L8K 2W8). A charitable tax receipt will be issued for all monetary donations to the program. Burlington Able Sail is associated with the Ontario Sailing Association, Sail Canada, and the Able Sail Network, providing sailing opportunities for people with disabilities at the national level. The program is made possible by our Supporters:
Burlington Sailing & Boating Club
La Salle Park Marina Association
Rotary International
Ontario Sailing Association
Ontario Trillium Foundation
and generous donations by our Sponsors:
Burlington Rotary Club
Eagle Press Printers
RBC
The Retired Teachers Association Halton District 15
