Sailing is an ideal sport for people with physical or visual disabilities because it is more of a mental sport with physical interactions than a purely physical sport.

Sailing allows the disabled population to interact in a natural way with able-bodied individuals. Adaptation equipment compensates for physical disabilities, allowing participation on an equal basis with able-bodied sailors.

Sailors with disabilities gain skills to cruise around the bay and/or compete on an international level. Sailing is one of the few sports where people with disabilities can win open events against able-bodied competitors!

Sailing develops societal skills such as leadership, teamwork and self-reliance.  Racing sailboats requires knowledge of the elements, and strategy, tactics and racing rules are other important components needed to master the sport.

Sailing is a great sport for veterans! It provides the opportunity for camaraderie and teamwork experienced while serving in the military. Therapy administered by nature…..What could be better than that?

Our program is designed to progress participants up a pyramid of development. No prior sailing skills are required. It is the choice of the participant as to how far they would like to move up the level of development. We offer weekly sailing throughout the year. There is an opportunity to attain US Sailing’s Basic Keelboat certification and move on to graduate from our Performance and Spinnaker Endorsement course.

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ENDURE THE SUCK by Isaac Mead-Long, the award-winning Short Documentary at the 37th Miami Film Festival in 2020. It tells the story of two disabled military veterans, Danny and Frances, who goes sailing with Team Paradise on Biscayne Bay, Miami. Watch the trailer version and see how their life doesn’t “suck”! Instead, it is beautiful!

The long version of the story (about 15-minutes) is available on Vimeo. Open a Vimeo account in order to watch.