Martin16 at IFDS World Championship 2004
Uploaded on Jan 13, 2012Hosted by St. Petersberg Yacht Club, Florida
IFDS: International Federation of Disabled Sailing
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Challenged America 2013 - Martin 16
Published on Mar 19, 2013My name is Urban Miyares and we're in San Diego, CA with Challenged America.
Challenged America was started informally by two veterans from the Vietnam era, Bob Hettiger, a paraplegic, and Don Hyslop, a quadriplegic. They went out and bought a little 21-footer and taught themselves how to sail. They started inviting other veterans and others with disabilities to go sailing with them.
When I went into the military, and of course came out as a disabled Vietnam veteran, not being able to see, and having hearing problems, having spinal cord injuries, and a whole number of medical issues, I never though I'd sail again.
First day I was out, all of the sudden I remembered what to do, instinctively, and the old thoughts of how to sail when I could see and all kicked in. And before you know it, we were racing.
That's basically how Challenged America started. We just wanted to direct our own rehabilitation and activity.
So it's quite a unique program. A person who just comes back from combat and has a severe disability, whether it's physical or psychological, could go into a two-person sailboat and learn how to sail, and your companion sailor is another combat-disabled vet.
When you become injured or disabled, you often have a programmed way that they put you through in rehabilitation, sports, or recreation. They tell what you can do and what you can't do -- and sometimes we like to push that envelope.
Head injury, stroke, traumatic brain injury -- people don't think they are capable of getting into activities right away and we're getting them in there. Sailing is probably the only sport I know of where those of us with disabilities could be in a race with, as an example, some of the top sailors in the world, and win.
We didn't realize how many people with disabilities, veterans, adults, kids, all wanted to go sailing. Not just go sailing and learn how to sail, but go beyond that. They wanted to go off shore. They wanted to race.
We cannot meet the demand by the disabled who want to go sailing. We have more requests than we can accommodate, mainly due to financial reasons. We could do anywhere from 500 people in one year to more than a thousand people in a year. Challenged America and the whole charity is a volunteer-driven organization. For every dollar someone gives us, 99 cents of that dollar goes right into the program. No salaries and all that to pay. Our main fundraising source is boat donations where we get people who donate boats to us.
Sailing, you can be with your family members. My kids come sailing with us, and I've had my grand-kids come sailing with us. They can all be part of the rehabilitation and this is so critical. Where else could a parent with a three-and-a-half-year-old child with spina bifida take them sailing? Or another young person five years of age who's totally blind? Our most recent vets coming back from Iraq and Afghanistan, wounded warriors, where can they go sailing and not just for a ride? Who's going to take them out? We do that.
Like I tell the veterans, our job is not over because we served. We still have an obligation to this country. That's what a lot of people don't realize. We are not just a sailing organization, teaching people how to sail. We are a therapeutic program with the goal to help them be active again in life, in their community, and contribute back to society.
Challenged America is primarily the disabled directing their own rehabilitation. We're just taking it to another level and that's what Challenged America is all about.
Hopefully, people will come on board and help sponsor the team Challenged America crew and help support the Challenged America Program. Regardless of where they live, there is a way to support Challenged America.
Call us today at (619) 523-9318, email Ahoy@ChallengedAmerica.org, and visit www.ChallengedAmerica.org.
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Mobility Cup 2010 - Sailing for People With Disabilities
Uploaded on Mar 8, 2011A TV news report on the 2010 Mobility Cup, a regatta for sailors with disabilities. Believe it or not, sailing is a highly accessible sport for people with disabilities; an active, involved pastime. High-level quadriplegics participate, thanks to innovative technology including the mouth-operated sip 'n' puff system. For more about adaptive sailing, see the website www.disabledsailingbc.org; for more about the Mobility Cup, see www.mobilitycup.org.
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Vancouver's Disabled Sailing Association
Uploaded on Oct 6, 2011This documentary shows how adaptive sailing came to Canada, and why it has spread since. Sailing is a completely accessible sport for people with disabilities - high-level quadriplegics sail solo, thanks to innovative technology including the mouth-operated sip 'n' puff system featured here. For more info see www.disabledsailingbc.org.
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Mobility Cup Regatta - Sailing for People with Disabilities
Uploaded on Sep 3, 2009Mobility Cup is Canada's international regatta for sailors with disabilities. This footage is from the 2006 event, held in Vancouver, BC - which again hosts the regatta Sept. 13 - 17, 2010. (Info: www.mobilitycup2010.org.) Sailing allows people with disabilities to enjoy complete independence and freedom, whether as a recreational activity or a competitive high performance endeavor, thanks to assistive technology. It is now one of the fastest-growing sports for people with disabilities.
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Sailing for People With Disabilities
Uploaded on Jul 21, 2009Sailing for people with disabilities, shot in Vancouver, BC. This footage is from the 2006 Mobility Cup regatta, and features the adaptive Martin 16 sloop.
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2013 Mobility Cup Halifax by Jennie Bovard
Published on Sep 26, 2013Nicknamed the 'Regatta of Possibilities' the Mobility Cup is more about freedom on the water than competition. AMI's Jennie Bovard explores the world of disabled sailing and the incredible benefits it has for participants.
Making accessible media for all Canadians. For more information please visit AMI.ca.
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GBSC Accessible Sailing Martin 16 at Galway Sea Festival 2013
Published on Jul 2, 2013It's always fun to sail out of Galway Docks, never mind parading right up to Spanish Arch. With a brand new Martin 16 and nine sailors raring to get out, Sea Festival 2013 was always going to be a special event.
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Challenged America's Martin 16 Sailboat for Sailors With Disabilities
Uploaded on Aug 19, 2010The Challenged America program is dedicated to introduce sailing as a therapeutic and rehabilitative enhancing activity to individuals with disabilities, their loved ones, and professionals in healthcare and rehabilitation.
Challenged America is a charitable program designed by individuals with disabilities for others with disabilities. Dedicated to advance the rehabilitation and enhance a person's physical and psychological well-being, Challenged America promotes and increases successful mainstream outcomes by program participants.
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Using a Hoyer Lift to Hoist a Participant in Our Martin 16
Uploaded on Mar 1, 2011Getting from a wheel chair into a boat may seem surmountable for most. At Challenged America, the docks are accessible and our lifts allow individuals with mobility disabilities to slide into our Martin 16 and experience the joys of sailing.
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Challenged America Martin 16 Regatta
Uploaded on May 16, 2010Challenged America Martin 16 Sailing
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Disabled Sailing in Alberta with Martin-16
Uploaded on Aug 25, 2011
The Canadian Paraplegic Association in Calgary, Alberta hosts a annual peer event for their clients called disabled sailing. This event featured a beautiful day of sailing and a barbeque lunch. If you would like to see more of our videos you can view them at our website: http://www.cpa-ab.org
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