A national charity with 70 clubs throughout Australia, Sailability gets both new and old sailors with a range of disabilities back on deck, often rekindling a love of the water.
The club takes people of all disabilities out on the water, giving them the chance to enjoy boating.abc.net.au/news/sailability-brings-smiles-freedom-for-people-with-disabilities/102834738Jason East sits behind the steering wheel of a pontoon boat with nothing but the gentle breeze off the water and the passing sailboats to distract him."We're all equal on the water and there's a real freedom in that.
But that idyllic lifestyle was up-ended 14 years ago after a motor vehicle crash left him using a wheelchair. It took 12 months in hospital and three years of depression before he was ready to come to terms with his injuries. "I love sharing my passion [for sailing] and taking others out on the water and watching them smile," he says.
"On the day of my accident I had been coming down the water slide and a boy was climbing up at the same time and we collided," Ms Crellin said. Ms Crellin has now started taking her grandkids out with her some days, hoping to pass on her love of sailing.Jenny loves sharing her love of sailing with granddaughter Zoe.Geoff Grace, the president of Queensland Sailability and volunteer with Brisbane's Bayside Club, says each state has its own organisation but all operate with similar programs."We take out school kids as young as eight, all the way up to people in their 90s living in nursing homes," Mr Grace says.
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