August 04, 2008
Sailability in India
Today's goal: Help spread Sailability while I'm here in India.
Sailing Venue:
Various
84 Rd3 Banjara Hiills Hyderabad
Contact details:
Name: Dipak Pradipak
Position: President Elect
Email: pradipak@hotmail.com
Phone: 914023355522
Fax: 914023355533
Mobile: 9490163957
84, Road No. 3, Banjara Hills
Hyderabad Andhra Pradesh 500034
India
Website: http://www.sailability.org/admin/index.cfm
Sailability World Inc. operates in numerous countries throughout the world, through activities at 350 local Sailability clubs. Sailability is a "not for profit", volunteer-based organisation which, through the activity of sailing, enriches the lives of people with any type of disability, the elderly, the financially and socially disadvantaged.Posted by rollingrains at August 4, 2008 01:24 AMUnder various names, Sailability operates in Australia, France, Greece, Great Britain, Hungary, India, Japan, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Portugal, Singapore, Timor Leste and USA with new national Sailability organisations currently being established in all parts of the world.
Sailability originated in Great Britain. In the 1980's the Royal Yachting Association formed the Seamanship Foundation, while at the same time a number of individual Sailability groups had formed the embryo of a national organisation for disabled sailors. As a result RYA Sailability was formed. Today the organisation is the leading national charity for disabled sailing in the UK with over 15,000 sailors benefiting from its activities. RYA Sailability is considered to be the most active sailing organisation for people with disabilities in the world, there being 200 clubs in the UK.
In 1991 Sailability was introduced to Australia, where there are currently over fifty groups covering every State and Territory, catering to a population of 20 million. Since then, an eager group of Sailability volunteers have successfully taken Sailability around the world.
Sailability activities cover a broad spectrum, ranging from recreation, therapeutic and competitive activities, from grass-root, entry level through to elite World Championships and Paralympic training.