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Sailors with a disability or long term illness can still enjoy a variety of dinghies and keelboats. Disabilities can be physical, affecting limbs, mobility, or blindness. Or there is a mental side, including autism, learning difficulties and mental effects in cancer survivors or military veterans. Sailing is possible for all these groups, often competitively, and is known to help people tremendously.

Show news World Sailing Inclusion Championships 2026 overall
Golden double and dramatic final race showdown
Posted on 10 Oct World Sailing Inclusion Championships 2026 Day 5
The joy of the fight: Cichocki chases golden double in Portimão
Posted on 9 Oct World Sailing Inclusion Championships 2026 Day 4
'Mashing up' the glass ceiling
Posted on 8 Oct World Sailing Inclusion Championships 2026 Day 3
From world records to race wins: Coxon shines in Portimão
Posted on 8 Oct World Sailing Inclusion Championships 2026 Day 2
New nations, new milestones and a need for speed in Portimão
Posted on 6 Oct World Sailing Inclusion Championships 2026 Day 1
Fjelddahl finds the right formula as racing gets under way
Posted on 5 Oct Record fleet at Inclusion Championships 2026
222 athletes from 40 nations set for World Sailing's event in Portimão, Portugal
Posted on 4 Oct Sea4All will be participating in the Barcolana
Inclusive sailing for all in Trieste, regardless of physical, mental, and economic barriers
Posted on 4 Oct Wetwheels aims high with £250k fundraising target
The sea should be for everyone
Posted on 3 Oct World Sailing Inclusion Championships preview
Bringing together around 230 sailors from 40 countries in Portimão next week
Posted on 29 Sep Barrier-Free Seas in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia
From Sailing Trips to the 2026 Barcolana with Sea4All-Tiliaventum
Posted on 19 Sep World Sailing Inclusion Championships returns
More than 200 athletes from over 40 nations have registered to compete
Posted on 10 Sep Challenger open meeting at Rutland
A three point winning margin belies the tightness of the racing
Posted on 12 Aug Challenger Travellers at Loch Venachar
Who has right of way when a flying boat lands?
Posted on 8 Aug UK Open Challenger Championship at Weymouth
Part of the Inclusive Games in conjunction with RYA Sailability
Posted on 22 Jul Sailability NSW celebrates 30 years
Running 'Freedom on the Water' and a pathway to competitive sailing
Posted on 22 Jul More magic for thousands of young cancer survivors
Dame Ellen MacArthur's charity launches new boat
Posted on 20 Jul Stride Forward charity in Round the Island Race
"We're not talking about our injuries. We're just people going for a sail."
Posted on 16 Jul Disability Awareness Day on the River Dart
Sailors demonstrate the Easy Access Pontoon and hoist at Dartmouth
Posted on 15 Jul Stride Forward charity to compete for first time
Sailors with serious physical trauma leading to disability prepare for Round the Island Race
Posted on 9 Jul Barrier free sea, sport and much more
In the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, Italy
Posted on 28 Jun Accessible sailing event in Mallorca starts soon
18th edition of Alex, Rumbo a Ti
Posted on 23 Jun Hansa UK Travellers at Whitefriars
30 competitors braved challenging conditions for 4th TT of the year
Posted on 19 Jun CRAB's Don Backe Memorial Regatta
"The most important aspect of this regatta is the competitors and seeing them compete"
Posted on 16 Jun Caribbean Inclusive Sailing Championship preview
Antigua to host week-long training and regatta for sailors of all abilities
Posted on 14 Jun Scottish Open Challenger Championship at Prestwick
A new venue for the class, and on the sea too!
Posted on 4 Jun CRAB Spring Recovering Warrior Sailing Regatta
A great event hosted by Chesapeake Region Accessible Boating
Posted on 22 May Grand opening during Open Day at Solway YC
"The best disabled facility of any club I've visited in Scotland"
Posted on 18 May Shirley Ryan AbilityLab Receives $5 Million Gift
From Judd Goldman Adaptive Sailing Foundation
Posted on 13 May Largest Program Grant in CRAB's History
Received from Phillips Charitable Foundation, Inc.
Posted on 9 May
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Opening ceremony of the World Sailing Inclusion Championships
© Gonçalo Melo Reis World Sailing President Quanhai Li - Opening ceremony of the World Sailing Inclusion Championships
© Gonçalo Melo Reis Barcolana Event 2026 by Sea4All
© Tiliaventum Càpita, the accessible daysailer
© Tiliaventum Inclusive team onboard Càpita
© Tiliaventum Càpita on board
© Tiliaventum Sea4All by Tiliaventum at Barcolana 2025
© Tiliaventum Barrier-Free Seas in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia Region (Northeastern Italy)
© Tiliaventum Barrier-Free Seas in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia Region (Northeastern Italy)
© Tiliaventum Barrier-Free Seas in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia Region (Northeastern Italy)
© Tiliaventum Barrier-Free Seas in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia Region (Northeastern Italy)
© Tiliaventum Barrier-Free Seas in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia Region (Northeastern Italy)
© Tiliaventum Barrier-Free Seas in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia Region (Northeastern Italy)
© Tiliaventum Peter PAN is the new specially adapted yacht launched by Dame Ellen MacArthur's cancer charity
© Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust Peter PAN is the new specially adapted yacht launched by Dame Ellen MacArthur's cancer charity, seen here with Frank Fletcher
© Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust Peter PAN is the new specially adapted yacht launched by Dame Ellen MacArthur's cancer charity, thanks to Peter Norrie
© Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust From recovery to racing Round the Island - these sailors benefit from Stride Forward charity's help
© Matt Dickens From recovery to racing Round the Island - these sailors benefit from Stride Forward charity's help
© Matt Dickens From recovery to racing Round the Island - these sailors benefit from Stride Forward charity's help
© Matt Dickens From recovery to racing Round the Island - these sailors benefit from Stride Forward charity's help
© Matt Dickens From recovery to racing Round the Island - these sailors benefit from Stride Forward charity's help
© Matt Dickens From recovery to racing Round the Island - these sailors benefit from Stride Forward charity's help
© Matt Dickens From recovery to racing Round the Island - these sailors benefit from Stride Forward charity's help
© Matt Dickens Charlie Hindley rows in a Dart Gig Club gig for the first time - Disability Awareness Day in Dartmouth
© Dart Harbour & Navigation Authority Hoisting a wheelchair user into a Hansa sailing dinghy - Disability Awareness Day in Dartmouth
© Dart Harbour & Navigation Authority Hoisting a wheelchair user into a rowing gig - Disability Awareness Day in Dartmouth
© Dart Harbour & Navigation Authority Hoisting a wheelchair user into a rowing gig - Disability Awareness Day in Dartmouth
© Dart Harbour & Navigation Authority Dart Sailability's wheelchair-accessible boat - Disability Awareness Day in Dartmouth
© Dart Harbour & Navigation Authority Charlie Hindley rows in a Dart Gig Club gig for the first time - Disability Awareness Day in Dartmouth
© Dart Harbour & Navigation Authority Dart Sailability's wheelchair-accessible boat - Disability Awareness Day in Dartmouth
© Dart Harbour & Navigation Authority
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