Organizations that assist disabled sailors are growing.  These organizations will continue to grow in size and number as more disabled Americans and elderly sailors become aware of them.  The media will begin to give more coverage to sporting events for the disabled as the recent controversy over the TV coverage of the Paralympics gets more airtime.  The following are a sampling of the Web sites of these organizations.

• http://www.ussailing.org/swsn/adaptive.htm
  US Sailing web site for sailors with special needs.
• http://www.ussailing.org/olympics/Paralympic/
  US Sailing Paralympic Sailing Team schedule.
• http://www.dsusa.org/
  Web site for sports for the disabled.
• http://www.sailingalternatives.org/
  Sarasota Florida disabled sailing organization.
• http://www.sailability.org/us/florida/
  Tampa Bay Florida disabled sailing organization.
• http://clearwatercommunitysailing.org/
  Clearwater Florida Sailing Center.
• http://www.shakealegmiami.org/index.shtml
  Miami Florida organization for sailors with disabilities.
• http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/sailchallengers/
  UK Challenger Class Organization.
• http://www.sailing.org/classes/Information.asp?AssociationID=344
  Sonar Class Organization.
• http://www.reversi.se/odp/Recreation/Boating/Sailing/Disabled/
  World wide directory of organizations for assisting disabled sailors
• http://dmoz.org/Recreation/Boating/Sailing/Disabled/
  Directory of organizations providing access for disabled sailors
• http://crab-sailing.org/
  Access for the disabled on the Chesapeake

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