Learning in both comes from experiencing failures as well as successes. Most people who succeed in life have a lot of failures. Now she is helping others learn that. SAlt teaches sailing to the disabled and involves them in racing with and against able-bodied sailors in Friday night beer can races. Sailing Alternatives President Serge Jorgensen, coach of the U.S. sailing hopefuls who are training for the Paralympic Games in Sydney, Australia, in September, asked Allensworth to undertake the expedition to Maine to tell her story and help raise money for SAlt's programs and paralympic training.
Sailing helps the disabled recover their lives.
The boats are modified so the disabled can sail them. That's not our purpose. You learn to sail. You're expected to learn to sail by yourself regardless of disability. The sailing is only part of the benefit of going sailing.