page_title: Community Boating, Inc
hierarchical_section_title: Community Boating, Inc
caption_attribution_description: English: The Community Boating, Inc clubhouse on the Charles River in Boston, Massachusetts.
context_page_description: Community Boating, Inc. is a private not-for-profit corporation run in association with the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation. Located on the Charles River Esplanade between the Hatch Shell and the Longfellow Bridge Community Boating is the oldest public sailing organization in the United States. Community Boating has inspired community sailing programs around the country, and the image of dinghies floating on the Charles has become a classic symbol of Boston. Still, their founding mission of offering affordable, accessible Sailing For All is starkly unchanged.
  CBI was founded by Joe Lee, an affluent Bostonian with an eye for social justice and a penchant for rebellion. He realized that sailing could enrich the lives of children who lived in Boston’s working-class West End neighborhood. Starting in the 1930s, his “Lee Boys” began venturing onto the Charles with plywood sailboats and makeshift canvas sails, dodging conflicts with skeptical state officials and well-heeled nearby boat clubs.
  Lee’s program gradually grew less mischievous and more formal, but his kids insisted that the city needed a permanent place for cheap public sailing.
context_section_description: Community Boating, Inc. (CBI) is a private not-for-profit corporation run in association with the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation. Located on the Charles River Esplanade between the Hatch Shell and the Longfellow Bridge Community Boating is the oldest public sailing organization in the United States. Community Boating has inspired community sailing programs around the country, and the image of dinghies floating on the Charles has become a classic symbol of Boston. Still, their founding mission of offering affordable, accessible Sailing For All is starkly unchanged.
  CBI was founded by Joe Lee, an affluent Bostonian with an eye for social justice and a penchant for rebellion. He realized that sailing could enrich the lives of children who lived in Boston’s working-class West End neighborhood. Starting in the 1930s, his “Lee Boys” began venturing onto the Charles with plywood sailboats and makeshift canvas sails, dodging conflicts with skeptical state officials and well-heeled nearby boat clubs.
  Lee’s program gradually grew less mischievous and more formal, but his kids insisted that the city needed a permanent place for cheap public sailing. They were ultimately successful: CBI was officially incorporated in 1946, and it earned 501(c)3 status by 1951.
  Since then, CBI has built up a massive and diversified fleet, added scores of new classes and programs, and introduced countless adults and kids to the joy of sailing. In 2007, CBI founded the Universal Access Program, which offers adaptive sailing to hundreds of people with a range of physical and cognitive abilities. And over the last few years, Community Boating has won national-level awards for teaching and inclusion.
  Amid these changes, CBI has maintained its core mission. They aim to break down the physical, social and financial hurdles that sailing frequently presents, allowing people of all backgrounds and abilities to join us on the water.
caption: Community Boating Inc. as seen from across the Charles River.
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