Join Piers Park this June as they host a fleet of 2.4 m sailboats from June 25-27.

2 4 Meter Event brochure

Thank you to everyone who joined us for this evening to benefit Piers Park Sailing Center’s Youth Development and Adaptive Programs.

Piers Park Sailing Center is celebrating another successful season of Outreach, Empowerment and Adventure. Funds from the Smooth Sailing event support the programs that embody PPSC’s dynamic mission.

2009 Annual Report

Our 2009 Annual Report is now available for your review.  To read more, click here.

2009 was a landmark season at Piers Park Sailing Center.  After a year of research, planning and execution PPSC unveiled its’ newest piece of Adaptive Equipment.

Through work in collaboration with an anonymous donor and the DCR, PPSC is now one of the very few venues in the country offering Sip & Puff technology.
The system is used at PPSC by quadriplegic sailors who can only move their head, eyes and mouth.   This state of the art technology is ideal for people who have limited or no motor capability.  It enables them to be in command of a sailboat, via a Sip & Puff or medical joystick interface.  This is an important victory for sailors at PPSC and further proves that disabled people can accomplish anything, given the right tools.

In the words of one sailor using this system, “If you multiply that sense of freedom a thousand times, that’s how I feel. I leave behind my wheelchair, a team of cares and suddenly it’s just me.”