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Program Chair Pansy Graham introduced . . .
Thomas Nordberg & Harry Horgan,
Shake a Leg
2620 South Bayshore Drive — Miami, FL 33133
Tel:(305)858-5550 — Fax:(305)858-6262
SAL1harry@aol.com
Shake-A-Leg Miami, Inc. was created in 1990 to offer a universally accessible watersports facility for education and recreation. The facility is open to the public with emphasis on people with disabilities, youth and families. It targets a wide variety of participants---from young scouts to youth-at-risk, from college students to seniors. Additionally, it serves as an international model for the development of accessible programs open to people of all ages, gender, race, ethnic background, and level of ability.
Boats Used:
2.4mR, Freedom, Sonar.
This Coconut Grove based group offers sailing lessons for children with or without disabilities, from ages 5 to 14. Instructor:student ratio is 1:4, and swimming proficency is not required to participate. Children learn to navigate 20 foot boats and smaller dinghy type boats, in which they can learn to sail solo.
Getting There:
U.S.1 to Sw 27th Avenue and head south. Turn left on S. Bayshore Drive. Shake-A-Leg is on the right, opposite Monty's.
Shake-a-Leg Miami's twenty-foot 'Independence' sailboats are designed to be universally accessible with two special seats and all lines coming to the cockpit to give wheelchair-bound individuals maximum safety and control. These sailboats can accommodate most individuals with disabilities including those with spinal cord injuries, amputations, Muscular Dystrophy, Spina Bifida, Multiple Sclerosis, Cerebral Palsy, Downs Syndrome, blindness, deafness and other neuromuscular injuries.
These sailboats can accommodate most individuals with disabilities including those with spinal cord injuries, amputations, Muscular Dystrophy, Spina Bifida, Multiple Sclerosis, Cerebral Palsy, Downs Syndrome, blindness, deafness and other neuromuscular injuries.
We also have three, twenty-three foot ‘Sonar' sailboats, which are the boats of choice for disabled sailing competitions worldwide.
Fourteen nine-foot 'Access Dinghies' which are also non-sinkable and non-capsizable and can be ontrolled by the use of a joystick. One model has been made electronic so that a quadriplegic may sail independently.
Twelve one-person and twelve two-person Ocean sit-on-top kayaks can accommodate groups of thirty people at a time
For safety backup and race management, we have three powerboats and one pontoon boat.
Free one-hour introductory sailing and kayaking outings are available to residents and visitors with disabilities. For appointments, please call our office at (305) 858-5550, Monday through Friday, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. to register.
Shake a Leg MidWinter Regatta
Mar 2007 (annual)
Cost: Free to watch
Top sailors with disabilities compete in the waters of Biscayne Bay during this annual regatta.
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Meeting Functionaries |
| Invocation: |
Pansy Graham |
| Pledge: |
Mike Newman |
| Guests: |
Stan Zeltsman |
| Happy $$: |
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Door Prizes: |
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| $$$ Prize: |
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It’s Your Turn
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| April 11th: |
Door Prize: Horace Feliu / Dessert: Don Streaker |
| April 18th: |
Door Prize: Fabio Fernandez / Dessert: John Sorgie |
| April 25th: |
Door Prize: Ed Fischer / Dessert: Carolyn Smith |
| May 2nd: |
Door Prize: Ann Fisher / Dessert: Larry Sherry |
Future Speakers: |
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| April 11: |
Martha Gutierrez -- Take Stock in Children |
| April 18: |
GSE Team -- Joint Meeting at Tony Roma's with the Rotary Club of Cutler Ridge-Palmetto Bay |
| April 25th: |
Club Assembly -- Linda Kaplan |
| May 2nd: |
Jane Henzerling -- Teach for America |
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