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Disabled Sailing

The Disabled Sailing Committee, IFDS (DSC) are responsible for disabled sailing worldwide. It is administered through the ISAF Secretariat in Southampton, UK.

Whatever your background, sailing is a versatile sport that can accommodate many types of disability. The first step is to find out what is already happening in your area by contacing the ISAF Member National Authority (MNA) or Disabled Sports Organization in your country or simply visiting a local sailing club.

Almost any boat can be sailed by people with disabilities although it is clear that some are more suitable than others.

In 1996 sailing was included on the programme of the Paralympic Games as a demonstration event and it has been full medal sport since then. It is one of the only sports in the Paralympic Games in which athletes of any disability compete together.

Find out more about disabled sailing here.

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World Sailing TV

Lithuania's Juozas Bernotas came out on top in the Men's RS:X whilst Russia's Stefania Elfutina was triumphant in the Women's RS:X. Both sailors claim the first Abu Dhabi ISAF Sailing World Cup Final spots whilst Jock Calvert (AUS) and Joanna Sterling (AUS) picked up the Oceanic spots for the Emirati finale.

A tight group of five young Papua New Guinean (PNG) Laser sailors are stepping up their 2015 Pacific Games competition program using this week's ISAF Sailing World Cup Melbourne. PNG is one of 33 countries represented at the important Oceanic event, the largest Olympic sailing regatta in the southern hemisphere.