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Our adaptive, accessible fleet
Twenty sailboats, sixty kayaks and a safety fleet — designed and modified so that a wide range of disabilities can get out on Biscayne Bay.
A boat you can actually sail
Sailors with disabilities need boats built for stability, agility and movement on board. Every hull here was either designed that way from the start or modified until it was — which is why the fleet can take a wide range of disabilities out on the water.
What is on the water
Hull by hull — from the 20-footer built for sailors with disabilities to a 60′ catamaran that a person in a wheelchair can fully operate.
The 20-footer built specifically for people with disabilities — and the boat Shake-A-Leg Miami started with.
Mini catamarans that need a crew on both sides. Fast, and accessible to people with disabilities.
One of the keelboats behind our ASA sailing courses. Keelboat Sailing crews take her out on Biscayne Bay.
A universally accessible 60′ sailing catamaran, fully operational by a person in a wheelchair. Conceived and built by Mike Browne, later acquired and funded by Deborah Mellen.
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Three Creating Abilities kayaks, given by the Woody Foundation. With the Universal Seat and outrigger system a paddler with a disability goes out equally and independently — every component adjusts or comes off, so a boat is set up for whoever is next.
A wheelchair-accessible 40-foot pontoon with a covered deck. She takes groups out on Biscayne Bay.
An accessible houseboat wrapped in Romero Britto’s art, given by Ruth Mitchell in honor of her late husband, sailor and author Carleton Mitchell. A regular in South Florida boat parades.
A replica of Hemingway’s Pilar, given by the Miguel Fernandez Family Foundation and Andy Garcia. Students in our vocational program help restore her and run her.
A classic 40-foot Magnum performance powerboat, built in 1980.
Our safety fleet: chase boats that go out with our sailors and kids on every outing on Biscayne Bay.
Where the fleet ties up. You can roll from the parking lot onto the dock, the campus has lifts, and Wheel The World mapped the facility’s accessibility independently.
Give a boat, or give toward one
The fleet has grown steadily because people gave it hulls and the money to keep them in the water. If you have a boat to donate, or want to put something toward the next one, this is where to start.