[A paraplegic skipper of his own sailing yacht].
Drawing on personal experience, the author points out that paraplegics too are capable of independent sailing. Physical restrictions relative to on-board mobility, sail manoeuvring and change of sides can be made up for by structural adaptions and special techniques. Certain safety precautions are indispensable. The sailing performance of paraplegics compares with that of ablebodied sailors, and cruising under a paraplegic skipper's responsibility is certainly possible.
D006801:Humans; D009048:Motor Skills; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D012767:Ships; D013177:Sports
Als Paraplegiker Skipper auf der eigenen Segelyacht.