Disability and Sailing?

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[@sailingkaya]

Y’all have my utmost respect to keep pushing forward. We decided to sail full time after I was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer and forced into disability. Our entire mission is to inspire and assist others to keep pushing forward and I’m so happy to see y’all doing just that. You can do it, go live that dream!

[@xpdnc9794]

"There is always a solution to any problem, if you search for it. If you don't search, it remains a problem for ever!" A quote from a wheel chair bound sailor, who wishes to remain anonymous.

[@darrengladstone3159]

Plukky thanks for spending time showing folks with disabilities getting out there! My wife is quadriplegic, and we own a 37' monohull. The biggest issue we have is going from cockpit to cabin, but the solution will present itself in good time! ❤ Maybe when you get this boat up and going you can try to race against Impossible Dream.

[@SAILINGintoFREEDOM]

What about lowered in a harness on a slippery slide against the stairs. Not trying to be funny, the angle of slide will stop her from penduluming

[@SAILINGintoFREEDOM]

Will think some more about it.

[@daveamies5031]

"37' monohull." says you might not be in the budget range of a 48 foot cat (yeah me too) but would you consider changing boats? There is a small trailer-able catamaran called a Jarcat (J5 and J6), when you go from cockpit to cabin you enter onto the double bed mattress over the bridge deck, no stairs to worry about. I think there may also be other small catamarans with a similar design, It may not be the solution for you, but worth looking at the idea, if it helps great, if not keep looking.

[@TheBeaker59]

I have a brother who also had a wee stroke, give up Rob they said, he just got back from Antarctica and is off in some dam boat again as we speak somewhere in the Tasman. You go girl, good for you.

[@comfortablynumb9342]

I hope those folks get to sail the world. She'll probably get better, and being on a boat might make her better faster out of necessity. And I hope all is well in Plukky's world! Buena suerte y cuídate mucho.

[@VonBluesman]

I suffered 19 broken bones and a stroke after the vehicle I was working from was hit from behind while at a complete stop knocking it over 1/10 of a mile from the point of impact. I have almost 26 years of physical rehabilitation, over 15 years in water therapy which helps so many stroke victims. They have a submersible lift chair to assist people getting in and out of the swimming pool. Severity of strokes vary, things available to help such as floatation belts, neck support, floating noodles, etc. plus they work with you individually or in small groups. Balance is a big issue and rehabilitation in a pool keeps one from getting injured due to falling down. Every case is unique, I would rent a cat or charter for a couple of days to see if you can handle it. The builder could have a small lift crane with a electric winch to assist you. They could even design a beam & winch somewhat like industrial and auto repair shops use.

[@JCGible]

Very true. Definitely get out on a boat first.

[@SAILINGintoFREEDOM]

Oh bugger my friend. You are lucky to be alive

[@user-ez7bc3gu4f]

Nice interview! Can't wait to meet up in Vietnam. Nep

[@ptrkarlberg]

Sweet couple! Would be great to see a follow-up in a year or two.

[@jamesjoyce5611]

its much more often to enter the water or the tender when island cruising. Achieving that comfortably will allow you huge freedom. a submerging aft deck level stern platform, like some power boats/ truck taillift

[@dgrant2467]

Great interview! There are several sailing schools on the US East coast that specialize in what is generally called, adaptive sailing, which they might use to get training and start building their sailing abilities. Good on them!

[@Carsten-Berlin-Wi]

Life is risky and ends with death! Plukky you are unique, thank you for this Video. Adam and Beth: I am your age, nearly 57, in usual definitions not disabled, but not wealthy enough to buy a boat, that fits my vanishing strength. Live your dream and please by yourself and not in one of these Tourist Tanks cruise ships. P.S. One handed IMOCA pilots like Seguin and Xu show how it works in hard sport conditions.

[@SV_Aroo]

Touching story, Plukky. I hope they can work through the special challenges they face, and get a chance to test their dream. The process has its own rewards, even if the goal remains elusive.

[@ianh2674]

What a great couple and wish them all the best with their dreams. Well done Peter for sharing.

[@Naturalook]

Who was the secret agent behind Beth toward the end there?

[@adamgoldberg]

Crew!

[@themadjedi2488]

Great story Plucky and dam that was alot of dams at the end

[@jenrodgers]

That was awesome. Great story and I wish them well! ⛵️☀️

[@stewartwojtyna8828]

Well done Plucky... for Helping those People with Good advice, And keeping it Real,...!

[@marklapierre5629]

I love their attitude. I wish my wife was more like that.

[@JanTalens]

lol😆

[@melinda5777]

Awe! I think they can do it! As far as the sugar scoop and pier, they could have a gangway that folds down and locks with the handles put in for her to get off the boat. Just a thought!! ✝️🙏❤️🇺🇸⛵️👣🍍😊

[@pauljacquemin5909]

Nice work plucky great interview, there's more risk driving to work over the west gate bridge thanks

[@davidpeck8351]

Wow what an inspirational couple. There is no "we can't" do this, it's all about "how we do it". What wonderful adventures await these two amazing people!

[@kylep292]

HELL YES!!!! ifits what you want to do find the way! god bless you guys for doing it!. ivetold my folks for years... travel, see wgat you want tosee, you did it when you are young, do it again! nowwith them in the mid 80's with tons of health things... maybe not possible. i wish they would have, they have the means. go do it and live your best life!

[@petergroves9343]

Great video, very enlightening

[@evanlewis5347]

Loved the story!!

[@wangofree]

Thank you Plukky.

[@JohnWishart]

Too true "there is risk in everything"

[@ruggedindividual]

Gooday, Plukky... I think they seem to be planning to sail on a fairly large, comfortable cat or tri, so it might be a good idea to share the travel with long-term crew, such as a hired captain and some young people who could help with getting on-offboard, into and out of the sea for swims and slinging over to the dingy etc... Perhaps a relative/family member... They have the right attitude and they seem to be willing and able to spend for the necessities. Nice to see you make the effort to help/advise.

[@johnrynbout9080]

I will admit I did have trepidation of routine vlog coming up. But you did it again Plucky, what an amazing inspirational story with this beautiful couple. I smack my hand and applaud you and them for living life.

[@calvinh.8882]

I wish them the best. I would suggest maybe chartering a boat before getting neck-deep into buying a boat due to the fact that there are people who can't handle that type of boating because they are seasick must of the time.

[@jamesgordon2289]

These folks are true adventurers

[@JanTalens]

Amazing people. Beth seems a very strong woman. And she is funny too, perfect wife Adam! Hope you have many years together and visit many country's and have lots of fun doing it.😁

[@billyjames7735]

Awesome to see people who realize that there is a difference in living and just existing. Life should be lived to the fullest until the Lord takes us.

[@tim31736]

Love it, Love it, love it!!!!

[@leadreviewer3257]

Great video its always great to be out on the water well done

[@necrokittie2291]

she should take semax, there are studies showing people with strokes heal more and gain more of their abilities back when they take it. it's a neuro peptide that tells the body to repair brain and nerves damage. i can't say she will get fully better but she will probably get more use out of her limbs if she were to take it.

[@stuartlock2255]

Good on you both can see your not going to limit your self to a disability ❤

[@johndodds7949]

You are enabled, do it folks,,, I love this positivity 👍

[@trentdelancy3130]

Best of luck and fair winds for their new adventure. Plucky keep up the good work.

[@robertbuckley3582]

A very interesting talk on how to build in needed accommodations

[@shaneparrish9991]

Ok Plucky you could help design a davit to support a floating gangway for accessing boat from dock or dinghy. Military ships use these, I've crossed plenty of them. Anything is possible, follow your dreams.

[@williamstreet4304]

Beth, I wish you the best in seeing the world from a new home on the water. I'm older than you but face some similar issues. They are not disabilities. They are just issues we have to work through. I'm 72 and have neuropathy in my lower legs and feet. What does that mean? I am not as stable as others. Sometimes I have to crawl across the deck when others walk or leap. But I am not quitting. I looked at 2 long distance cruisers yesterday. I still sail on a competitive race boat. But I cannot work foredeck. I told a therapist that I had to make a choice. I can sit on the sofa, watch TV and slowly sink into the cushion like a slug. Or, I can get up and do something. Beth, I know you will get up and do something. Please see the world. It is amazing to be in the Caribbean Islands or Polynesia. And, it's hard to keep from smiling as you experience the varied cultures of the world. GO!

[@EdHelwig]

Nice human interest piece Plukky. Great inspiration.

[@albertfunk1176]

My ship's neighbor also has limited mobility. He uses an extended boom on which a mobile crane is mounted on the underside to get onto the catamaran or to use the dinghy. Pictures are easy to find, it is a red IceCat 67.

[@groovedodger]

Stop it you are destroying all my excuses why I don't set sail (bad back mostly) lol . All the best all of you.

[@SteinVarjord]

To get on and off the dinghy, put a lifting platform in stead of davits. The platform has cradles for the dinghy and goes to below the water surface. This solution also gives you a way to get into and out of the water easily. You really want that! There are crazy expensive heavy versions of this, with hydraulics and all, which you don’t want. Have some arms under the bridge deck with hinges well forwards. Ropes and pulleys to an electric winch. Parallel stays keeps the platform flat. “Sailing Uma” were on a cruising cat in the Caribbean recently that had something like that. The boat building people can make something nice out of this. Perfect aluminium project.

[@kristaready8812]

That was inspirational, thx Plukky. Good for them! 🤗💞

[@user-fd4pt5nb3v]

They can do that great introduction to them great sailing schools Maine to Florida Jeff the Navy vet

[@Barjumpa1]

Good vid Pluck. As the boat rolls out it just gets better

[@kirstenodendaal9339]

That is awesome Plukky. Keep going strong

[@denisemckinlay4783]

Don't forget the legless sailor on u tube, one leg and one arm solo sailed everywhere

[@SAILINGintoFREEDOM]

Justin

[@ianfirth-clark5975]

Can't remember the name of the yacht but Daz Cats built a cat for a disabled guy here in the UK and he is currently sailing around the world having already been round Cape Horn, might have some ideas. I think he is wheelchair bound so more challenging

[@8marcrara11]

Goodonya people! Get out there!🧿🌺🐝 Goodonya Plukky!🤙🤙🇦🇺

[@robertlaird6746]

Sailing Sweet Ruca recently did a video where they sailed around Cape Horn on a catamaran with a disabled man and his wife. That might be something to take a look at.

[@SAILINGintoFREEDOM]

Ok i will check it o out

[@CraigOverend]

The Ruca videos are definitely worth a watch. There's also the 58' carbon cat @ImpossibleDreamCatamaran

[@eamonncoady9823]

You can have anything you think of, its a new build, its aluminum. Gates are a bloody great idea id put them in all boats.

[@curtishyde1842]

My wife has the same disability I would highly recommend a set of grab rails on the transom and a set of grab rails at least that are permanently fixed to the gangway going off the boat from the side entrance simply a suggestion what I say to your guests fight with all your might that sea will set you free

[@stephenkillick5812]

I was run down in 1992 and have brain trauma from that! I don't walk smoothly and being at sea, I would not be so readily on display. I have always (64 years!) been private so solitude would be great for me. As a teenager I and my 2 brothers bought a dinghy so I know how sails work! I would love to buy a sea going yacht, as much as my brother thinks that I am insane. Maybe he is right but I have a different idea of life. You are just as likely to be run down in the street as not so my thought is "If not, then why not. What do I have more to lose! My sanity?"

[@renemcdaniel8806]

Beth has a mobility problem, not insurmountable. Take on a crew member to assist both of you. There are young people, right up to older folk who would love to travel with you, people who do not have access to a nice boat like a Neil. I be willing to go with you, there is no reason to commit yourself to being less than you could be!!

[@Dwade689]

I am 57 with a left leg below the knee amputation, since I was 7. I still hike, play sports and do pretty much anything I want, maybe not as great as others but I’m not about to sit on the couch. You are only disabled if you want to be disabled.

[@doradosurfcharters]

I met a young guy bruno think his name was from south africa he had paraperligic from car accident his uncle built him a schionnings style cat in south africa he rode out the tsunami in thailand on his own and saved many people wash out to sea with only arms no legs pretty cool his mate would come help him on long crossings

[@taumygilbert9279]

I am disabled, in that I would get on a boat with Peter 😂

[@mlvz1]

No excuses.

[@mememe5231]

Let nothing stop you!

[@californiakayaker]

Wow, she sounds good for stroke like that. My grandfather could hardly talk !

[@andresinnett4319]

I don't believe this couple is risking anything , risk is not doing anything , and that's Always worse , every second is irreplaceable ,and in the end end, theres nothing to regret ever again 🤪👻

[@gillima20]

Chapeau

[@billydaniel900]

👍

[@RobertMStahl]

Can the dingy crane itself be modified?

[@ebutuoyotwen]

🙂

[@stevecrombie5357]

Was anything discussed about having an additional crew member with them on their travels? I know it wasn't during the taped part of the discussion.

[@adamgoldberg]

Like any twosome, a third or fourth on an ocean passage would be good.

[@waltervanderboor]

Every boat should have easy access for less able people, It's ridiculous how often we find boats that are nothing but unsafe. One can sit in front of the TV and watch others have fun or go out and have fun. The latter is way better in my opinion. Life is short we only have 1, it's not a rehearsal.

[@clivestainlesssteelwomble7665]

Peter...i tried putting up 6 times links to help these folks and they keep being removed. They need a side gate that folds down to form a ramp ...or can allow a wide passerel type side or aft bridge to be run out. See the disabled explorer cats Daz cat have built the sort of dingy and the loading system they need.

[@adamgoldberg]

Something like this is in the plan.

[@clivestainlesssteelwomble7665]

@@adamgoldberg The Same yard that builds the Daz cat also built the BroadBlue Rapido r550 . Or the 400long top. Other vessels that could work are the Windelo's with a very safe internal double helm and a Dix DH550...being epoxy glass covered ply they can be easily modified... and are much cheaper by the guy who designed the Gunboats.

[@clivestainlesssteelwomble7665]

@@adamgoldberg See the Impossible dream ... A Pioneering performance cat for wheelchair users and others.

[@adamgoldberg]

Seen it, of course. But we don’t need any wheelchair access on the boat.

[@clivestainlesssteelwomble7665]

@@adamgoldberg Adam having cared for my father post strokes then through cancer and experienced the same Cancer then Epstine bar virus and damage to my joints.. after cycling and hiking 🥾 most of my life .. I can tell you its always better to have good access on off and into anything you want to get stuff on and off. Mostly because it might be you that needs it or even a youngster that ends up exceeding their limits and ending up immobile.😬🤭 Besides if you can get a chair aboard you can get a spine board or stretcher or dock/garden trailer on and off without having to hand transfer supplies. Same with access to critical systems and even sail rig choices. Conventional is popular mostly because its popular ...not necessarily because its better or simpler. A lot of the newer motor boats and a few of the sailing cats have rear and side gates and even huge drop downs, that can allow easier loading and offloading of supplies bikes , families with trailers/ buggies or toddlers. Its also just plain safer than walking the plank 😉 I dont know what the tidal range is like in your part of the world but in the UK it can be huge, so unless the jetty is floating you may need to factor that into your ideas .. like using the boom as crane. Ive seen designs that have single or twin telescoping booms that extend out of the cockpit roof others use lift and swing inboard arches .. then there's the powered lifting sun deck boat lift. .. across the transom where you can launch, recover, store a heavy dingy. Not a new idea as James Wharram built a front and rear boat and bathing ramps into a few of his larger designs.. which is one reason one was used for a monumental long distance circumnavigation swim.. and canoo escorts were safely recovered in rough waters. No sides to negotiate. 🧙‍♂️🇬🇧 Protected props and rudders from lines and nets will also help reduce your problems. Leave space on the shafts for line cutters ahead of your props. Theres a pioneering Al cat Elsie a ketch rigged cat.. That was built NZ and designed there by a team in that part of the world but they are also designing for another U tube sailing family from Canada with two toddlers. They have also opted for a forward sailing cockpit and internal helm station for safety, comfort and stability.

[@2000jago]

So you ARE capable of getting through a video without saying "pee-pole" every minute. I have to click thumbs up for that. Wish you would do more sincere videos like this and give the always trying to be funny Plukky character some time off. You are SO much more interesting to watch when you're "out of character".

[@SAILINGintoFREEDOM]

Thanks for the view....what about "tell them to get stuffed?"

[@SAILINGintoFREEDOM]

I think the series though overall is way more serious, you don't agree?

[@2000jago]

@@SAILINGintoFREEDOMThe fact that it's a serious topic and you are somehow able to turn off the "pee-pole" this, "pee-pole" that just proves to me that it's something you do on purpose and not an involuntary speech impediment for which you can't be blamed. I've asked every which way I can to no avail, but I sure do still wish you would turn it off PERMANENTLY so that I could thumbs up all your content. Hearing you say "pee-pole" at the end of every sentence just irritates me and now that I can see that it's not involuntary it only makes it worse. This video was great to watch because I didn't have to tolerate the constant verbal tick. But I know you're not here to pander to the likes of me who has been following you for how long now? If you think you're going to be "less entertaining" if you stop with the "pee-pole" think, I would suggest you are mistaken. You still manage to be entertaining and humorous without it ("tell them to get stuffed" - excellent advice btw).

[@keirenhood5373]

[@KennyP88]

With their attitude, they’ll be just fine on a cat in these modern times.

[@mgunning7362]

Comment

[@timothysherman8927]

I think they are asking for a miracle find something in Land

[@adamgoldberg]

No thanks.

[@aaronjohnson7347]

Nice vid pluckky, not a sweat, but mind your cursing mate....

[@ckfpv]

Well what do you do if you dont have the money even for a monohull with no electronics on it which who wants that you cant sail or motor around to good without electronics but yea what do ya do if you want to do this but have absolutely no money for it nothing ????i guess you sit in a apt. And watch the tele and watch the years go by.

[@SteinVarjord]

It depends what “no money” means. If it means not enough for food, it’s hard to prioritise anything else, of course. If it means nothing left after the usual expenses, however, it might be not as locked up as it feels. If you live close enough to some body of water, you can probably find a close to free small sailboat locally. It will not be suitable for long distance and probably need a serious job cleaning and fixing, but it can give you loads of pleasure anytime you want to. Small boats actually give MUCH more sailing joy than bigger ones. You can also join a local sailing club. Avoid the posh ones, where the idiot density is always high. A club for sailing enthusiasts will have evening races etc and many boats will need crew now and then. Put yourself out there. Great fun and lots of learning with only the cost of an annual membership. Watching KZbin it might seem as the only way to find sailing adventure is going to far away places. I’ve done that a lot, but honestly, there’s usually adventure enough to fill a lifetime very close to home.

[@clivestainlesssteelwomble7665]

Adam Beth kzbin.info/www/bejne/e6DPdIimjbN2i80si=XgeKVI37oLAenY1w

[@rboston33]

My god, plukky, you desperately need a haircut.