The Mobility Cup is Canada's annual International Regatta for
sailors with disabilities.
It is open to anyone with a significant disability – regardless of the
severity of their disability or extent of sailing experience.
The 2006 event was held Sept. 11 – 15, in Vancouver, B.C.
Mobility Cup 2006 was hosted by the
Disabled Sailing Association of B.C.
and the Royal
Vancouver Yacht Club. It saw 42 sailors enjoying five days of racing
on English Bay using the
Martin 16. |
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| It took an international significance with six countries
represented: Canada, USA, Australia, New Zealand, Hungary and England. |
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| Racing was held in two classes,
Gold Fleet and Silver Fleet, in the sheltered waters of
English Bay. The only divisions were according to sailing
experience. |
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| There were coaching sessions for Silver Fleet
participants, including classroom and on-the-water training, and
practice sessions for all sailors prior to the actual racing. |
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The Mobility Cup was founded as Canada’s “regatta
of possibility” in 1991, and given to the country under a
deed of gift in 2001. |
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| The Mobility Cup 2006 regatta followed the
Able Sail Symposium, which was open to all sailors and adaptive
sailing club organizers. This was held at Jericho Sailing Centre on
Sunday, Sept. 10. Participants considered areas ranging from improving
sailing techniques (basic sailing to race strategy) to forming a
disabled sailing club. You did not have to race in the Mobility Cup in
order to attend the Able Sail Symposium, but participants were able to
obtain information that could help improve their performance. |
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NOTE THAT THE
REMAINDER OF THIS WEBSITE REFERS TO MOBILITY CUP 2006 – AND WILL
NOT BE UPDATED UNTIL EARLY 2007. THE FORMS ARE NOT VALID FOR
MOBILITY CUP 2007. |
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| SYMPOSIUM TIMETABLE & PARTICIPANTS INFORMATION - Click
here to download
the PDF file for details |
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| NOTICE OF RACE - Click
here to download the PDF file of race details |
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The organizers thank all of our
generous sponsors. |
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| Sam Sullivan |
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Mobility Cup founder |
| David Williams |
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Regatta Chairman |
| John Culter |
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Race Officer |
| Duane Geddes |
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DSA BC Executive Director |
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