SAILORS

TRAVEL

MEET-UP SPOT

The SailBlind team meets at the Whitney Hotel (170 Charles St, Boston) between 8:30am and 9am. Our group will depart from the hotel promptly at 9:00am and walk over to the boat house together.

IMPORTANT: there is no parking lot nor a drop off spot at the Community Boating boathouse location.

group of sailors outside of the brick hotel building. Many are using their white canes to walk.

UBER/LYFT/THE RIDE

The drop off address is the Whitney Hotel, 170 Charles Street, Boston. It’s recommended that you provide specific instructions to your driver to drop you off at the corner of Cambridge and Charles Street. *Make sure your driver is going to Charles Street in Boston and not a different town.

PARKING (IF SOMEONE IS DRIVING YOU)

If you park at Mass Eye And Ear Parking (MA-28 & Embankment Rd & Storrow Dr, Boston), you can receive discounted parking for $9.
After parking, be sure to bring your ticket with you to Community Boating to pay at the front desk.

COST

UNIVERSAL ACCESS PROGRAM (UAP)

As a member of SailBlind, you are required to enroll in Community Boating’s Universal Access Program (UAP) program. The membership fee for this is $50 or reduced fee of $1 up on request. You must bring the $50 or $1 with you on your first day of sailing to receive your membership card. Members in the UAP can schedule appointments to go sailing with one of the Community Boating Instructors outside of the Saturday SailBlind sessions by booking on the CBI “Schedule an Appointment” website page.

photo of a woman (blind sailor) smiling at the camera. In the background, a sighted guide is waving at the camera.

GUESTS & GUIDE DOGS

GUESTS

Sailors are welcome to bring guests along! It is suggested to only bring 1 guest at a time to provide ample room for the other sailors in the program who have RSVP’d. Guests under 18 years old with adult sponsor’s supervision at all times. The adult supervisor will need to complete a CBI waiver on behalf of the child.

GUIDE DOGS

If you are a guide dog user, you will work with the SailBlind director to determine the best plan of action for your dog while you sail.

*Children interested in joining a junior sailing program, please contact Sam Pierson, Director of Sailing Programs, sam@community-boating.org

a couple (husband and wife) inside the boat smiling and laughing facing each other

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