Piers Park Sailing Center

Youth Program Application

Piers Park Sailing Center is gearing up for another great season of providing enriching opportunities for the at-risk and disabled youth in our community. Our Youth Development program is growing  in popularity annually and PPSC is dedicated to ensuring that we serve as many young people in need as possible.

As a result of the great demand for services from the community, we are revising our application process for the 2010 season.

Application Forms for the Youth Development programs of Harbor Explorers (ages 7-10) and Summer Sailing (ages 10-18) will be available here on our website on March 15.

2009 Annual Report

Our 2009 Annual Report is now available for your review.  To read more, click here.

Win A Vespa

Purchase a ticket for a chance to win a 2010 Piaggio FLY 50 Scooter. The scooter has been generously donated by Herb Chambers and all proceeds benefit the programs at Piers Park Sailing Center, serving at-risk youth and people with disabilities.

To purchase a ticket contact Tim at 617-561-6677 ext 11 or tfeeney@piersparksailing.org.

Official Drawing will be on November 25, 2009.

Tickets $25 or 5 for $100.  Item: 2010 FLY 50, color Midnight Blue.  MSRP $1,999. 100% Proceeds to Charity

.

PPSC Launches Sip and Puff program

2009 was a landmark season at Piers Park Sailing Center.  After a year of research, planning and execution PPSC unveiled its’ newest piece of Adaptive Equipment.

Through work in collaboration with an anonymous donor and the DCR, PPSC is now one of the very few venues in the country offering Sip & Puff technology.  
The system is used at PPSC by quadriplegic sailors who can only move their head, eyes and mouth.   This state of the art technology is ideal for people who have limited or no motor capability.  It enables them to be in command of a sailboat, via a Sip & Puff or medical joystick interface.  This is an important victory for sailors at PPSC and further proves that disabled people can accomplish anything, given the right tools.

In the words of one sailor using this system, “If you multiply that sense of freedom a thousand times, that’s how I feel. I leave behind my wheelchair, a team of cares and suddenly it’s just me.”

Fleet Restoration

PPSC is proud to welcome Dan Keen as a maintenance and development consultant.  Dan has a degree in Naval Architecture from the New York Maritime College, and is a talented boat designer and builder.  We have been utilizing his strengths to help outline a plan for improving our fleet.  In addition, he has been engineering a new revolution of adaptive sailing equipment.

Recognize the boat in the photo?  Probably not… Introducing the fully restored boat #1 “Sea Witch”.  Launching in the Spring of 2010!  Thank You Dan!

Smooth Sailing 2009

Thank you to everyone who joined us for this evening to benefit Piers Park Sailing Center’s Youth Development and Adaptive Programs.

Piers Park Sailing Center is celebrating another successful season of Outreach, Empowerment and Adventure. Funds from the Smooth Sailing event support the programs that embody PPSC’s dynamic mission.

New Website

We’ve launched our new website today, with the help of our good friend boaz over at bocoup.

We’ll be updating the site with news and events a lot more fequently now thanks to our awesome content management, so make sure to check back often!

You’ll also be able to find accurate weather conditions at the dock, and tons of photos and videos regularly added. Also, keep an eye out for the new wheather camera going up on top of the boat house. We’ll be getting a live stream set up in the spring!

Enjoy the new site, and please do send us any feedback for future revisions.