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U? led freedom: Y-Knot makes the thrill of gliding ? ? er a? sible to everyone? ? ? hed ? he T? Union o? esday, July 19, 2005? />B? isti L. ? afso? taff writer
T? ind ? s lightl? ea g? ? awk ? head and the sun beats down with such a ? heat that barefoot beach revelers appear to dance on the sand.
Mary Lange? 's dad, Ray, helps his daughter ? her sunblock on ? y inch of he? posed, fair skin? />
Conditions are ? ? ? ? />
? ? y's ? t day with Y-Knot, a program started in the mid-1990? ? mall group of disabl? ailors and frien? ith the Y who wanted to create an ac? ible sailing program in the Capital Region. Y-Knot now h? reg? events, like this clini? ? ? t th? ? at ? Chingachgoo? here the docks a? ? ? fron? ? ecially equipped? com? e ac? ? />
Disabili? ashore
Mary, who has spina bifida and is unab? o walk but h? se of he? ms, has ? ? o sa? ince she? ched? ? ? Julie, 25, and Kate, 24? ? years a? hile vacationing in Cape Cod? />
From th? art, Y-Knot's mission has be? ? ovide sailin? ? ? ies for ? yone, regard? of ? ical condition, age or ability, ? ? ays. Som? ? are? ervised ? eational sailing? ? are competitions.
"Our motto: 'We leave our disabili? on ? e,' ? Peluso.
Out ? ? ? ? eve ? z of Ballston Lake, a Y-? ? tici? , ma? ers ? her ? in 16. He catches the wind a? ? ? ? ang? ? ing the ? up on its edge.? ? ? in, and Mintz lets out a whoop. He has sailed for 55 years and joined Y-Knot in the? e 1990s after having? troke that left him with limited mob? y.
"It's something I always loved to do,"? s Mintz. "And afthe stroke I didn't ? if I'd be able to d? ."
The be? art, he ? ? ? chin? ? enj? ? hrill of gliding over the water with the win? shin? them so? ongl? mak? ? eyes tear.
Getting on board
Today,? y will feel some of ? ? , Mi? . On? ? een is on the dock, several Y-Kn? olun? s ga? around, lifting? leg? hen her entire body and ? ing a me? ling beneath? . After she's sa? buckled in, the? tach the sli? o a pulley and move her ? ? ailboat.
"Thi? pretty cool? ays ? , smiling and laughing. "My parecan't lift me an? ? o I ? one around the ? e."
T? olun? s laugh,? stay focused on? ting? y sa? ? uated.
"A? ou OK? A? ou comfortable?" asks Mary Ellen Rudolph, the Y-? chairwoman, as ? tuck Mary in the seat.
"Yes.? 's go," ? cheers, looking up at Rudol? ? ? asses balanced over her eyeg? es. Ray Langelie? ? on the dock and tak? ? res of his daughter, as Rex Moon? ? ? o the seat behind Mary.
Moon was her ski ? ? ? his ? er at Double H Hole ? he W? Camp in Lak? zerne. T? he's he? o help h? ail.
Although everyone wears fe jacke? ? is key,? the? tici? s, especially be? e many c? swim.
"He di? ? go of me when he skied with me," says Mary, as dock tie? e re? ed from the ? . "And I asked him n? o let go of ? hen I was sailing. He says he'll hold on to ? houl? ."
Getting th? ndamentals
As if o? ? ? ind pick? mom? ? er Moon and ? lea? he dock, grabbing the sail a? aking them out over Lake George. Moon talks with? y about the fundamen? of sailing -- h? o catch the wind? eer the ? and sta? ay from the rocky shore./>
"It's a lot different th? kiing," ? yel? o Moon can hear her ? the wind. "I have one huge ? ? tead of one ski.? />
"I looovvve sailing? creams Mary,? ning? face sk? d.
Moon, with? han? ested fi? on ? ? houl? ? ins and tells Ma? hat ? eat job she's doing. They come around th? land and head for shore.
As Mary stee? hem ? he dock, Moo? ? s --y sl? ly -- with a sma? addle.
"Wow. I never ? ght I could do it. I didn't think I had ? ? ? body balance to? up and ? ? he c? ols," says Mary,? on land and looking? ? dad's c? hone to call? ? ? ? />
"I loit,"? ? ? y. "I can't ? to do it again.? />
7/19/2005 06:51:00 PM? p;
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T? ind ? s lightl? ea g? ? awk ? head and the sun beats down with such a ? heat that barefoot beach revelers appear to dance on the sand.
Mary Lange? 's dad, Ray, helps his daughter ? her sunblock on ? y inch of he? posed, fair skin? />
Conditions are ? ? ? ? />
? ? y's ? t day with Y-Knot, a program started in the mid-1990? ? mall group of disabl? ailors and frien? ith the Y who wanted to create an ac? ible sailing program in the Capital Region. Y-Knot now h? reg? events, like this clini? ? ? t th? ? at ? Chingachgoo? here the docks a? ? ? fron? ? ecially equipped? com? e ac? ? />
Mary, who has spina bifida and is unab? o walk but h? se of he? ms, has ? ? o sa? ince she? ched? ? ? Julie, 25, and Kate, 24? ? years a? hile vacationing in Cape Cod? />
From th? art, Y-Knot's mission has be? ? ovide sailin? ? ? ies for ? yone, regard? of ? ical condition, age or ability, ? ? ays. Som? ? are? ervised ? eational sailing? ? are competitions.
"Our motto: 'We leave our disabili? on ? e,' ? Peluso.
Out ? ? ? ? eve ? z of Ballston Lake, a Y-? ? tici? , ma? ers ? her ? in 16. He catches the wind a? ? ? ? ang? ? ing the ? up on its edge.? ? ? in, and Mintz lets out a whoop. He has sailed for 55 years and joined Y-Knot in the? e 1990s after having? troke that left him with limited mob? y.
"It's something I always loved to do,"? s Mintz. "And afthe stroke I didn't ? if I'd be able to d? ."
The be? art, he ? ? ? chin? ? enj? ? hrill of gliding over the water with the win? shin? them so? ongl? mak? ? eyes tear.
Today,? y will feel some of ? ? , Mi? . On? ? een is on the dock, several Y-Kn? olun? s ga? around, lifting? leg? hen her entire body and ? ing a me? ling beneath? . After she's sa? buckled in, the? tach the sli? o a pulley and move her ? ? ailboat.
"Thi? pretty cool? ays ? , smiling and laughing. "My parecan't lift me an? ? o I ? one around the ? e."
T? olun? s laugh,? stay focused on? ting? y sa? ? uated.
"A? ou OK? A? ou comfortable?" asks Mary Ellen Rudolph, the Y-? chairwoman, as ? tuck Mary in the seat.
"Yes.? 's go," ? cheers, looking up at Rudol? ? ? asses balanced over her eyeg? es. Ray Langelie? ? on the dock and tak? ? res of his daughter, as Rex Moon? ? ? o the seat behind Mary.
Moon was her ski ? ? ? his ? er at Double H Hole ? he W? Camp in Lak? zerne. T? he's he? o help h? ail.
Although everyone wears fe jacke? ? is key,? the? tici? s, especially be? e many c? swim.
"He di? ? go of me when he skied with me," says Mary, as dock tie? e re? ed from the ? . "And I asked him n? o let go of ? hen I was sailing. He says he'll hold on to ? houl? ."
Getting th? ndamentals
As if o? ? ? ind pick? mom? ? er Moon and ? lea? he dock, grabbing the sail a? aking them out over Lake George. Moon talks with? y about the fundamen? of sailing -- h? o catch the wind? eer the ? and sta? ay from the rocky shore./>
"It's a lot different th? kiing," ? yel? o Moon can hear her ? the wind. "I have one huge ? ? tead of one ski.? />
"I looovvve sailing? creams Mary,? ning? face sk? d.
Moon, with? han? ested fi? on ? ? houl? ? ins and tells Ma? hat ? eat job she's doing. They come around th? land and head for shore.
As Mary stee? hem ? he dock, Moo? ? s --y sl? ly -- with a sma? addle.
"Wow. I never ? ght I could do it. I didn't think I had ? ? ? body balance to? up and ? ? he c? ols," says Mary,? on land and looking? ? dad's c? hone to call? ? ? ? />
"I loit,"? ? ? y. "I can't ? to do it again.? />
7/19/2005 06:51:00 PM? p;
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