Transfer from wheelchair to sailboat

Transfer from wheelchair to sailboat with help from one person.

Description
Technique: Place wheelchair in front of boat and lock wheels. User receives help to place feet on the deck. Then user moves in front of the wheelchair onto the deck and slides down into the cockpit of the boat. He uses cushions on the deck and in the cockpit.

Authors comments
A fast, easy way to board the boat.

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Tip is dated from 2005

Categories for this tip
mobility » wheelchair transfer, recreation, leisure » water sports and boats, Tips and tricks from people with Low tetraplegia with partly function in arms/hands (C7- Th1, ASIA A, B).

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