Meet Luca
Luca has been sailing with us for many years. The joy he gets from sailing and his infectious laugh would make the saddest person happy. Luca has been blind from early childhood, and started learning Braille in Primary school. He is now 22 years old and makes handmade Braille greeting cards, helps businesses who want, for example, a Braille menu and has provided Braille signs for organisations such as the Manly Art Gallery. His business is called Braille by Luca. He also presents Braille workshops for schools and other groups. Luca’s passion is to help create a world accessible to all!
Meet Scott
Scott has been involved with Sailability for over seven years. His father was a sailing tragic, so Scott had little choice other than to follow his father’s lead. Scott enjoys being out on the water free of his wheelchair. He enjoys the companionship of the amazing Sailability volunteers, both out on the water and on the pontoon, who give up their free time to support those in need. He loves learning about their life experiences and interests and also sharing his story and passions. Scott studied film production. He was part of the production team who won the Tropfest short film festival in 2005. Unfortunately, in 2005 Scott was diagnosed with MS. This ended his film career. MS is a progressive disease that has gradually robbed Scott of much of his mobility. Scott has always enjoyed the company of others. He has a vivid imagination and enjoys a good laugh. He shares this through Facebook and other online outlets.
Meet Andrew
Andrew has been sailing with Sailability Middle Harbour for many years. Down Syndrome doesn’t stop Andrew from achieving in many and varied fields. Apart from his current employment as office assistant at Lumi Financial Services in the City, he finds time to swim, skies at intermediate level, rides horses, competes in charity fun runs and has learnt to sail at Sailability Middle Harbour and now sails solo!
Andrew is also a keen traveller and regularly travels with an organisation called Careaway which provides tours for adults with mild to moderate intellectual disability. He is a very competent cook and some of his recipes are inspired from his travels. Andrew’s sailing skills go from strength to strength and it’s just so inspirational to observe his improvement.
