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The Disabled Sailing Association has just launched (it went live today!) a website devoted to its boat donation program.
It’s not a new program, just a new website. We want to take things to a new level.
The DSA’s boat donation program was founded in 2000, and is supported by Greater Vancouver’s top yacht brokers and surveyors. It’s a proven success – a valuable source of income for the program.
Yes, people donate their boats and yachts to keep sailors with disabilities on the water.
The DSA operates a fleet of eight Martin 16 sailboats that have been specially designed for people with disabilities, as they can be operated using a joystick or mouth controls.
Donated boats are sold. They are a source of income, not program boats.
The boat donation program has been well supported over the years for a couple of reasons: people’s generosity, the fact that boat donors receive a tax receipt for 100 per cent of the value of their vessel, and that donating a boat is a lot quicker and easier than selling it. In today’s market, it can take six or 12 months to sell a boat. People can have a boat listed for a complete year and not have one call from a potential purchaser.
It helps sellers and sailors.
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