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Converting boat for wheelchair access
(ahop) wrote in message . com...
Can anyone tell me how I would go about converting a small 14 foot
boat for a wheelchair passenger - and is there any companies in the uk
that specialise in this.
A friend of Dynamite Payson, Bruce Gray I think his name is, built
some boats for paraplegics; there may still be a website. The idea
that he used, that I have not seen noted here, is building a boat that
someone could be in, without the chair. Custom seat, proper hand rails
etc... I think it is a good idea. Seems easier to provide a stable
seat for someone without control of their legs, and you don't have to
worry about floating a person and a chair in the event of a problem. A
properly fitted seat, smartly placed hand grabs designed to take
advantage of the users "good parts", a proper PFD, proper
instruction/experience, and good old common sense, and there are many
boats, small and large, that these folks could be a free in as the
rest of us. Mr. Gray had used a modified version of Rubens Nymph, (a
wide Bolger box) and fitted it for wheelchair bound folks. Each boat
is of course custom based on the user's ability. This boat is 8 feet x
5 feet rowboat.
Anyway, just a thought, Scotty from SmallBoats.com
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