The Impossible Dream has four core programs throughout the year that connect us with thousands of people who are marginalized by their non accessible environments
Watch our NEw Youtube Channel
The Impossible Dream has a new YouTube Channel! We will be periodically posting video blogs created by our crew on board Impossible Dream!
Our team has come together to create a YouTube channel featuring periodic video blogs focused on life on board the Impossible Dream. Each video blog post is around four minutes long and provides an invaluable way to stay connected and up-to-date with our community. Our videos cover a range of topics that are centered on our mission of improving the lives of our friends, guests, and disabled participants through sailing.
Virtual Chair Yoga
View Our Past Virtual Chair Yoga Sessions Below
Chair Yoga on the Impossible Dream
Together, with our partners from Dharma Yoga Studio of Coconut Grove, the Woody Foundation and Shake-A-Leg Miami, we come together in late winter and early spring to offer weekly live-streamed Chair Yoga classes taught by the wonderful Natalie Morales. The Chair Yoga classes will be offered every Monday and Thursday starting at 4:00 pm via our Facebook Live page, broadcast from the Impossible Dream on the beautiful waters of the Biscayne Bay.
We invite everyone to participate by tuning into either our Facebook page, Youtube Channel, or our website from wherever you are located for an hour of relaxation and connection. Please feel free to reach out to us during the live-stream and leave us a message. We want to hear from you!
IMPORTANT UPDATE: During our summer sailing season (June - November), we will not be offering Chair Yoga onboard the Impossible Dream. But, don’t worry, you can still catch the Chair Yoga classes by tuning in to Dharma Yoga Studio’s Facebook page every Monday at 4:00 p.m. EST.
A Huge Thank You to All of Our Partners to Make this Opportunity Possible
Winter Programs
Come Sail With Us This Winter
There are a number of exciting new sailing opportunities coming up on the Impossible Dream from our winter home port, Shake-A-Leg Miami!
Introducing Community Sails - POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
Want to come sailing on the beautiful waters surrounding Miami? New this winter, we are offering opportunities for members of the public to join us for Community Sails. Each sail is free of charge and open to anyone. The outing departs from Shake-A-Leg Miami's waterfront location and will typically last 3 hours. If you are interested in going sailing, please see schedule below and remember to RSVP to info@theimpossibledream.org(reservations required!).
*Sails are subject to weather conditions and attendance.
To sign up for a sail on the Impossible Dream while she is located in Miami, please email info@theimpossibledream.org or, fill out the contact form below.
Taking thousands sailing
Since 2015, the Impossible Dream has sailed approximately 40,000 miles along the Eastern Seaboard of North America, stopping at dozens of ports, and taking thousands of people sailing at no cost to the participants.
The 2019 Impossible Dream Summer Voyage
With 1,300 people who were given the opportunity to sail onboard the most accessible sailboat in the world, 2019 was our most successful season ever.
Our 2019 season surpassed our wildest expectations. The Impossible Dream was welcomed to over fifteen coastal communities where we worked with over seventy different non-profit organizations, rehabilitation hospitals, and advocacy groups to take their patients and participants sailing. Every year we travel more miles, serve more people, and expand our impact to reach every corner of the East Coast. We eagerly look forward to next season when we can raise our sails together again and continue making this dream a reality.
Past Summer Voyage Photos
2019 Summer Voyage Departure
First Stop: Norfolk, VA
Second Stop: Jersey City, NJ
The Impossible Dream would like to Thank our amazing Sponsors and Partners for our 2020 Summer Voyage of Hope
Racing For Awareness
The Impossible Dream takes part in highly competitive international and domestic races with mixed ability crews to bring awareness of her mission and open people’s minds to the capabilities of disabled persons.
Past Race Performances
View our impressive racing history below and stay tuned for an announcement of our 2019 race participations
2018 Regata Del Sol A Sol
Fort Lauderdale to Isla Mujeres, Mexico
1st Place in the Multihull Class
Over 30 participating Teams
Featured Press:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=7&v=u1LER2qgf9w
Regata Del Sol A Sol Gallery
Tall Ships Regatta Gallery
2017 Tall Ships Regatta
Boston to Quebec City
Awarded ‘Most Inspirational Crew’
Over 50 Participating Teams
Featured Press:
2016 Conch Republic Cup
Key West, Fl to Havana, Cuba
2nd Place in Multihull Class
54 Participating Teams
Featured Press:
https://www.cruisingworld.com/impossible-dream-racing-to-cuba
2016 Conch Republic Cup Gallery
2015 Fort Lauderdale to Key West Regatta
Fort Lauderdale to Key West
3rd Place in Multihull Class
42 Participating Teams
Featured Press:
https://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/outdoors/fl-south-florida-sailing-0115-20150114-story.html
Fort Lauderdale to Key West Gallery
Rehab Partners
The Impossible Dream partners with the country’s leading rehabilitation hospitals, disability advocacy groups, and spinal cord injury research institutions to inspire individuals with disabilities and to bring awareness to accessible design.
Helen Hayes Hospital is a 155-bed physical rehabilitation hospital in West Haverstraw, New York, owned and operated by the New York State Department of Heath. Established by Dr. Newton Schaffer in 1900 as a physical rehabilitation hospital for children, it is considered to be one of the first freestanding state-operated physical rehabilitation hospitals in the United States.
University of Maryland Rehabilitation & Orthopedic Institute (UM Rehab), formerly Kernan Hospital, has been serving the Baltimore community for over 100 years as a provider of orthopedic surgery and the largest inpatient rehabilitation hospital and provider of rehabilitation services in the state of Maryland.
UM Rehab reigns as Maryland's original orthopedic hospital with a staff that consists of a support team of orthopedic physician assistants and dedicated nurses in the Post Anesthesia Care Unit and the Medical/Surgical Unit, guaranteeing the highest quality of care in the acute hospital setting.
Shake-A-Leg Miami (SALM) is South Florida's premier, adaptive watersports community serving people of all abilities.
With a series of programs offered seven days a week year-round, Shake-A-Leg Miami provides a number of opportunities for children, youth, and adults with or without physical or mental challenges to experience the beauty of Miami’s gem that is Biscayne Bay.
Shake-A-Leg Miami is a not-for-profit organization working with children & adults with physical, developmental, and economic challenges in a marine environment, utilizing Biscayne Bay to teach environmental lessons, therapeutic sailing, swimming, & kayaking, among other watersports activities.
The Kennedy Krieger Institute is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) tax-exempt, Johns Hopkins affiliate located in Baltimore, Maryland that provides inpatient and outpatient medical care, community services, and school based programs for children and adolescents with learning disabilities, as well as disorders of the brain, spinal cord, and musculoskeletal system. The Institute provides services for children with developmental concerns mild to severe, and is involved in research into various disorders, including new interventions and earlier diagnosis.
The Kessler Foundation was established in 1985 and is one of the largest public charities in the United States supporting people with disabilities. Kessler Foundation Research Center has research programs designed to improve function and quality of life for persons with spinal cord and traumatic brain injury, stroke, multiple sclerosis and other neurological and orthopedic conditions. Kessler Foundation has also distributed millions of dollars to programs that promote the employment of people with disabilities through its "Transition to Work" Signature and Community Employment grants. The Foundation's Special Initiative grants also support related community programs like ThinkFirst, an injury prevention program for children. Kessler Foundation has a full-time staff of 90 individuals, divided between two locations in West Orange, NJ
The Woody Foundation, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) not for profit organization formed in 2011 to transform the quality of life of those living with paralysis and their caregivers. The namesake of The Foundation, James “Woody” Beckham suffered his spinal cord injury making a rugby tackle in January 2011. His family and friends have bonded together to support Woody by making donations to local charities which help others with paralysis.
The mission of Heidi Latsky Dance (HLD) is to redefine beauty and virtuosity through performance and discourse, employing performers with unique attributes to bring rigorous, passionate and provocative contemporary dance to diverse audiences.
The Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital is a 132-bed rehabilitation teaching hospital located in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the official teaching hospital for Harvard Medical School’s Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation[1] and the main campus of the Spaulding Rehabilitation Network. The hospital is a member of Partners Continuing Care under Partners HealthCare, a non-profit organization that owns several hospitals in Massachusetts.
The Reeve Foundation is dedicated to curing spinal cord injury by funding innovative research, and improving the quality of life for people living with paralysis through grants, information and advocacy.
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