2024-05-14T11:51:36-07:00 2023-12-31 990EZ 2023-01-01 843368576 BOSTON BLIND SAILING INC BOST 6179976217 234 Arlington Street Watertown MA 02472 Samuel Peirson Treasurer 9547299030 2024-05-14 Samuel Peirson 999009999 1 1 11 1 AAL2 X 2023 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z X X X http://bostonblindsailing.org X X 452 X 227 0 225 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 452 0 0 0 0 0 0 4715 4715 -4263 8011 0 3748 8011 3748 0 0 0 0 8011 3748 0 0 8011 3748 MISSION STATEMENT OF BOSTON BLIND SAILING We are a community of blind and visually impaired sailors and sighted guides working together to sail at a highly competitive level, by: * Promoting autonomy in sailing through training and the use of other senses, * Providing blind access and inclusion to sailing and the wider sailing community, and * Partnering with local, national, and international sailing organizations to expand the sport of blind sailing. In 2023, BBS enjoyed another full season of our core programming, conducting weekly practices from May through August at our host center, Boston's Community Boating, Inc (CBI,). These practices usually consisted of various drills, starts and short races. Some of our sailors also participated in Tuesday evening Rhodes 19 racing at the Courageous Sailing Center in Charlestown. The participation numbers for blind and sighted sailors and volunteers declined from 2022 levels. We are looking to increase participation in all categories in 2024. For the first time, BBS hired a Coach, Nolan Cooper, to conduct our weekly practices. Nolan was also the CBI Junior Program Race Coach in 2023. He is a collegiate sailor at Fairfield University and campaigns an F18 catamaran with CBI's Junior Program Director Kate Myler. In early June, the Robie Pierce One Design Regatta for Disabled Sailors was held on Western Long Island Sound in New York at the Larchmont Yacht Club in Larchmont. BBS was represented by blind & visually impaired sailors Christine Diaz, Duane Farrar and Katherine Kern and sighted guide Dana Robinson. BBS provided the funding for Christine and Katherine to travel on the train to New York. Christine and Katherine sailed with a sighted guide supplied by the regatta organizers while Duane and Dana sailed with a first-time blind sailor from New York. In late July, our team of blind sailors Duane Farrar and Kris Scheppe and sighted tactician Jeff Dusek traveled to Chicago and took part in the Independence Cup Clinic and Regatta organized by the Judd Goldman Adaptive Sailing Foundation (JGASF.) Competing in the Sonar division, they placed 2nd in the Independence Cup. The team had a wonderful experience, meeting and networking with other blind and disabled sailors from around the country. Financial support for this trip was provided jointly by BBS and the JGASF, resulting in virtually no cost for the sailors. 0 4715 4715 Andrew Alletag President 2.0 0 0 0 Grace Olsen Director 0.1 0 0 0 Katy Boyd Director 0 0 0 0 Carolyn Petrie Director 0 0 0 0 Duane Farrar Vice President 2 0 0 0 Pauline Dowell Director 0.25 0 0 0 William Fontanez Director 0.1 0 0 0 Samuel Peirson Treasure 0.25 0 0 0 Angelina Feimer Clerk 0.25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MA Samuel Peirson 42 8th st apr 3508 Boston MA 02129 9547299030 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 635 10225 4529 2325 452 18166 320 320 635 10225 4529 2645 452 18486 18486 350 350 635 10225 4529 2995 452 18836 X Schedule A, Part III, Line 12 Member partially reimbursed BBS for the cost of an airline ticket after receiving a travel grant from the JGASF in Chicago Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 In 2023 BBS provided a full season of our core programming, conducting weekly practices from May into early September at our host center, Boston's Community Boating, Inc (CBI,). These practices usually consisted of various drills, starts and short races.