Paul Tingley      

Paul Tingley

Chairman

Paul fell in love with disabled sailing in 1995 and then joined Sail Able Nova Scotia as a member.  He has been advocating the benefits of disabled sailing ever since.
Paul joined the Canadian Sailing Team in 1999 and participated in five Paralympic Games, winning one Gold and two Bronze medals.  He was Chair of Mobility Cup in 2007  & 2018, and is currently a member of the board of Sail Able Nova Scotia.  Paul is  employed as the parasport coordinator for Sport Nova Scotia.
René Dallaire      

Paula Stone

Vice-Chair & Secretary


Paula Stone has 35 years' experience as an occupational therapist working with children and adults. She began volunteering at the AQVA (Association québécoise de voile adaptée) in 1998 and has been its director of program operations since 2001. She joined the ASN board in 2008 and has served as vice-chair since 2011. She is currently the chair of the ASN Mobility Cup Committee.
     

René Dallaire

Treasurer
René Dallaire was introduced to sailing in 1994 when he attended the Mobility Cup regatta in Vancouver.  This helped René find an outlet for his competitive spirit and inspired him to found AQVA in 1996. He is currently the association’s executive director and treasurer. He continues to enjoy racing as he has attended most of the Mobility Cup regattas since 1994. René has been on the ASN board since it was founded in 2006.
Mark Lambert      

Mark Lambert

Director
Mark Lambert was introduced to the sport of sailing through the Royal Canadian Sea Cadet program and has enjoyed the sport ever since. Mark has volunteered with the Disabled Sailing Association of Alberta since 2010. When not on the water Mark enjoys power lifting, with the goal of one day being able to change the keel line on a Martin 16 with out a hoist or crane!
Doug Nutting      

Doug Nutting

Director
Doug is the Executive Director for Recreation Integration Victoria, Co-Chairs the OneAbility Collective Impact Group in Greater Victoria, currently is the Chair of the Active Living Alliance for Canadians with a Disability. Doug was a member of the CSA Z614 Technical Committee’s, Adapted Playspaces and Adapted Equipment sub-committee. He has been a member of the Sport for Athletes with a Disability Committees for both the1988 and 2000 BC Summer Games. Doug has sat on numerous boards of local disability related not-for-profit organizations over the past 38 years.
 Danny McCoy        

Danny McCoy

Director
Disabled-sailing veteran Danny McCoy attended his first Mobility Cup in 1997 before competing for the Canadian Sailing Team at the 2000 Paralympics and numerous world championships. He is a former president of the international 2.4 mR association and founded the Disabled Sailing Association of Ontario in 1998. 
 Matt Debicki      

Matt Debicki

Director
Matt spent ten years as a professional sailor, working on tall ships, multihulls and monohulls, including three years working aboard Inventure, a 60’ power wheelchair accessible trimaran.  During his time as captain of Inventure, he  had the great fortune to work with Hillary Lister, training her for her record setting English channel crossing, while at the same time modifying a Soling so that she could sail it solo with sip-and-puff controls. Matt is now based in Newfoundland and is helping to  develop Canada's eastern-most accessible sailing outpost!
       

Dale Stevenson

Director
Dale has been sailing since the age of five and has developed a passion for it as a sport, a recreational activity, and especially enjoys the community and lifelong friendships that he has built. He discovered able sailing in 2002 and raced a Martin 16 at the Mobility Cup in Pelican Lake Manitoba in 2004. He is excited to help bring back competitive racing of Martin 16s to Manitoba.
     

Vibudh Shrivastava

Director

Introduced to sailing by friends, Vibudh felt instant connection with the sport and the community. Having taken a few beginner lessons and sailed as a companion a Martin 16 race, Vibudh hopes to be able to sail confidently in the near future. He holds a bachelors in Engineering and Master in Laws and calls Calgary home.
     

Jennifer Barnable

Director

Jennifer is a PR communicator and educator with experience supporting Indigenous, immigrant and refugee, and disability communities. She is keenly interested in equity, diversity and inclusion, universal design, culture and the arts. Jennifer’s grandfather was a skilled inshore boat builder and sailor, and she grew up around boats in outport Newfoundland. As an adult, her first sail was a transatlantic tall ship crossing from St. John’s to Lisbon via the Azores. A later journey around the Iberian Coast only solidified her passion for sailing.

 

Sailing gave me the tools, community and knowledge to learn the skills that I use today.

Peter Eagar Canadian Paralympic Team, Mobility Cup champion 2015