Uri: The Aluminum Motorsailer Built for a Paraplegic Sailor's Dream
Published on: 17/07/2026
Built in Holland in 1992, designed from the keel up for wheelchair access — now cruising the Mediterranean.
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Built in Holland in 1992, designed from the keel up for wheelchair access — now cruising the Mediterranean.

DRAFT - NOT PUBLISHED. Full archive: history, specs, photos, and video of the Well-Abled accessible yacht.

Tom Hughes, paralyzed in a rugby accident, is circumnavigating the globe solo-capable in a catamaran built for his wheelchair.
Built in 2002 for Mike Browne, now sailing free for wheelchair users out of Shake-A-Leg Miami — and a real lesson in the limits of designing for one person.

Magic Carpet is Inclusive's free, stable electric dinghy-barge that lets wheelchair users get on the water without a lift or ramp.

M/V Possibilities II is a 75' custom wheelchair-accessible liveaboard yacht with joystick controls throughout.