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‘Sailing for all.’ Community Boating Celebrates 25 Years
Friday morning, as rush hour traffic began swelling on Storrow Drive, a pack of sailboats with neon orange sails set out from the docks of Community Boating, a historic public sailing nonprofit. Each boat carried children and teens from across the state out into the open waters of the Charles River.
Setting Sail on the Charles with Community Boating, Inc. in Its 75th Year
It’s hard not to be charmed by Community Boating, Inc. As of this summer, the scrappy, volunteer-driven nonprofit has officially spent 75 years at the edge of the Charles River making the impossible happen: turning sailing, pastime of wealthy WASPs and Ivy Leaguers on obscure sports scholarships, into something nearly anyone can do.