Sailing for the disabled

Hooper sailing for the disabled - Outdoors - MiamiHerald.com: "The crew on captain Graham Hooper’s 46-foot Bertram sportfishing yacht caught two blackfin tuna, two schoolie dolphin, and a couple bonitos during the Grove Slam! Tournament held a few weeks ago in Miami. They tended trolling lines, told jokes, gaffed fish, drank a couple beers and enjoyed themselves as much as the rest of the fleet did that day. But unlike the members of the other 116 crews that fished the Slam, Hooper is a quadriplegic, and so are anglers Chris Hickox and John Beauregard. First mate Merritt Matheson is legally blind. Their boat, the Matrix — soon to be renamed the Lucky Dog — may be the only fishing charterboat around that is operated by a disabled crew for disabled clients. . . ."

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