The Great Lakes Foundation is dedicated to preserving the richness of wilderness cruising areas of the Great Lakes, and fostering the art and culture of cruising. 

The Foundation's purpose includes:

  • Promoting marine safety through education, including publications and seminars;
  • Protecting and preserving wilderness areas by providing information that will enhance the appreciation of the Great Lakes;
  • Encouraging the study and preservation of the marine environment;
  • Supplying encouragement, information and financial assistance to persons and organizations who further the purposes of the Foundation.

With this grant AST will be obtaining two new davits and a contribution towards a new Martin16 sailboat. Thank you GLF!

We Believe in Safe Sport

Able Sail Toronto is proud to announce that we have recently adopted a comprehensive set of policies, in harmony with all of Canada's sailing organizations to ensure that all experiences we provide are safe and positive for everyone involved. Check out the full package Here>> and be prepared to sign the new Code of Conduct this spring.

Canada Summer Jobs (CSJ) provides wage subsidies to employers from not-for-profit organizations, the public sector, and private sector organizations with 50 or fewer full-time employees, to create quality summer work experiences for young people aged 15 to 30 years.

Able Sail Toronto is proud to be a recipient of 2023 Canada Summer Jobs funding.

Able Sail Toronto is proud to welcome our 2023 Summer Staff: Sam Jennings, Jenna Henderson, Ilya Plashnitsa and Armin Afshar Naderi. We are really excited for a great summer ahead! Follow the link to the AST website to read their bio's. Read More...>

Sport for Development FundThis fund provides financial and human resource support to neighborhood-based organizations in under-serviced communities that nurture the physical, social and emotional well-being of program leaders and their participants through quality sport programming. They identify values-based organizations that are welcoming to the diverse peoples of our country, and are inspired to make the sport system in Canada more equitable.

Able Sail Toronto is proud to be a recipient of the Sport for Development Fund for 2023.

January 1, 2023: Membership is now open for the 2023 season!

Membership is open to people with disabilities from the age of 10 and over.

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This is our friend Johnston Hall of sponsor OMRON Canada. Today Johnston repaired 4 windlasses that are used to support sailing for people with disabilities, supporting equity and inclusion in the sport of sailing. Johnston and OMRON will explore options to realize our goals of utilizing technology to empower people.

OMRON's Vision is to create "Innovation Driven by Social Needs" through automation to empower people.
The quote from Yoshihito Yamada, CEO articulates his vision for  OMRON to realize its corporate values - “I would like all OMRON employees to put our corporate philosophy into practice and work together with stakeholders to create a sustainable society through Sensing and Control + Think technology.”

Johnston Hall embodies that vision. Johnston, maintained and repaired 4 windlasses that are used to support sailing for people with disabilities, supporting equity and inclusion in the sport of sailing. Johnston and OMRON will explore options to realize our goals of utilizing technology to empower people. 

Able Sail Toronto has been the beneficiary of Canada Summer Jobs Grants in 2019, 2020,2021 and 2022. At AST, our summer employees gain valuable practical experience in their area of studies and interest. In addition to this, AST makes all efforts to introduce our summer students to other learning opportunities in their desired profession.

Today Sam Jennings, who worked with us in the summer of 2021, was given a tour of the lab of Lars Kristjansen of CEI Inc. Sam learned about a project funded by an NSERC grant that is a vision system that detects any imperfections that may exist in metal brackets produced on a hydraulic press in a metal fabrication facility.