Stay Aboard M/V Possibilities - Accessible, Solar-Hybrid Motor Yacht - North Fort Myers, FL

AirBnB or VBRO - book to Stay Aboard Dockside on our 165' wide, very private canal filled with fish and birds and frequently visited by dolphins, manatees, and alligators.  We are nestled between nearly 2 miles of nature preserves with Mangrove water trails waiting to be explored with our EZdock wheelchair barge soon to be outfit with joystick steering, kayak, rowboat, or 11 ft Takicat Catamaran Tender with 15hp outboard.

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Location: 2145 Cape Way, North Fort Myers, Florida 33950 USA

Status: Hosting groups up to 15. Completely refit

Possibilities is about making the seemingly impossible possible with a focus on fully inclusive participation. Participants are expected to contribute their talents to the best of their abilities. Everyone can take the helm even the most physically limited with head movement only! Galley, head, and berths are all wheelchair friendly.

Possibilities is operational, has completed 3000 miles, or 1/2 of America's Great Loop, leaving a Google Map virtual bread crumb trail of where to go and how that anyone can follow, and simply proving feasibility. She is capable of visiting any location in the eastern continental United States and Canada throughout the Great Lakes, broad interior river systems, Gulf Coast and East Coast.

Updates and conversions begun in June 2018 are expected to be completed in summer 2021. She has been outfit with custom accessible hand controls, ceiling lift, wheelchair accessible galley and head, transom elevator with safe access from all fixed and floating docks, below water level for adaptive snorkeling and scuba, to the massive flybridge. She will be demonstrating solar-powered air conditioning, generally thought impossible and capable of maintaining comfortable cabin temperatures for those unable to regulate body temperature while on anchor or acting as a base for adaptive scuba and snorkeling.

We provide a concrete, un-refutable example if someone with significant disabilities can live on a boat and circumnavigate the eastern continental United States and Canada why can they not live in their own home in the community. On a deeper and broader level, we are working to expand public awareness of the social, community, and fiscal benefits of home care as an alternative to nursing home institutionalization!

Give Perspective. Create Possibilities. Change a Life. Strengthen Community.

Come aboard as participant crew. Experience what you help make possible! Help with shared costs.

Suggested Donation per Participant for shared Program Costs

• $125+   = Dockside Overnight (2-6 persons) [Qty = #persons x #nights]
• $100+   = 4 Hour Cruise (6-15 persons)
• $160+   = 8 Hour Cruise (6-15 persons)
• $350+   = 2 Day 24 Hour Cruise with Overnight on Anchor (4-6 persons)
• $800+   = 3 Day Weekend Experience (4-6 persons)
• $1900+ = One Week Experience (4-6 persons)
• $3500+ = Two Week Experience (4-6 persons)
• $7000+ = One Month Experience (4-6 persons)

Related Spin-off Technologies and Projects

• Inclusive Travel World Map
• Aluminum Transom Elevator by Sponsor Bill Golden Boat Lifts
• Aluminum Solar Panel Integrated Hardtop - Rigid 500 Watt Bifacial Panels. Can be assembled, disassembled, and shipped. DIY friendly.
• Solar-charged 48v DC 280 aH 15 kWh 16S Lifepo4 Marine-Grade Batteries
• Solar-powered 48v DC Off-Grid 32 SEER Air Conditioning & Heat
• Inclusive Kitchen / Galley - Affordable Wheelchair-Friendly Home Modifications. DIY friendly
• Inclusive Bathroom / Head - Affordable Wheelchair-Friendly Home Modification. DIY friendly
• Cantilever Wheelchair Lift - space-saving Ramp Replacement for 1-3 interior or exterior steps, portable, affordable simplicity, low-maintenance lightweight aluminum, DIY friendly, no structural modifications and steps remain functional for those who walk
• Vertical Wheelchair Lift - ultra-compact, affordable simplicity, interior or exterior, DIY friendly. By combining with safe, High-Incline Alternating Fixed Stairway or Standard Incline Folding Stairway both can fit in the space of an existing stairway and add significant architectural appeal. Perfect for Marine, RVs, and Tiny Homes

Populations this Project Serves

The most limited People with Disabilities often in wheelchairs. Wounded Veterans and 1st Responders. Terminally ill. Elderly. Special needs children

Contributors

• Designer and Project Lead: Mark E Felling
• Volunteers: Learn about Opportunities
• Sponsors: Learn about Sponsorship levels