[Sportsandrec] Fwd: Blind Fishing Boat News -- February 2009

[David B Andrews]

FYI:

Dave


 >>> "Lawrence Euteneier" <info at blindfishingboat.com> 2/22/2009 9:23 PM >>>
Hello,

The following are some exciting Blind Fishing Boat highlights.

Read about Sea trials of the new HumanWare Breeze talking GPS at:
<http://www.blindfishingboat.com/?p=274>http://www.blindfishingboat.com/?p=274

I gave the key-note address at the North Carolina VIP Fishing 
Tournament to over 700 people, and participated as well.  Read how I faired at:
<http://www.blindfishingboat.com/?p=318>http://www.blindfishingboat.com/?p=318

Listen to my interview on fishing with vision loss on Voice Print's 
weekly national radio program, "Contact".  It's the first half of a 
two-part interview on sports:
<http://www.voiceprintcanada.com/component/option,com_mtree/task,viewlink/link_id,19325/Itemid,99999999/>http://www.voiceprintcanada.com/component/option,com_mtree/task,viewlink/link_id,19325/Itemid,99999999/

I provided the key-note speech at the 81st Congress of Ontario Nature 
and Outdoor Tourism Operators entitle, "A Business Case for 
Accommodating Disability".  Read about the response at:
<http://www.blindfishingboat.com/?p=257>http://www.blindfishingboat.com/?p=257

Fishing tournaments planned for 2009 so far include:
-Blind Anglers International Tournament 
http://articles.outdoorcanada.ca/Homepage/default/ultimate-experiences--fish-blind-n258580p1.html
-North Carolina Visually Impaired Persons Fishing Tournament 
http://www.ncvipfishing.org/history.htm
Berkley's B1 www.bass-man.com/b1_press_release.pdf -
Great Ontario Salmon Derby http://www.sportsmensshows.com/SalmonDerby/

The worlds first International Blind Executive Fishing Retreat will 
take place this August 15 in Canada's Arctic.  Up to 12 blind CEOs 
from the U.S., Canada and the U.K. will participate.  Should be interesting...

Blind Fishing Boat will exhibit at the Ottawa and Toronto Sportsman 
Shows, (Ottawa Feb 26 - March 1, Toronto March 18-22, and back to 
Ottawa April 3-5).  Lots of innovative new low and high tech devices 
to demonstrate.  I'll also be speaking on the "Great Outdoor Seminar Stage".
http://www.sportshows.ca/Ottawa/events.htm

Blind Fishing Boat, in partnership with the CNIB's Lake Joseph 
Centre, will hold the first ever one-week fishing camp for fishers 
with vision loss July 12-18.
<http://www.lakejo.ca/>www.lakejo.ca

Visit Blind Fishing Boat .Com to read how Miles Hilton-Barber, a U.K. 
Blind adventurer, and I faired on a ten-day Blind Fishing Adventure 
involving the pursuit of Northern Pike, Walleye and Carp.  Many other 
adventure reports loaded with fishing tips and gear advice, and Sea 
Trial reports on the world's first fishing boat for the blind, and 
now the world's first talking fishing boat, are available at:
http://www.blindfishingboat.com/

Anchors up,

Lawrence G. Euteneier
Captain
Blind Fishing Boat
230 Blackburn Ave.
Ottawa, Ont.
Canada, K1N 8A8
Email: Info at BlindFishingBoat.Com
Web: WWW.BlindFishingBoat.Com