From left, student Nick Schmoke receives some directional sailing tips from John Beauregard during a course that gives University of Miami physical therapy doctoral students a chance to learn how to sail from experienced disabled sailors while also learning how to handle disabled patients in situations on the water at Shake-A-Leg Miami in Coconut Grove on Friday, Jan. 20, 2011. ALLISON DIAZ / FOR THE MIAMI HERALD

Disabled sailors leave their wheelchairs behind on the dock during a course that gives University of Miami physical therapy doctoral students a chance to learn how to sail from experienced disabled sailors while also learning how to handle disabled patients in situations on the water at Shake-A-Leg Miami in Coconut Grove on Friday, Jan. 20, 2011. ALLISON DIAZ / FOR THE MIAMI HERALD

Students Ryan Nhuyen, far left, and Mark Tkaczuk, far right, help disabled sailor Allen Fisk, in center, get securely seated during a course that gives University of Miami physical therapy doctoral students a chance to learn how to sail from experienced disabled sailors while also learning how to handle disabled patients in situations on the water at Shake-A-Leg Miami in Coconut Grove on Friday, Jan. 20, 2011. ALLISON DIAZ / FOR THE MIAMI HERALD

Biscayne Bay is the setting for a course that gives University of Miami physical therapy doctoral students a chance to learn how to sail from experienced disabled sailors while also learning how to handle disabled patients in situations on the water at Shake-A-Leg Miami in Coconut Grove on Friday, Jan. 20, 2011. ALLISON DIAZ / FOR THE MIAMI HERALD

From left, students Mark Tkaczuk, Ryan Nhuyen, and Kim Gridwold receive sailing tips from disabled sailor Allen Fisk during a course that gives University of Miami physical therapy doctoral students a chance to learn how to sail from experienced disabled sailors while also learning how to handle disabled patients in situations on the water at Shake-A-Leg Miami in Coconut Grove on Friday, Jan. 20, 2011. ALLISON DIAZ / FOR THE MIAMI HERALD

Disabled sailor Joe Cook, in center, recieves help getting back into his wheelchair from students Amanda Mattison, far left, Nicole Surach, in center, and Heather Fehlner, far right, during a course that gives University of Miami physical therapy doctoral students a chance to learn how to sail from experienced disabled sailors while also learning how to handle disabled patients in situations on the water at Shake-A-Leg Miami in Coconut Grove on Friday, Jan. 20, 2011. ALLISON DIAZ / FOR THE MIAMI HERALD