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Lawrence Euteneier (aka. Karma) has started a wonderful initiative to explore the many options for people with visual disabilities to participate in the great sport of angling. I have a great respect and admiration for Lawrence and the work he has done, and he has without a doubt proven that people with disabilities can have just as much fun Angling as everyone else.

Thanks Lawrence for being such an ambassador to the sport of fishing. Your excitement, enthusiasm, and pursuit for excellent is to be commended.

Please take some time to <b>CHECK OUT HIS INITIATIVE</b> by reading more within this topic, or visit his <a href="http://www.fish-hawk.net/index.php?page=84">Fish-Hawk Profile page</a> for links to his website and other wonderful things being worked on.

Thanks for updating us all on this Bobber!

What a truly remarkable story! The electronics on this boat and the on-going mods are amazing!

So good in fact that perhaps alot of us without sight impairments should look into getting them!!!!

I could name a few that would benefit from a talking fish-finder!

The repair shops will hate it though!

But honestly this is an amazing story! Very inspiring!

Even cooler!

I hope the motorized boat is up soon!
This is news I plan on following up on!

Technology just keeps getting better and better!

Love it!

J

This is wonderful!!! Very inspiring, Great work!!!!!!


I think fishing is the best thing in the world for people with disabilities, it's just so much fun you can almost forget you are even disabled, even if it is only for a few hours a week.

As technology gets better and better hopefully more will be done for people with disabilities, because it's hard life to lead when you can't see or have other health problems that leave you crippled.

Isn't it true that FISHING IS HEALING?

==Tom==

Also, they say that blind people have a heightened sense of taste, smell and touch, hearing.

I can imagine that fairly quickly they will be able to know which type of fish is on the line with almost 100% certainty. Fishing must be a blast for them!

Just an update folks on what Karma has been doing for the past little while and where his plans for "The Blind Fishing Boat" are taking him.

Remember to check out his stuff at the upcoming Ottawa Boat and Sportsmen's Show.

Note from Lawrence **************************************

The following are some exciting Blind Fishing Boat highlights.

Read about <a href="http://www.blindfishingboat.com/?p=274">Sea Trials of the new HumanWare Breeze talking GPS</a>.

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

<a href="http://www.voiceprintcanada.com/compone ... 9/">Listen to his interview</a> 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:

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

Fishing tournaments planned for 2009 so far include:

-Blind Anglers International Tournament http://articles.outdoorcanada.ca/Homepa ... 580p1.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 <a href="http://www.sportshows.ca/Ottawa/events.htm ">Ottawa and Toronto Sportsman Shows</a>, (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”.

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.

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/

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Lawrence sounds a little busy don't ya think! Go get 'em bud. I look forward to seeing you at the Ottawa Show.

Cheers,

I went to see karma at the ottawa show today.

talk to him for an hour or so. again what a great guy he is.

a guy to lurne frome.

passion at heart.

he is now all over the news. and magasines.

great to talk to him again today like always.



joco

I dropped by the Ottawa show today, too, and met Lawrence.
All I can say is -- Amazing!!

Lots of people were coming up, saying they saw him on the morning news.
It was really nice to meet him and get the opportunity to talk with him.

Lawrence had a 5 minutes spot on the CBC TV news at 6 on Thursday night.
A star is born.

Terry_F wrote:Lawrence had a 5 minutes spot on the CBC TV news at 6 on Thursday night.
A star is born.

Didn't get to see him on CBC, but saw him with Angie Poirier, on A-news, this morning....a star is born for-sure....

Cheers

By the looks of this report, Lawrence was a very very busy man at the show. Check it out.....

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The Blind Fishing Boat was exhibited and three presentations were given at the 4-day Ottawa Outdoor and Boat Show. Hundreds of visitors to the exhibit expressed their support to have more fishers with vision loss fish along side those with sight.

Media coverage:

-4.5 minute segment on A Channel at 7:20 a.m.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rx2Tq0WDSNc

-4 minute segment on Rogers Live broadcasted 4 times;
-1.5 minute segment on CBC News at 6: p.m.;
-5 minute interview on Live 88.5 morning show aired twice;
-15 minute interview on CFRA radio aired at 9: p.m.;
-1/3 page write-up in the Ottawa Sun;
-1/4 page write-up in the Wednesday edition of “24 hours”;
-Article in a weekly journal, Metro;
-Article in regional paper, Le Journal;
-Up-coming article in future issue of Walrus;
-Video interview for local college website.


Highlights:

-Over $300 raised for the Mira Guide Dog Foundation;
-3 TV, 2 radio and 4 news paper features on the Blind Fishing Boat;
-Over 100 people attended seminars;
-Strong interest in Blind Fishing Camp being organized in partnership with CNIB’s Lake Joseph Centre;
-Offer of support from Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters to form new Chapter for youth with vision loss;
-numerous offers from potential volunteers to assist with running “Blind Fishing Adventures”;
--Commitment from Friends of Sport Fishing to co-host several 1-day “Blind Fishing Adventures”;
-Commitment to speak to the Department of National Defence’s, Hunting and Fishing Club;
- Visit from Students from Branford School for the Blind accompanied by their teacher and Orientation / Mobility instructor;
-Commitment to speak to the Land-O-Lakes Tourism Association;
Strong support from Fishing legends such as Big Jim McLaughlin, Editor of Just Fish’n Magazine, Dave Mercer, Host of Facts of Fishing TV show, Charles Sims, pro FLWR tour participant, Rob Atkins, owner of the FishHawk.Net Web Forum, and many other area semi-professional and recreational fishers;
-Distributed over 150 braille cards to visiting children;

Lawrence G. Euteneier
Captain
Blind Fishing Boat
230 Blackburn Ave.
Ottawa, Ont.
Canada, K1N 8A8
Tell: 613-298-3028
Email: Info@BlindFishingBoat.Com
Web: WWW.BlindFishingBoat.Com

2009 Activity Report issued via e-mail by Lawrence
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2009 was an incredible year. Numerous new talking electronics were sea-trialed, 14 fishing excursions involving 34 youth and adults with vision loss and 74 recently disabled vets were organized, and key-note presentations were given at fishing tournaments involving over 546 fishers with vision loss.

Outreach activities also included 14 presentations and exhibits at six outdoor events for a total of 182 hours. Feature articles in 15 fishing journals and mainstream papers, and over 45 minutes of TV and radio time, all contributed to get the message out about the importance of ensuring the sport of fishing is open to the over 11 million Americans and Canadians with vision loss.

A big thanks to my sponsors for their tremendous support and all those who volunteered their time and expertise. I very much look forward to the opportunity to work with all of you in 2010 as the Blind Fishing Boat initiative reaches out to even greater numbers of committed and potential fishers with vision loss and their families and friends.