The key to the rehabilitation of a complex activity, such as sailing, involves the determination of specific goals or subtasks. For each specific goal, both visual and nonvisual mechanisms are considered. This report identifies the specific goals that should be met to enable an experienced skipper to maintain his or her ability to sail a yacht. Mechanisms are described that either failed or enabled achievement of the specific goals.
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