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Commercial Parasailing - The Brain Child Behind it all !
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David Carminito
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- Impassioned with the
sport of
(para-sailing) at age 15. Mark McCulloh
is an accomplished inventor,
motivational speaker and
internationally recognized as the original inventor of
the winchboat and modern day parasailing equipment.
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Take a minute to
review our "new" Video/Pictorial Timeline Collection, outlining the
Evolution of Parasailing from 1961 to 1998. Click through 40
page links of Rare Photos, Vintage Videos and Historical References.
Don't forget to "turn on" your speakers.
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RELEASE 09/26/09: We have
launched the National Foundation for Parasail Regulations to
collect comments, suggestions and responses from operators, the
general public and especially those families who have lost loved
ones will support this initiative to support nationwide
regulations and operating guidelines that will present to State
and Federal authorities for their consideration to mandate
specific operating guidelines for all U.S. Coast Licensed
Parasail Captains.
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RELEASE 10/20/09: While we
move forward lobbying for parasailing regulations, we are
offering licensed parasail captains a safe operator endorsement
certificate issued by the Parasail Safety Council (PSC) and
their parasail location listed and
promoted on our website in exchange for agreeing to
voluntarily abide by 6 distinctive parasail operating guidelines
for parasailing safety.
Click here
to view a sample of the approved parasail operators page that
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**NEW**
Parasail Captain Endorsement Registration |
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1974 "THE FIRST" PARASAIL WINCHBOAT |
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The worlds first Parasail
Winchboat was invented by Mark McCulloh of Miami, Florida.
In 1974, the proof of concept was completed and a
patent was granted to McCulloh in October 26, 1976.
Due to numerous accidents, the commercial application
was delayed until 1980. The
First Recorded Winchboat Accident occurred in 1977
during a media event at Sunset Beach, Treasure Island,
Florida. Where a girl almost drown after the parasail went
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Today Winchboat parasailing
represents more than 95% of all commercial parasailing
offered throughout the World. |
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1980 "THE FIRST" MILITARY WINCHBOAT FOR WATER
SURVIVAL TRAINING |
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In 1980, McCulloh was contracted
by the US AIR FORCE to build a Winchboat for their Water
Survival Training Program that provided pilots and
astronauts life saving techniques to escape a parasail
during a waterlanding in high winds.
Waterlandings can be dangerous in high winds since the
canopy will stay inflated after landing in the water thus
dragging the parasailor backwards through the water and in
some case drowning. |
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The
McCulloh's Winchboat design is still in use at the Naval Air
Station in Pensacola, Florida. |
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PARASAIL SAFETY
COUNCIL
The Clayton &
McCulloh Building
1065 Maitland Center Commons Blvd.
Maitland, FL 32751
Phone (407) 650-3300
click envelope to email us
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