Sailing camp helps kids gain self-confidence

When Chris Catterton signed her son up for the Brendan Sail Training Program in Annapolis, he "threw a fit," she said.

Four years later, Ben is an instructor at the camp and has missed only one day in that time - and that was to go sailing elsewhere.

"We could never find what he really liked," said Mrs. Catterton of Harwood. "Sailing is his thing."

Ben's story was repeated again and again among the students in the program, which teaches children with learning difficulties how to sail. While the camp's students, who have conditions such as autism and attention-deficit hyperactive...