Greg Bertish News Today

Little Optimist Sailing Academy and V&A Waterfront teach kids about ocean health and safety

The trip fulfills a dream the family started shaping after their record-breaking row by small boat to New York

A group of children from Heideveld got their first sailing experience thanks to the Little Optimist Sailing Academy based V&A Waterfront’s Battery Park on Tuesday 21 February.

The Great Optimist Race is back this year at the V&A Waterfront on 29 October.

The trust is working towards urgent upgrades to Astra School which accommodates learners with disabilities.

The Little Optimist Sailing Academy in Cape Town which recently opened at the V&A Waterfront, has received R500 000 from the Paris 2024 Olympics, in association with the French Development Association, for its work with underprivileged children.

Mitchells Plain children take to the sea and get treated to sailing therapy By Staff Reporter Share Cape Town - A group of Mitchells Plain children were exposed to the joy that sailing and the sea can offer, when they took part in a sailing therapy day at the V&A Waterfront. The event was part of the 9 Miles Project, which works with youth from impoverished coastal communities, and was hosted by facilitator Greg Bertish – a well-known charity campaigner who runs the Little Optimist Trust, whi...