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Great Optimist Race Gets R1.5 Million Worth of Free PR

We are incredibly stoked at this amazing opportunity to enrich and change the lives of so many! Without the help of all our sponsors and you guys, this would never be possible! THANK YOU! Click on the button to see more. [button...

Paddle4Presents Event | 29th November 2018

Come down and join us in Cape Town as we celebrate another year of P4P, each year being bigger and better than the year...

Cape Town 2018 Boat Show Highlights Video

Some snippets from this year's Cape Town International Boat Show (2018). South Africa’s premier boating and luxury lifestyle...

HUGE Thank you to Viking Life-saving Equipment

HUGE Thank you to Viking Life-saving Equipment who generously donated R5000.000 at The Great Optimist Race prize giving!

The Great Optimist Race Features On The Spotlight On ETV

The Great Optimist Race features on The Spotlight with Tanya Neft on ETV Watch the feature at 8.50 min in below...

The Great Optimist Race On Expresso TV Breakfast Show

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Thank You | CROCS

Here is some CROCS fun in the sun at The Great Optimist Race – 21 October 2018. CROCS sponsored an optimist for the race and their boat will be joining the sailing academy for development kids – thank you CROCS!...

The 2018 GREAT OPTIMIST RACE Was Incredible!

The inaugural race took place on Sunday 21 October 2018 in gusty and tricky conditions on a beautiful day in Cape Town. 42 Optimist sailors set off on a tricky 3 lap course through the V & A Waterfront, watched by 1000s of spectators. With the magnificent backdrop...

Maryke From Two Oceans Aquarium | Great Optimist Race

Dear Greg, Cara and Amy Wow – what a weekend! Huge big well done for literally keeping heads above water – it is rather rare that I get to see a team – in action – under stress – who all just keep smiling. But all for good reason as you pulled of a fantastic event...

This Is Why We Do It | Lawhill Maritime Centre

Good afternoon Greg, We as Lawhill Maritime Centre would like to express our sincerest appreciation for the opportunity afforded to some of our student on Friday. It is through people like yourself that students find the courage to continue through the hard times and...

Thank YOU Hilton!

Hi GREG / Cara, I just want to THANK YOU and your TEAM and Zeekoeivlei YACHT CLUB GUYS and everyone involved FOR THE GREAT DAY HAD BY ALL. Keep smiling...

Swanepoel Wins Sailing Contest | Argus Newspaper

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Cape Talk Interview | Lead SA | With Pippa Hudson

Interview with Pippa Hudson on Cape Talk Radio: [siteorigin_widget...

Survivors Set To Take On Great Optimist Race | Cape Argus

An article featured in the Cape Argus this week...

Cape Town’s ‘Sharkboy’ To Take On Ocean At Charity Race | News24

Article By News24. Paralympian Achmat “Sharkboy” Hassiem will be among the participants in the Great Optimist Race that will take place at the V&A Waterfront on October 20. The race was the brainchild of Greg Bertish, 47, founder of The Little Optimist Trust, a public...

Local Celebs And Medical Survivors To Face Off In A Sailing Race Around CT’s Waterfront

Article by The South Africa The race will see 40 Little Optimists navigating the waters at the foot of the iconic Table Mountain, with celebrities, corporates, charities and medical survivors on board. The project is the brainchild of big wave surfer and charity...

Meet Our Optimists Who Are Racing For Charity

Say hello to our local celebs, our captains of the industries and our brave survivors! Meet the team who will be going head to tail at the first annual Great Optimist Race to raise funds for sick and needy...

Greg Bertish, The Eternal Optimist | Cape Talk Radio

Article by Cape Talk. Greg Bertish is an adventurer and survivor or a life threatening illness, which means he knows the importance of having hope. And at the upcoming Cape Town International Boat show, he will be launching the first-ever Great Optimist Race, and it...

A Race For The Little Ones

We’re In Child Mag | Promotion

A HUGE heartfelt thank you to Child Magazine for promoting The Little Optimist in your latest edition. We are humbly blessed to be surrounded by such amazing humans in this world - Thank...

[MOVIE REVIEW] Recent Optimist Review

Dear Greg My twin daughters and I throughly enjoyed your movie night in the waterfront on Thursday night, what a blessing it was to sit in the open air and the smell of the ocean whilst watching you take on the big ocean with the little optimist. The one twin kept...

Great Optimist Boat Race Launches In Cape Town

Big wave surfer, charity campaigner and multiple cardiac-surgery survivor Greg Bertish is launching the first-ever Great Optimist Race at this year’s Cape Town International Boat Show. Up to 40 Little Optimists will navigate the waters around the V&A Waterfront on 20...

Reviews And More | V&A FREE Movie Night Shenanigans

What a wonderful, wonderful life..... and so it should be! A beautiful evening at the movies at the Waterfront. Under the mountain and under the stars. Thank you Cape Town. See you at the Great Optimist Race on the 20th. A message we received from one of the moms -...

We LOVE What We DO | Inspiring Kids

Telling stories, teaching kids, shifting perceived reality, and having fun doing it! I was a shy, bullied and insecure kid. I am now fantastically passionate about showing kids how it’s “cool to be different! “