The Little Optimist Sailing Academy

Little Optimist Sailing Academy is an exciting new venue situated at Battery Park. The Little Optimist Trust have teamed up to launch The Little Optimist Sailing Academy – a longtime dream of big wave surfer, sailor and ocean activist Greg Bertish.

The academy’s primary focus will be on providing sailing therapy to disadvantaged children from across the Western Cape, but it will also be available for private functions such as parties and children’s lessons. Each paid lesson will go towards sponsoring a child who can’t afford to pay.

Using a fleet of unique Optimist dinghies, children will be taught the basics of sailing and water safety, before giving them the opportunity to captain their own boat.