Boot Sailing School 2025

Waves of Optimism
Greg’s unique talks, his visionary mindset and his raw and powerful storytelling have inspired audiences around the world. Adventure, awards, failure, medical hardship, survival and the incredible little hero’s he has met along his journey, will leave you spell bound, optimistic and inspired to be a better human being.

Bullied, insecure and dyslexic as a child, he believed he would not amount to much.
How wrong he was! Greg is now a family man, humanitarian, charity campaigner, author and the
founder of the internationally awarded Sharkspotter Program and The Little Optimist Trust.
After surviving two cardiac surgeries and 200 days in hospital fighting a tropical bacteria, he went on to sail an 8ft children's Optimist dinghy around the Cape of Storms in 2016. He raised ZAR 1.3 million for the Red Cross Children’s Hospital and OPTIMIST , the internationally acclaimed documentary about his journey, was released. A respected sailor and surfer, Greg shifted “perceived reality” when, as a multiple cardiac surgery survivor, he became National Champion in Lifesaving and
Stand-Up Paddle Boarding.
In 2019 he was recognised by the Marine industry for the incredible charity work he does in Africa, and
received the Dame Charity Award at METS in Amsterdam.
After authoring two children's books, Greg has partnered with both the Laureus Foundation and
Paris Olympics 2024 and has opened the first sailing Therapy academy in the world , in Cape Town South Africa.