GeoffHolt.com

Media

• Public Speaker
• Columnist: Yachts & Yachting
• Columnist: All At Sea
• Radio - BBC Radio Solent H20 show
  (co-presenter on sailing show with Sir Robin Knox-Johnston)
• Geoff's Atlantic Adventure (30 minute docco BBC News & BBC News 24 - 2010)
• Able Seaman (30 minute docco BBC South 1997)
• Author: Walking on Water

Achievements

• 1st disabled person to sail single-handed around Great Britain 2007
• 1st disabled person to sail unassisted across the Atlantic Ocean 2009/10
• British Airways: Great Briton Award 2009
• Shortlisted for 2010 YJA Yachtsman of the Year Award
• Bronze medallist - world disabled multihull championships 1997
• Bronze medallist - world disabled multihull championships 1996
• BBC South Sports Personality of the Year 2007
• BBC South Sportsman of the Year 2007
• REGAIN Quadriplegic of the year 2008
• Nominated YJA Yachtsman on the Year 2007
• Nominated Daily Telegraph Great Briton of the Year 2007

Awards

• Awarded MBE in 2010 Queen's Birthday Honours for "Services to Disabled Sailing".
• RYA Award. The RYA's highest award for "Services to Yachting" 2004
• RYA Francis Elkin Award for: "Services to Disabled Sailing" 2009
• Honorary "Belongership" of the British Virgin Islands
  (Awarded by Prime Minister of BVI)
• Rotary International: Twice Awarded the Paul Harris Fellowship Medal
• Honorary Doctorate of Sport: Southampton University
• Honorary Doctorate of Science: Winchester University
• Patron Lymington Sailability
• Patron New Forest Sailability
• Patron Southern Spinal Injuries Trust
• Patron Rose Road Association
• Honorary member: Royal Southern Yacht Club
• Honorary member: Royal Southampton Yacht
• Honorary member: Royal British Virgin Islands Yacht Club

Committees (Current)

• Royal Yachting Association National council: Director and Supernumary member of RYA. (UK disabled sailing representative)
• British Paralympic Association: National Paralympic Committee
  (representing sailing on BPA)
• RYA Paralympic Steering Group
  (group will select the Paralympic sailors for Team GBR for 2012 games)

Committees (Past)

• Inaugural Chairman and Trustee of RYA Sailability
  1995 - 2002 (national disabled sailing charity)
• ISAF - UK sailing representative on International Disabled Sailing Federation
  1995 - 2000
• RYA Paralympic Sailing Group
  (Selected gold medal winning Paralympic sailing team 1996)
• Founding chairman Disabled Classes Association 2002