H2o Show

In February 2021, Poole based sailor Pip Hare crossed the finish line of the Vendee Globe, having completed the world’s toughest race. BBC Radio Solent has followed Pip in her quest for this goal for 10 years. Steve Harris narrates a special programme telling her story and the story of the race she almost didn’t finish. Music content edited for compliance.

Outgoing Cowes harbour master Captain Stuart McIntosh talks about his lifelong love of the water, serving on Donald Trump’s superyacht and the role of the harbour master in Cowes. Podcast produced and presented by Neil Sackley. email: h2o@bbc.co.uk

On this edition, the dream is over for Portsmouth based INEOS Team UK who have lost out to the Italian Luna Rossa team in the Prada Cup. A win on day 3 wasn’t enough for Sir Ben Ainslie’s team who lost the America’s Cup Challenger series 7-1. This is a round up of day 4 of the Prada Cup final in New Zealand. Podcast compiled using material provided by Americas Cup and presented by Neil Sackley. email: h2o@bbc.co.uk

On this edition, day 3 of the Prada Cup final in New Zealand. Podcast compiled using material provided by Americas Cup and presented by Neil Sackley. email: h2o@bbc.co.uk

On this edition, day 2 of the Prada Cup final in New Zealand. Podcast compiled using material provided by Americas Cup and presented by Neil Sackley. email: h2o@bbc.co.uk

On this edition, day 1 of the Prada Cup final in New Zealand. Podcast compiled and presented by Neil Sackley using material provided by Americas Cup and Sea View Yacht Club. email: h2o@bbc.co.uk.

She’s done it! 95 days 11 hours, 37 and a half minutes after leaving Les Sables-d'Olonne, Pip Hare has crossed the finish line in the Vendee Globe. Podcast compiled and presented by Neil Sackley. email: h2o@bbc.co.uk

2000 miles from home in the Vendee Globe, Pip Hare celebrates her birthday with a little help from some familiar voices. Podcast compiled and presented by Neil Sackley. email: h2o@bbc.co.uk

On this edition, Sir Ben Ainslie reflects on INEOS Team UK’s America’s Cup campaign so far. Podcast compiled and presented by Neil Sackley. email: h2o@bbc.co.uk

Tributes have been paid to Bob Fisher, the Yachting Journalist known as “Mr America’s Cup”, who has died at the age of 85 at his home in Lymington. Bob was himself a world champion sailor, and record-breaking navigator... Close friend Sir Robin Knox Johnston was among those to acknowledge Bob's contributions to the sport, adding Bob was "A great character and a great loss." Dee Caffari MBE said he was "A true legend who will be missed around the globe." and Sir Ben Ainslie paid tribute to Bob from his training base in New Zealand. Bob was a great friend to the team that worked on the H2O project particularly when the America's Cup contest was on, reporting from wherever the races were for us. In 2015 though, just days before the America's Cup World Series started in Portsmouth, I visited Bob in his home just outside Lymington. We talked about growing up in Essex and when he first took to the water, the little America's Cup, Howards Way and of course the America's Cup and what it means to him. Here's

On this edition, Prada Cup Round Robin 3 Podcast compiled and presented by Neil Sackley using material supplied by America’s Cup. email: h2o@bbc.co.uk

Capsize drama and another win for INEOS TEAM UK in the Prada Cup. Podcast compiled and presented by Neil Sackley using material supplied by America’s Cup. email: h2o@bbc.co.uk

3 wins out of 3 for INEOS TEAM UK in the Prada Cup. Podcast compiled and presented by Neil Sackley with material supplied by Americas Cup. email: h2o@bbc.co.uk

A textbook start for Ineos Team UK in New Zealand, Eilidh McIntyre’s perfect storm of Covid and Brexit and Pip Hare passes Cape Horn in the Vendee Globe. Podcast compiled and presented by Neil Sackley. email: h2o@bbc.co.uk

On this edition Pip Hare in conversation from the Southern Ocean as she passes the half way mark of her Vendee Globe race. There’s a new series of BBC Two’s Saving Lives At Sea and some good news for the powerboat community in Cowes. Podcast compiled and presented by Neil Sackley. email: h2o@bbc.co.uk

On this mini edition we hear from sailors Alex Thompson and Pip Hare as they make final preparations for the 2020 Vendee Globe. Podcast compiled and presented by Neil Sackley. email: h2o@bbc.co.uk

On this edition: the RYA’s youth regattas are back, a tragedy on Southampton Water, a cut down boat show in Southampton and the last surviving D-Day landing craft is moved to Southsea seafront. Podcast compiled and presented by Neil Sackley. email: h2o@bbc.co.uk

On this episode, Sir Ben Ainslie CBE and Giles Scott MBE talk about Ineos Team UK’s campaign to bring the America’s Cup home. Podcast compiled and presented by Neil Sackley. email: h2o@bbc.co.uk

On this edition the world famous Round the Island Race is cancelled and a group of sailors foil across the channel. With no Cowes Week, how have Isle of Wight sailing clubs fared, a sailor thinks berthing fees should be reduced for lockdown and visitors to HMS Victory get a unique view. Podcast compiled and presented by Neil Sackley. email: h2o@bbc.co.uk

On this episode applications open for the RYA Keelboat Academy and Southampton Water Sailing Association rescue their summer programme. Natasha Lambert’s next challenge, a solo circumnavigator comes home and there’s a celebration of Cowes Week in poetry. Podcast compiled and presented by Neil Sackley. email: h2o@bbc.co.uk