H2o Show

On this edition, Team GB sailors Eilidh McIntyre and Ali Young talk about how they’re feeling, considering they thought they’d be in Tokyo right now. RORC tell us about an event that IS happening, and some tips for those planning post covid cruise holiday. Podcast compiled and presented by Neil Sackley. email: h2o@bbc.co.uk

Lesley Robinson, CEO of British Marine talks about the Summer on the Water campaign and Geoff Holt MBE DL tells us what shielding for 3 months has been like. Podcast compiled and presented by Neil Sackley. email: h2o@bbc.co.uk

Blind sailor Kate Healey talks about her passion for being on the water. Pip Hare looks forward to the Vendee Globe, the esailing champion talks about the series and we visit the RNLI training centre in Poole. Podcast compiled and presented by Neil Sackley. email: h2o@bbc.co.uk

Round the world sailor Alex Thomson is back on the water as he picks up his pre Vendee Globe training regime. Also, 14 year old Will Sears who was told he’d never sail again competes in a world championship, a team of rowers aiming for a round Britain record and Team GB sailors help deliver vital medicines across Dorset Podcast compiled and presented by Neil Sackley. email: h2o@bbc.co.uk

GAFIRS, the Gosport and Fareham Inshore Rescue Service are looking for new members, we hear from their new coxswain James Baggott. Also a catch up with Jack Trigger, the youngest sailor to finish the 2018 Route du Rhum. We find out how me manages his diabetes whilst sailor offshore. And members of the Royal Yacht Squadron in Cowes mark HRH Prince Philip’s 99th birthday. Podcast compiled and presented by Neil Sackley. email: h2o@bbc.co.uk

Cowes Week 2020 is cancelled and paraplegic sailor Geoff Holt MBE DL has a stark warning for those thinking of jumping into the water from height. Podcast compiled and presented by Neil Sackley. email: h2o@bbc.co.uk

A possible salvage operation at Titanic, training for the 2020 Atlantic Row, tough times for the National Museum of the Royal Navy and a Dorset bay welcomes the cruise ships. Podcast compiled and presented by Neil Sackley. email: h2o@bbc.co.uk

The RYA and RNLI react to the news of the lifting of restrictions on water sports, allowing sailing clubs and marinas to re-open. Plus the impact on the loss of cruising, Sir Ben Ainslie on being locked down and the man who hitched a ride on a former Volvo Ocean Race boat. Podcast compiled and presented by Neil Sackley. email: h2o@bbc.co.uk

On this edition, the RYA launch its training webinars and some of the south’s sailing clubs have been recording their lockdown diaries. Podcast compiled and presented by Neil Sackley. email: h2o@bbc.co.uk

The RYA tell us about E sailing and an Isle of Wight sailor tells us she’s desperate to return home. Plus a small sailing club and a sail training firm tell us how they’re making the best of the lockdown. Podcast compiled and presented by Neil Sackley. email: h2o@bbc.co.uk

On this edition how a New Forest sailmaker is making protective bags for medical staff dealing with coronavirus patients and is using its factory machinery to help local volunteers make scrubs quickly. Plus relief for the British Olympic sailing squad due to go to Tokyo but uncertainty over funding and a Dorset family sail home after trying to start a new life in South America. Podcast compiled and presented by Neil Sackley. email: h2o@bbc.co.uk

Team GB sailor Eilidh MacIntyre and rower Becca Girling give their reactions to the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics, the RYA launches sail from home, Poole RNLI reassure us they are still there for those in need and a submariner give us his tips on self isolating. Podcast compiled and presented by Neil Sackley. email: h2o@bbc.co.uk

Organisers of the Clipper Race took the decision to pause the 2019/20 race due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Race founder Sir Robin Knox-Johnston explains why and how the race was halted and the impact on the future of the biennial event. And both Sir Robin and fellow round the world sailor Dee Caffari MBE offer advice on keeping yourself occupied if you have to self-isolate. Podcast compiled and presented by Neil Sackley. email: h2o@bbc.co.uk

Shelley Jory-Leigh delves into the history of the Corporation of Trinity House and tours their headquarters in London.

On this edition we hear from the teams taking part in the opening Sydney round of the 2020 SailGP championships. Podcast compiled and presented by Neil Sackley. email: h2o@bbc.co.uk.

The story of Anna and Cameron McLean from Stow on the Wold who wanted to be the first brother and sister ever to row the Atlantic. Throughout 2019, BBC Radio Gloucestershire's Nicky Price has been following their story. Speaking to their family and friends and has kept tracks on their training. She was at the race start in La Gomera to see them off. Podcast compiled and presented by Neil Sackley. email: h2o@bbc.co.uk.

The MCA launches an information ad campaign, a focus on the Hayling Island RNLI crew, HMS Collingwood marks its 80th anniversary and we hear from the Dorset man who’s the star of the BBC canal series. Podcast compiled and presented by Neil Sackley. email: h2o@bbc.co.uk

On this edition, hear about the dangers faced by fishermen doing their job, mariners passing Portland Lighthouse will soon get a brighter warning, and we hear from Ocean Youth Trust South. Also hear from two adventurers who are preparing to row not one but two oceans in 2020 and there’s an appeal to find a plaque removed from Poole Lifeboat station. Podcast produced and presented by Neil Sackley. email: h2o@bbc.co.uk

On this edition we hear from some of the sailors selected to represent Great Britain in the 2020 Tokyo games and Sir Ben Ainslie tells us about his brand new boat, designed and built with the aim of winning the America’s Cup. Podcast produced and presented by Neil Sackley. email: h2o@bbc.co.uk

The J/70 is one of the most competitive sailing classes in the world. A relatively new class, the J/70 is 22 feet long and is sailed in 25 countries, predominantly in the United States and Europe. In 2019 the world championships were held in the UK for the first time. In this podcast you’ll hear from the international class association executive director Chris Howell, the skipper of ‘Eat Sleep J Repeat’, the eventual world champions. Also the UK class captain and the lady helm JM7. And the principal race officer talks about putting and event like this on. Podcast produced and presented by Neil Sackley. email: h2o@bbc.co.uk