A Catastrophic Mast Collapse, 800 Miles from Land & All Alone

Pip Hare is a world-class sailor, record-breaking athlete, and one of the most determined figures in offshore racing. In 2020 she was the eighth woman in history to finish the Vendée Globe which is considered to be the ultimate test in ocean racing and one of the toughest solo tests in the world of sports and extreme exploration. It enjoys a global audience of millions when runs every four years as sailors from around the world navigate the gruelling 24,300 mile race around the world.

Top tier Vendée Globe campaigns run into the tens of millions of pounds in budgets. The boat alone can easily run north of £2m in cost. Remarkably, Pip started her campaign with a £25k bank loan. And so while the race, like Formula One, is typically known for pushing the edges of technological innovation, Pip’s innovations were all around how much performance she could squeeze from the tiniest of budgets.

Pip will be discussing her heartbreaking 2024/25 campaign to be the first woman to ever finish the Vendée Globe twice and her long physical and psychological journey back when her race catastrophically ended 800 miles south of Australia dead in the water alone and without help.