All about Pip Hare and her iconic round-the-world races.
In mid-April Pip Hare, one of MIN’s favourite IMOCA skippers, made the shocking announcement that her team was facing the reality of having to halt preparations for this year’s Vendée Globe. It was, and is, facing funding woes. “What happens after June is at risk unless I can bring more funding into the campaign,” Hare […]
British sailor Pip Hare has been rescued by the RNLI after running aground off Cornwall. “I am pretty devastated about everything that happened. I managed to sleep through a lot of alarms and run aground off the coast of Cornwall on my delivery home from the Return to Base race,” Hare says. The incident happened […]
Clarisse Crémer, the Vendée Globe competitor who came 12th overall in 2020/2021, and was the first woman to complete that iteration and became a record holder in the process, has been dropped by her sponsor Banque Populaire. And now, a blame game is taking place on social media as both organisations, the bank and the […]
French skipper Yoann Richomme has won the 12th edition of the Route du Rhum solo transatlantic race, crossing the finish line yesterday (23 November 2022) with his newbuild Lombard Lift 40 V2 Paprec-Arkea at 16:23:40 UTC to win in the Class40, from a record entry of 55 boats. Meanwhile, Italian skipper Ambrogio Beccaria brought his […]
Vendee Globe veteran Pip Hare has broken two sailing records at once, after sailing around the Isle of Wight single-handed. The Poole-based sailor completed the voyage in the new outright fastest time for a solo sailor, and now also holds the overall 60ft boat record: crewed or solo. The record was ratified by the World […]
Highfield Boats has announced a partnership with Pip Hare Ocean Racing to supply the team with a bespoke Patrol 760 RIB in support of Hare’s global sailing campaign. The RIB will support the programme that includes preparation for Hare competing in the 2024 Vendée Globe single-handed, non-stop, round-the-world race on her new foiling IMOCA, Medallia. […]
Sailing navigation and instrument specialist B&G has announced its partnership with Pip Hare, whose foiling IMOCA 60 Medallia has recently undergone a refit to ensure it is well equipped for her extensive race schedule. A British professional sailor for over 25 years, Hare realised her dream of competing in the Vendee Globe in 2020. She […]
British sailor Pip Hare and sailmaker OneSails are working together to recycle the sails that Hare used in her race around the globe, in a bid to improve the sustainability of the materials used in offshore racing. The OneSails 4T Forte composite sails travelled with Hare over 24,000 miles to the finish line of her […]
Pip Hare, the 8th woman in history to complete the Vendee Globe, will open the inaugural BoatLife Live on 17 February 2022 at the NEC Birmingham. The celebrated sailor will officially open the new boat show to visitors and the media before joining Mark Covell on the show stage. Hare and Covell will chat about […]
The Pip Hare Ocean Racing Team has a new base on Poole Quay in the offices of Coleman Marine Insurance, the specialist marine division of Gallagher UK Retail. “We are privileged that Coleman Marine Insurance have been appointed as insurance brokers for Pip Hare Ocean Racing,” says Steven Risk, managing director at Coleman. “It quickly became […]
Pip Hare and Shirley Robertson OBE are joining a raft of sailing superstars confirmed to inspire the next generation of Junior Offshore Group (JOG) sailors. JOG has launched the Sailing Legend Series as part of its new youth programme, Generation JOG, aimed at those aged 25 years and under. Throughout the autumn and winter months of […]