In My Element

Pip is one of the most remarkable sports people, and adventurers, I have had the privilege to interview. She’s far too modest to use the term ‘role model’ but her story is inspirational; a lesson in overcoming daunting challenges whether that is raising all the funds just to reach the start line of the Vendee Globe or battling through the world’s most perilous seas to compete among the very best offshore sailors in the world. The Vendee tests those bold competitors like no sporting event on earth and Pip has her own compelling story to tell about what it takes to survive, and thrive, when faced with dangers and hurdles that most of us struggle to imagine. – Matt Dickinson * Sports Editor, The Times *

Pip Hare is an extraordinary woman. She is one of our top solo sailors and a world record holder in a traditionally male sport. She now runs an international racing team and has a growing audience gripped by her feats of bravery and overcoming hardship. In late 24 she will again be attempting the terrifying non-stop, round-the-world solo yacht race The Vendée Globe - possibly the hardest single-handed feat of endurance ever created.