Come, hear and meet Pip Hare after her successful completion of the Route du Rhum race, and now looking forward to the 2024 Vendée Globe circumnavigation. Pip is a local sailor having started racing on the River Deben.
A professional sailor for 30 years, she moved into solo racing ten years ago. When she resolved to enter the 2020/21 Vendée Globe, she had no team, no boat and no money. Vital support came from crowd funding, local sponsorship and a growing band of friends and volunteers. Displaying strong nerve and confidence, she chartered a twenty-year-old boat for the race. Later she received decisive sponsorship from Medallia which made all the difference for her challenge.
Date and Time: Saturday 11th March 2023 - Doors open 18:00, Buffet Supper 18:30, Talk 19:30.
Venue: Royal Harwich Yacht Club, Woolverstone, Ipswich, IP9 1AT; Lat and Long: N52⁰ 0.34’ E001⁰ 11.8’; National Grid Reference: TM 1952 3896; What.Three.Words: ///lion.jumpy.chuckling. Free car parking at the Club. Download directions to the Club here.
What: Talk, with or without a buffet supper before the talk.
Open to: Members of the CA, CS, RHYC, and their guests, and from early January also to the public, so members, book now to secure your places!
Booking open: Click here to visit the Ticket Tailor website to book places.
Contact: Simon and Georgette, Suffolk@theca.org.uk