H2O Podcast

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.

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.

Blind sailor Kate Healey talks about her passion for being on the water.

Round the world sailor Alex Thomson is back on the water as he picks up his pre Vendee Globe training regime.

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.

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.

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.

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.

On this edition, the RYA launch its training webinars and some of the south’s sailing clubs have been recording their lockdown diaries.

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.