“Remote working” in the Indian Ocean
Business Daily
BBC
4.4 • 796 Ratings
🗓️ 5 January 2021
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
Pip Hare is currently sailing solo round the world in the Vendee Globe race, one of only a handful of women to attempt it. She speaks to the BBC’s Zoe Kleinman from the middle of the Indian Ocean, while preparing for a storm. We’ll hear about coping with isolation, the challenges of sleeping in 30 minute bursts, and why Pip was so committed to her teenage dream of becoming a professional sailor.
(Picture credit: Pip Hare)
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| 0:00.0 | Today's Business Daily comes to you from the Indian Ocean. I'm Zoe Kleinman and you're about to hear a special extended conversation with Pip Hare, British Solo Yotswun. We'll be talking about ambition, resilience and following your dreams no matter how unusual they seem. |
| 0:19.2 | I fixed on this as something I wanted to do when I was a teenager. |
| 0:24.4 | I suppose I have imagined what it might be like for my whole life. |
| 0:29.5 | And it is everything and more than I hope. |
| 0:34.4 | Business Daily from the BBC. |
| 0:42.1 | Hello, Pip. |
| 0:44.9 | Hello, this one works. Pip has been a professional sailor for 25 years. |
| 0:48.3 | When I spoke to her in mid-December, she was about a third of her way through the Vonde Globe race, |
| 0:53.4 | said to be the world's toughest solo sailing challenge. |
| 0:57.2 | Fewer than 100 contestants have ever reached the finish line. |
| 1:00.7 | How are you? |
| 1:02.3 | I'm really good, yeah, just having a lull between storms. |
| 1:07.8 | I've got a big storm coming tomorrow morning, |
| 1:09.8 | so today's a bit of a day of maintenance |
| 1:13.0 | and making sure everything's okay. Dame Ellen MacArthur completed the 24,000 mile race in just over 71 days, |
| 1:20.6 | and Pip is hoping to beat her time. Oh my goodness. Right, listen, let's get this recorded, and then we can |
| 1:25.8 | let you get on with preparing. |
| 1:28.8 | Pip is completely alone on the boat. |
| 1:31.1 | And while her team is able to monitor both her performance and her well-being, |
| 1:35.0 | they're not allowed to tell her anything that might help her get ahead. |
| 1:38.6 | She's the ultimate remote worker. |
| 1:40.8 | Yep, yep, I've got it all up and running already. |
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