How Do You Sleep When Sailing 4,000 Miles Sol...

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The English-language terms for different baked goods vary based on where English is being spoken. Learn why an American cookie is a British biscuit, an American biscuit is a British scone, our muffins have nothing to do with each other, and pudding doesn't have to involve pudding ...  Show more

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 ...  Show more

<span style= "font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style= "mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin;">Let's wrap up Listener Request Month with the chronicle of the first solo sailing voyage around the world. Sail to sleep a ...

<span style= "font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"> Let's relax and sleep with more from this solo journey by sailboat. This t ...

“The only time that’s enjoyable is when you’re unconscious.”The only break Omar Samra and Omar Nour get after their two-hour rowing shifts is a 40-minute nap in a two-meter wide cabin, using a wet sheet and a crumpled wet t-shirt for a pillow. When your only break from intense ph ...  Show more