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H2O Podcast: The Old Gaffers Festival, Yarmouth

The Old Gaffers Festival, Yarmouth

BBC Radio Solent - H2O Podcast, The Old Gaffers Festival, Yarmouth

Shelley Jory-Leigh and Geoff Holt MBE in Yarmouth at the annual Old Gaffers festival.

Shelley Jory-Leigh and Geoff Holt MBE take The H2O Show to Yarmouth for the annual Old Gaffers festival.

The Solent is famous for its rich maritime heritage and the H2O Show covers all aspects of life on the water - leisure, business and sport. Whether you're a sailing professional or just like watching the boats go by on the Solent, the programme will have something to appeal to you.

This week Shelley & Geoff will be live from Yarmouth, chatting to those involved in the annual Old Gaffers Festival.

Also this week, we hear from Ian Percey, Andrew Simpson & Nick Thompson ahead of next week’s Sail for Gold regatta in Weymouth & Portland.

And our series looking ahead to the 80th anniversary of the Round the Island race continues as we hear the fascinating history of Maybird.  She is a Gaff Rigged Ketch which is also taking part in this weekend’s festival.

Also the Dubois Cup which takes place this weekend in Sardinia, but with local connections.  

We chat with the Yarmouth RNLI crew on one of their busiest weekends of the year and hear about the centenary celebrations for the X One Design class. 

Plus the detailed weekend sailing forecast.

The H2O Show is also available as a podcast and you can get news and features from the programme on Facebook.

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