This week, a dramatic finish to the Volvo Ocean Race and Sir Ben Ainslie talks about his team’s plans for the next America’s Cup campaign.

We’re at Seawork International in Southampton, finding out how the event has grown over the past 21 years, visit Trinity House’s Alert, hear about a new kill cord design and meet a female engineering trainee.

Also this week, we have a look around Dorset’s last remaining tall ship, find out what it takes to be a ferryman on the Hamble, hear from the cast of a play marking the SS Mendi tragedy and find out how noise could be affecting marine life

Podcast produced and presented by Neil Sackley.

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