Case Study: Pip Hare achieves solo Vendée Globe completion and streamlined campaign management with Smartsheet

Smartsheet supports Pip Hare in becoming the 8th woman ever to sail solo around the world

Pip Hare Ocean Racing is the small team behind Pip Hare, only the 8th woman to complete the solo, nonstop Vendée Globe — a 24,365-mile, 95-day round-the-world race. Facing tight timelines for sponsorship, budgets, media and equipment, the volunteer, part-time team (working remotely under COVID restrictions) needed a single, easy-to-use platform to coordinate tasks, share information and maintain oversight across diverse skill levels.

The team adopted Smartsheet to manage pre-launch planning and to track Pip’s progress at sea, using sheets, project plans and live dashboards. Smartsheet converted email forms into organized data, enabled real-time tasking and budget tracking, consolidated tools to save costs, and streamed wearable and boat telemetry to fans and the support crew — even surfacing an anomaly that helped diagnose a lost wind wand. The platform’s usability helped the team collaborate smoothly and they plan to use Smartsheet to run a four‑year program leading into 2024.

Pip Hare

Lou Adams

Operations Director