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World Service,09 Sep 2025,40 mins

Hold Fast! 2. The world as you know it no longer exists

Outlook

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In the middle of the Atlantic, the crew of the Avontuur receive a satellite email with news from land that throws everything they’d been counting on to the winds. Their mission and schedule are in disarray, but turning back isn’t an option. So ship’s cook Giulia and the rest of the crew find ways to cope with the uncertainty. 15 people, 188 days at sea, one extraordinary voyage: Hold Fast! tells the epic story of how sailing ship Avontuur and its crew were locked out at sea during the Covid-19 pandemic. Narrated by Siobhán McSweeney Produced by Christina Hardinge Sound & Music by Noémie Ducimetière Narration written by Laura Thomas Sound mix by Jackie Margerum and Giles Aspen For Outlook, the series producer is Laura Thomas and the editor, Munazza Khan.

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