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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.

Sir Robin Knox-Johnston and Shelley Jory-Leigh are in Cowes as the powerboat weekend begins.

In the show they hear from last year鈥檚 Cowes Classic winner Marcus Hendricks and look ahead to this year鈥檚 re-routed race.

Also there鈥檚 the latest news on P1 Superstock and the Aqua-X championships that also form part of the weekend鈥檚 festival.

Also this week, Shelley meets Gordon Compton who has recently completes the gruelling Skagerrak Across race between Norway to Denmark.

Sir Robin hears from Luke Morrison as he prepares to sail around the Isle of Wight in his Laser for charity.

And from the archives, hear the story of Isle of Wight powerboat champion Fiona Brothers

And a roundup of what's happening across the rest of the Solent region.

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

Please note that for the duration of the Olympics and Paralympic Games all of the existing 'Listen Live' services on bbc.co.uk will be made UK-only - users outside of the UK will receive looped audio explaining that for rights reasons the content cannot be played. This is due to rights commitments.

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