[3] In October 2018, after being offered the 1999 IMOCA 60 vessel Superbigou (on rental from fellow sailor Jaanus Tamme), Hare announced her campaign to enter the 2020-2021 Vendée Globe race.

[12] Her target was to break the then-current female record of 94d 4h 25m set by Ellen MacArthur in 2001.

[14] In May 2021 Pip Hare purchased the IMOCA 60 Banque Populaire 8 which had raced in the two previous editions of the Vendee Globe (2016/17 as Banque Populaire and 2020/21 as Bureau Vallée) and based in Poole to compete in the 2024–2025 Vendée Globe.

In 2023 the Pip Hare Ocean Racing team underwent an extensive refit to adapt the boat to compete with the latest designs.

In November 2024 Hare competed in the 10th Vendée Globe but was dismasted approximately 800 miles south of Australia and subsequently abandoned the race.