Captain Coconut aka Mark Sinclair, Following the Mini Globe Race

Mark Sinclair is following the Mini Globe Race in his Lello 34, Coconut (the boat he raced in the 2018 GGR). He was in Antigua last time we spoke (in February 2024) and he was in Darwin, Australia when we spoke this time.

We talk about the Mini Globe Race, Darwin Australia, his sail from Antigua to Australia, sailing every other leg with his girlfriend, provisioning, transiting the Panama Canal, Ahe (in the Tuamotus), Tahiti, sailing through the South Pacific, Fiji, Thursday Island, sailing the Globe Mini 5.80 boats, modern navigation, avoiding jet skis and charter catamarans, using a lead line, sailing without a windlass, sailing around Cape Horn under bare poles and dragging a tire for a drogue and navigating with an echo sounder, the La Maire Strait, overfalls, the MGR contestants, sailing fast around the world vs stopping longer, convergence zones and heavy weather, how the MGR sailors have changed during the race, and more.

Photos and links can be found on the shownotes page.

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