Mark Sinclair // Retro Racing around the World

On the Wind Sailing

Andy Schell

Sports, Wilderness, Places & Travel, Society & Culture

4.8 • 593 Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2023

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

Mark Sinclair has sailed the seas his entire life, both professionally and as a hobby. He served for 20 years in the Royal Australian Navy, commanding three ships and navigating four, at the time when celestial was still the primary means of offshore navigation. He participated in both the 2018 and the 2022 Golden Globe Races on his Lello 34 COCONUT, and is currently racing as skipper on EXPLORER in the fully crewed Ocean Globe Race. August and Adam caught up with Captain Coconut in Southampton just days before the start of the OGR.

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0:00.0	three days what was it four days ago five days ago we were sitting in the office in
0:09.7	Sweden and now we're back in the house in Annapolis it's like time traveled you got your
0:14.1	excellent jumper on please describe the setting actually what it was describe my amazing
0:20.6	jumper as you put it, sweatshirt.
0:22.9	I told Andy he would really belong in like some sort of hippie music festival crossed with like,
0:27.7	I don't know, a kid's playground.
0:30.7	It's kind of, uh,
0:31.9	and he's wearing a tie-dye multi-colored rainbow,
0:36.2	uh,
0:37.2	like accentuated pink hoodie, hooded jumper. And it says,
0:44.0	I am Kenuff on the front of it. Andy, give us some context. It's the sweatshirt from the
0:48.6	Barbie movie that Ryan Gosling's wearing towards the end of the movie. And what exactly
0:52.3	about that jumper did like really draw you in? The colors. Literally, Nikki, I went to see the movie in the theater. I mean, I was late. I saw it like only like two weeks ago in the theater in Norway with Clint. And like an hour after the movie ended, I immediately went online. And it was actually a pre-order from Mattel the sweatshirt. I ordered it and it arrived at my
1:11.3	dad's house just in time for this week. So I was hoping to wear it one day around Boat Show, but I might be vetoed by the rest of the team. Do you know what? I would I would fully support that. Like if I have a if a sailor walks around knocking, not looking like a sailor, I like that. Yeah.
1:26.9	So you might, if you see the tie-dye pink, I am Kenough hoodie, that's me.
1:31.9	It's almost like a two fingers up at like your traditional boat show or like yacht club dress code, isn't it?
1:38.6	Yeah.
1:39.1	I mean, seriously.
1:40.0	Like also like can we sailors have identities beyond just the like stripy shirt and like the
1:46.3	freaking scarf and all that you know stereotypical stuff you're speaking my language yeah exactly
1:51.6	uh all right um what we're actually talking about it's uh big day today start of anapolis boat show
1:59.9	so as we record this is Tuesday it's coming out in two days. Annapolis Boat Show starts, but also the big news is our Pacific calendar. We're actually going to the Pacific. You were part of the decision last week in Sweden. What's your thoughts on should 59 North go to the Pacific in 2025? Which we are doing in the calendar, if you're listening to
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