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Ian Herbert-Jones, a 2022 Golden Globe Race entrant who lost his boat Puffin to a dismasting in the South Atlantic, has joined the crew of the Swan 651 Spirit of Helsinki for the Ocean Globe Race.0:29 Herbert-Jones secured the position with three days' notice after meeting the skipper at Ocean Village.Watch He joins the team as an extra crew member starting from Cape Town, intending to complete the remainder of the around-the-world voyage.3:57 Despite having no prior experience sailing this specific vessel, he plans to leverage his previous experience from the Clipper Race to assist the crew, particularly regarding safety culture.4:38 He describes the transition from his solo boat to the larger, more powerful Swan 651 as moving from a Ford Fiesta to a Bentley Continental.5:26 Herbert-Jones views this opportunity as a chance to return to offshore sailing and share the experience with a team, contrasting it with the isolation of his previous solo campaign.8:26

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