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Mark Sinclair, who completed the 2018 Golden Globe Race in 332 days with one stop aboard his Lello 34 Coconut, walks through the boat's solo circumnavigation setup in detail.2:27 Coconut is a long-keel South African design built in 1981, painted entirely orange for visibility.1:00 A full solid rail runs the entire perimeter for stability after Sinclair suffered a cycling injury.3:26 The cutter rig runs on profurl furlers with all reef lines led aft to the companionway, eliminating the need to go forward at night in heavy weather.9:01 A Fleming boom brake controls jibes without preventing them.9:50 The storm trysail lives permanently on its own mast track, bagged and ready to hoist.13:11 Chain is cut into 15-meter lengths stored in orange bags along the hull sides.4:23 A tire drogue tows on a single line with two swivels to prevent line-unlay.4:59 Batteries are mounted high to survive flooding.24:57 Navigation is done by sextant using sun sights almost exclusively, with a Walker trailing log for distance run between fixes.27:36 Sinclair describes a technique of tracking the sun's descent rate rather than snapping a single instantaneous observation, which he finds more reliable in intermittent horizon visibility.29:13 Coppercoat antifouling is used but requires regular wipe-downs despite marketing claims otherwise.43:17

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