Dan Turner recently took second place in the Mini Globe Race, in which he circumnavigated in a home-built Globe 6.50.

We talk about completing a circumnavigation, Antigua, stopping in 17 different countries, Cape Town to St. Helena, St. Helena to Recife, Recife to Antigua, squalls, the strength and construction of the boat, collisions, the state of the boat after the race, doubters, how much of the race was fun, what it feels like to be out at sea in a tiny boat, how sailing changes us, fear, the sky at night, hand steering, hallucinations, future dreams, favorite boats, and more.

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