Secrets of the Volvo Ocean Race winner

In the final part of our series Mark Christensen describes the features of the cockpit

In this final clip of this series ABN AMRO One's Mark Christensen - the only man ever to have won the Volvo Ocean Race three times in succession - describes some of the features of the Volvo Ocean Race leader's cockpit and the reasoning behind their decisions here.

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Prevous clips:

In part four Christensen introduces us to the different facets of the daggerboards.
See part three where we are talked through what happens on the foredeck
See part two where Crusty talks us through what happens at the steering station and part one where he looks at the stern, the steering gear and the runners.