The max I have done is 11 knots which wasn’t out of control.Īlthough preparation is essential, Pat Lawless believes you need luck too to finish the Golden Globe Race. I have been out in 55 knots in the boat reaching and running and it’s no problem, but the boat will only go a maximum of 11 knots when surfing. Pat Lawless: Hopefully, the storms will be behind me, and then I plan to go as fast as the boat can. Every day I followed it, it was like a new page, a new chapter and I really enjoyed the experience I was very disappointed when it was over. The whole of the 2018 race was very interesting, just like reading a book. It is something that I’m going to concentrate on, making it as strong as I possibly can. They are kind of obvious but the mast is the elephant in the room. You need a good rudder and good sitting skin fittings. If your boat is going to go 360, and there is a good chance it will, then your mast is everything. The other think I learned was that you need a good mast. Pat Lawless encourage his fellow skippers and fans to sign his mainsail before setting off. I didn’t know the Rustler and it was interesting looking at all the different types of boats, and straightaway I thought God, I would love to do that, but I didn’t think I would. I learned so much from it I didn’t know the different types of boats. I learned about the 2018 Golden Globe Race about two months before it started and it re-awoke a dream really. I did ocean racing when I was young, I did the Round Ireland Races, I did Plymouth to Tenerife once and I did other things like that but I hadn’t raced in so long. Pat Lawless: So much, as I was very green when it came to ocean racing. What did you learn from the 2018 Golden Globe Race? It’s just a need I have to fulfil it is a beautiful need, more romantic than dramatic. I have tried and tried to figure out, but I can’t come up with a logical answer. That sowed the seed but to be honest I can’t answer the question of why I would spend all this time getting ready, which has been a great part of the journey, and then why I would leave my family and grandchildren it doesn’t make sense, but I am delighted I’m doing it. Also, Conor O’Brien, the first Irishman to sail around the world. When I was young, OSTARS inspired me, then Chichester. Credit: Getty Why do the 2022 Golden Globe Race? The top three finishers in the 2018 race all sailed a Rustler 36. Pat Lawless believes his Saltram Saga 36 will be faster downwind than the Rustler 36s in the fleet. He has also added a Solent stay to the boat. Pat Lawless has installed the mandatory bulkhead in the bow and has put in more handgrips down below and installed a Perspex partition between the galley and saloon for strengthening and to offer protection from water ingress. It is not very fast upwind the Rustlers are faster as they have a sharper bow and cut through the waves while I am inclined to pitch and the waves slow me down, but it is a trade off and I am faster downwind.’ This boat is 2 tonnes heavier than the Rustler 36 but with a much shorter mast I picked it for safety,’ he explained. ‘I picked the boat for her canoe stern, as the wind won’t be catching on the transom and pushing it, and she also has a smaller cockpit, small portholes and a very heavy displacement and low centre of gravity. Pat Lawless spent 6 months deciding on the right yacht for the Golden Globe Race and eventually chose his Saltram Saga 36, Green Rebel, which he believes the boat will perform well downwind, beating the Rustler 36s in the fleet. He has also sailed through the Arctic Circle. He originally worked as a cabinet maker before becoming a deep sea fisherman, and has witnessed first hand the power of the North Atlantic. Pat Lawless is the only Irish skipper in the 2022 Golden Globe Race.
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