{"id":2792,"date":"2022-09-20T20:33:23","date_gmt":"2022-09-20T18:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev01.pacific-rope.com\/?p=2792"},"modified":"2024-06-12T09:22:38","modified_gmt":"2024-06-12T07:22:38","slug":"pat-lawless-golden-globe-race-update-from-september-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rollytasker.com\/en\/news\/pat-lawless-golden-globe-race-update-from-september-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Pat Lawless, Golden Globe Race Update from September 19th"},"content":{"rendered":"

As described in the previous News about Pat Lawless, he had a good start to the Golden Globe Race. Then he lost out on the fleet but came back into third place just before the \u201cFilm gate\u201d in the Canary Islands. Just hours before, Pat had beaten\u00a0Abhilash Tomy\u00a0in their week-long fight for the 3rd\u00a0spot.\u00a0Pat\u2019s option east of the fleet cost him dearly earlier in the week but enabled him a magnificent come back on Friday and Saturday.\u00a0Pat\u2019s enthusiasm is infectious and he was radiant when told his position in the fleet!<\/p>\n

\"Pat<\/p>\n

KNEE INFECTION<\/h2>\n

Infectious also is his right knee, a pre-existing medical condition to the GGR which has come back unexpectedly during the first week of sailing.\u00a0Pat\u00a0is in regular contact with the Race doctor, MSOS Direct, and taking antibiotics as advised. He was advised to stop in Lanzarote to stock up with stronger antibiotics on board, but this would have meant losing contact with the leaders, as well as accepting external assistance and being moved to Chichester Class.\u00a0He decided to continue and defend a hard-earned third place, but will re-assess the situation when in sight of the Cape Verde archipelago.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is an old injury that has come up after crawling on deck\u201d, Pat said. \u201cThere is no way I want to move into Chichester Class, not for a minute, so I sail on! It will be fine!\u201d<\/p>\n

IN GOOD SPIRITS<\/h2>\n

He is in great spirits, apparently. When interviewed on the radio by the race organisers, he said: \u201cFood on board is great, I have eaten too much! I have enough food and water to bring me 1.5 times around the world. Not missing much, enjoying the time. I\u2019m on a journey to get around as quick as I can but miss my family.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"In<\/a><\/p>\n

Unfortunately, the passage through the Canary Islands and beyond became a slow one. The whole fleet was becalmed, pushing through light winds, trying to move in the right direction, testing various options. Pat has decided to look for more pressure along the coast of Africa, together with Tapio Lehntinen from Finland and Abhilash Tomy from India.<\/p>\n

\"In<\/a><\/p>\n

ONE STRANDING<\/h2>\n

In another message Pat said: \u201cI am heartbroken, got the news that Guy de Boer had boat problems. A kind and sharing person!\u201d In fact, Guy de Boer had gone aground on the rocks in the islands at night time but survived the stranding without injury. Currently, it is being discussed how best the boat can be lifted off the rocks \u2013 but sadly, the race is over for the sailor from New Orleans and his boat, a Tashiba 36 named \u201cSpirit\u201d.<\/p>\n

All photos by A\u00efda Valceanu.<\/p>\n

You can follow Pat on the\u00a0Golden Globe Race Live Tracker<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As described in the previous News about Pat Lawless, he had a good start to the Golden Globe Race. Then he lost out on the fleet but came back into third place just before the \u201cFilm gate\u201d in the Canary Islands. Just hours before, Pat had beaten\u00a0Abhilash Tomy\u00a0in their week-long fight for the 3rd\u00a0spot.\u00a0Pat\u2019s option […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2794,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[80],"class_list":["post-2792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-racing"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rollytasker.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rollytasker.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rollytasker.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rollytasker.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rollytasker.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rollytasker.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2792\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rollytasker.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rollytasker.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rollytasker.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rollytasker.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}