Podcasts · Offshore Sailing and Cruising with Paul Trammell
Pat Lawless in the Canary Islands
· 59 min · S7 E231 · Explicit
Episode Pat Lawless in the Canary Islands
Pat Lawless is an entrant in the 2026 Golden Globe Race. He also sailed in the 2022 GGR, but had a failure of his windvane and retired in Cape Town, South Africa.
We talk about the Canary Islands, his passage from Ireland, his Saltram Saga 36, sextant navigation, AIS, lightning, lessons learned in the 2022 GGR, finishing teak, waterproofing deck hardware, making to-do lists, using teak oil, meeting Tapio Lehtinen near the equator during the 2022 GGR, the sinking of Tapio's boat, Guy deBoer running aground, sleeping through alarms, deadman and other alarms, servicing winches, comparing a Rustler 36 to Pat's boat, the Aries windvane, and more.
Podcast show notes can be found here https://www.paultrammell.com/podcast-season-7
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