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(November 15, 2022; Day 73) – With the absence of modern equipment, half of the Golden Globe fleet is currently in the Southern Ocean. Two front runners of the Golden Globe Race, Pat Lawless (IRL) and Damien Guillou (FRA) have retired into Cape Town with wind vane failures.
Pat Lawless retired on November 9th after the failure of a critical bearing bush, caught without a spare. Both sailors did not wish to continue after repairs in port. “I realized I wouldn’t be competitive without the self-steering; I could sail but I wouldn’t be competitive.
“And then in a storm, I would end up broaching so it took a day or two to accept that I was out of the race. If this had happened in Hobart, I would have continued, but not here,” said Lawless. Lawless (IRL), who had been struggling with his failing Aries wind vane for days, arrived at Cape Town sailing sheet to tiller on the 10th of November.
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