Description: Pat Lawless, Round the World Solo Sailor, Golden Globe Race 2026
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Unfortunately through no fault of his Own Pat Lawless has had to retire from the Golden Globe round the world race. There were problems with his Self Steering Aries system which meant that he could no longer continue in the races as he spent the last 5 days Hand steering the boat just to make it into Capetown where he has had to retire. See below the Video of Pat arriving into Capetown. We are all very proud of Pat and what he has achieved in his Saga 36 Green Rebel on Sunday night.
He confirmed a bearing problem and told GGR race officials that he could not repair it at sea. This has been confirmed since he docked in Capetown Yacht Club and the steering system has been take away to be repaired while Pat plans to sail back to Ireland over the next few months. Pat is very thankful to his sponsors and followers who have been a great a great source of encouragement to him since he made the tough and right decision to retire in Capetown
A Solo, non-stop, unassisted round the world 30,000 mile race. Nine months at sea alone in a small boat ( GREEN REBEL ), the Golden Globe Race is the longest and loneliest sporting event in the World. It will entail stepping back to the Golden Age of solo sailing, with no modern technology.