Meet the Sydney to Hobart entrant who did not even know the place the Tasmanian metropolis was and is scared of the ocean: ‘What did I join?’
- Payal Pattanaik gained her Sydney to Hobart place in an workplace fortunate dip
- The Sydney-based crusing rookie wasn’t certain the place Hobart was till not too long ago
- Indian-born Pattanaik had a concern of the ocean which she has now overcome
Two years after arriving from India, Payal Pattanaik has conquered her concern of the ocean and shall be aboard supermaxi LawConnect in the Sydney to Hobart race.
She wasn’t certain the place Hobart was till not too long ago, however Indian-born crusing rookie Payal Pattanaik has conquered her concern of the ocean and embraced the problem of tackling the Sydney to Hobart race on a supermaxi.
Two years after arriving from India, Payal Pattanaik (pictured) has conquered her concern of the ocean and shall be aboard supermaxi LawConnect in the Sydney to Hobart race
She wasn’t certain the place Hobart was till not too long ago, however Indian-born crusing rookie Payal Pattanaik (pictured) has conquered her concern of the ocean and embraced the problem of tackling the Sydney to Hobart race on a supermaxi
Pattanaik works for one of the corporations owned by LawConnect proprietor Christian Beck, who by means of a lottery annually, reserves just a few locations on the boat for some of his workers.
Software engineer Pattanaik has solely been in Australia for 2 years and had by no means sailed again in India.
‘I did not learn the complete description like what precisely the race is all about, so I simply signed up (for the lottery) and put my hat in the ring,’ Pattanaik informed AAP.
‘Then my identify got here up I assumed I shall be profitable a prize or one thing and I shall be going for some type of crusing, then I learn it was from Sydney to Hobart.
Pattanaik will be a part of 19 different crew members aboard supermaxi LawConnect (pictured) for the Sydney to Hobart race
‘Because I did not know the place Hobart was precisely I Googled and I noticed it is in Tasmania and I used to be like ‘oh what did I join’.
‘All of a sudden I assumed ‘OK, why not, let’s do that and problem your self’.
‘I had the concern of the ocean for certain and once you get a possibility without spending a dime I do not suppose anybody ought to miss that and getting a perk of being in an iconic race.’
She was half of the LawConnect crew for this month’s Cabbage Tree Island race, spending greater than 13 hours out on the water.
Pattanaik has been designated the job of sail handler and is additionally half of the crew liable for taking care of the dwell stream content material popping out of LawConnect (pictured)
Pattanaik has been designated the job of sail handler and is additionally half of the crew liable for taking care of the dwell stream content material popping out of LawConnect, the first Sydney to Hobart boat to present that service for the complete race.
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