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Pete Goss, Master Mariner, The Cornish Maritime Trust
Pete Goss, MBE, Yachtsman, and explorer, who has clocked up more than 250,000 nautical miles (460,000 km) at sea is a Patron and Lifetime member of The Cornish Maritime Trust with the title of Master Mariner.
A former Royal Marine, he is famous for his pioneering project Team Philips. He received a Legion d'Honneur for saving fellow sailor Raphael Dinelli in the 1996 Vendée Globe solo around the world yacht race. During a severe storm in the Southern Ocean, he turned his boat around and spent two days sailing into hurricane force winds, finally finding Dinelli in a life-raft that had been dropped by an Australian Air Force plane shortly before his yacht had sunk.
He trained the original set of amateur crews for the British Steel Challenge, and competed in the race on board Hoffbräu Lager, coming 3rd overall.
In June 2008, Pete launched a replica lugger called The Spirit of Mystery. Four months later, he began a voyage from Cornwall to Australia on the boat, which has no modern electrical or navigation systems. He arrived in Melbourne Australia after an epic five-month and 11,800-mile journey on March 9th 2009.
Pete followed in the wake of seven Cornishmen who made a heroic journey to Australia 154 years ago in the original ‘Mystery’, an open Mounts Bay Lugger built in Newlyn. Times were hard and the seven Cornishmen, all related by either blood or marriage and share holders in the Mystery, made the decision to try their luck at the Australian gold rush over a pint in the Star Inn, Newlyn. It was suggested that the Mystery be sold to cover the passage. Captain Richard Nicholls, with a couple under his belt and in good spirits, said: “I’ll take you in the Mystery”;
Leaving Newlyn on Saturday 18 November 1854, the Mystery travelled about 11,800 nautical miles in 116 days before arriving in Melbourne on 14 March 1855. The only break in the voyage was a week in Cape Town for repairs and replenishment. They had made such good progress to South Africa they were commissioned by the Royal Mail to take the post on to Australia. The brave men risked life and limb to follow their dream and continued through their journey, taking on the gales and hazards of the Southern Ocean. Click the link to find out more about Pete and his upcoming projects.........
Onan Hag Oll
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