Goss's Spirit of Mystery Heads Soon to Melbourne
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| 'Spirit of Mystery' . |
The 46 year-old Westcountry sailor and adventurer was positively beaming after stepping ashore.
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Pete Goss - .. . |
Pete has built Spirit of Mystery to shine a light on the bravery of the seven Cornishmen who made the heroic journey to Melbourne to escape poverty and seek out a new life in Australia. 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 team also expect to arrive Melbourne in approximately March 2009 - something to watch out for!
The crew is now undergoing training every weekend wherever possible and will undertake a two-week sea passage to prepare for their epic journey to Australia, which will commence in October. Like the original crew, who were all related by either blood or marriage, it will be a family affair comprising: Pete Goss; his younger brother Andy; Pete's youngest son Eliot (who is 14); and Pete's brother-in-law Mark Maidment.
Pete, who was awarded an MBE after his dramatic rescue of a fellow competitor in the 1996-7 Vendee Globe single-handed yacht race, said the crew is settling in well, although they are more than aware of the difficult task that lies ahead of them.
Further information: www.petegoss.com
by Stuart Elford, Formedia
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