On the 29th Pete Goss MBE, who became a hero when he scuppered his own chances of winning the Vendee Globe in 1996/7 to rescue a fellow sailor in hurricane-force winds, arrived in Plymouth. He is due to take part in the Route du Rhum 2010 race that starts in St Malo and finishes in Guadalupe. Pete will be racing a class 40 called 'Pack it In'. The name has an environmental message, to rid the world of plastic packaging. The graphics on the yacht and sails are amazing!
Moored nearby was the 'Spirit of Mystery' a wooden yacht Pete had built, to recreate the heroic journey of seven Cornishmen who sailed a wooden lugger to Australia over 150 years ago. Pete invited us to go below decks to view the Spirit of Mystery. What a treasure! She is 37 ft long and weighs 16 tonnes! Her average speed is 4 knots, quite different to 'Pack it In' that sails in excess of 25 knots!
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