Pete Goss, MBE (born 22 December 1961) is a British yachtsman who has sailed more than 250,000 nautical miles (460,000 km).
Pete Goss | |
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 Goss in 2010 | |
| Born | 22 December 1961[1] Yealmpton, Devon, England |
| Website | PeteGoss.com |
A former Royal Marine, he is famous for his pioneering project Team Philips.[2] He was invested in the Legion d'Honneur for saving fellow sailor Raphaël 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 the yacht had sunk. Dinelli is said to have come aboard clutching a bottle of champagne.[3]
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.
Goss lives in Torpoint, Cornwall,[4] and has three children: Alex, Livvy and Eliot.
In June 2008, Goss launched a replica of a 19th-century wooden lugger called 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.[5]
Creative works
- Close to the Wind[1] (1999)