Goss plans wooden boat trip to Oz

Sailor and adventurer Pete Goss is getting ready to hit the water again, by sailing to Australia in a 36ft (11m) wooden fishing boat.

His trip will follow in the wake of seven Cornish seamen who completed the journey in a Cornish Lugger, called Mystery, more than 150 years ago. Mr. Goss is building a similar vessel in honor of the original boat. Devon-born Mr. Goss, 45, who now lives in Torpoint, Cornwall, has called his boat Spirit of Mystery in honor of the original vessel. In 1997, he became an MBE for the dramatic rescue of a fellow competitor in a round-the-world race. He said the project was something he had wanted to do since he heard about the voyage of the Mystery.

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