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Photos by Mark Lloyd Spirit of Mystery, the 37ft Mounts Bay lugger that sailing racer and adventurer Pete Goss had built to sail to Australia is for sale. Pete used the boat to recreate the famous voyage of the fishing lugger Mystery, in which a group of seven Cornishmen led by Captain Richard Nicholls … Continue reading “Pete Goss’s Spirit of Mystery is for sale”
[ad name=”intheboatshed-post”] Pete Goss’s new boat, Spirit of Mystery – click on the photos for a much larger image. All photos by Mark Lloyd of Lloyd Images Pete Goss has been putting his new lugger Spirit of Mystery through sea trials, and It seems he’s positively ecstatic about her. ‘She is a thing of beauty; … Continue reading “Pete Goss’s Spirit of Mystery in sea trials”
[ad name=”intheboatshed-post”] Pete Goss’s new boat, Spirit of Mystery. All photos by Mark Lloyd of Lloyd Images Solo ocean racer Pete Goss’s latest project is to build a lugger to follow in the wake of the Mystery, which sailed from Cornwall to Australia to join the goldrush in 1854. The Mystery was an open Mounts … Continue reading “Pete Goss launches his new lugger”