The Sailing team for the Fastnet race comprises Pete Goss, Paul Larsen and Andy Hindley.
Pete Goss is a West Countryman and former Royal Marine who has been sailing since he was small child. He skippered an entry in the British Steel Challenge, before setting up the team that designed and built Aqua Quorum, the boat on which he competed in the Vendee Globe. After saving the life of a fellow competitor, Pete became a national hero and was awarded the MBE and France’s highest honour – the Legion d’Honneur. Most recently Pete gathered together the team and sponsors that enabled the construction of the world famous giant catamaran 'Team Philips' which was sadly lost in a freak mid Atlantic storm in December 2000. Pete lives in Cornwall with his wife Tracey and three children.
Paul Larsen comes from Australia and is a long-time friend of Pete’s. Paul was one of the crew on Team Philips. He is a keen microlight pilot and has competed at world-class level on top multihull events from ‘The Race’, to crewing on the winning entry in Tracy Edwards’s recent round the world race for maxi multihulls. He was also a watch leader when Maiden broke the world 24-hour speed record. Paul has spent a number of years working on his passion to break the ‘sound barrier’ of sailing (www.sailrocket.com). Paul lives in Weymouth with his partner Helena.
Andy Hindley is from Accrington in Lancashire and has known Pete since the early days of the British Steel Challenge. Having worked with Pete during the early stages of the Vendee Globe campaign Andy joined the Team Philips catamaran after skippering Save The Children in the 1996-1997 BT Global Challenge round the world race. Currently working as the Race Director for the Volvo Ocean Race, Andy lives in Curdridge, Hampshire with his wife Julie.
The team is supported by Formedia Ltd the media communications company that handles Pete’s media coverage and website. PR Director Stuart Elford is no stranger to interesting projects having competed in the Round Britain race himself, as well as wider adventures such as the Plymouth-Dakar Rally - a 4000-mile rally using cars purchased for no more than £100. Visit Formedia’s website at www.formedia.co.uk. |
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