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Wooden boat ready for epic voyage
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/e...ll/7467801.stm A wooden fishing boat that will take West Country adventurer Pete Goss to Australia using only the stars to navigate has been launched. The lugger, Spirit of Mystery, has been taking shape in boatyards in Millbrook, Cornwall, for the last nine months. The journey was inspired by seven Cornishmen who started the voyage of almost 12,000 miles from Newlyn to Melbourne in Australia in 1854. In October Mr Goss, 46, his son Eliot, 14, brother Andy, 42, and brother-in-law Mark will set sail in a vessel that has been made as close as possible to the original. The family connection is also a tribute to the first sailors who were all related. Their voyage will be relying on a sextant and the stars to navigate, first to Cape Town in South Africa and then to Melbourne. |
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Molesworth wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/e...ll/7467801.stm A wooden fishing boat that will take West Country adventurer Pete Goss to Australia using only the stars to navigate has been launched. The lugger, Spirit of Mystery, has been taking shape in boatyards in Millbrook, Cornwall, for the last nine months. The journey was inspired by seven Cornishmen who started the voyage of almost 12,000 miles from Newlyn to Melbourne in Australia in 1854. In October Mr Goss, 46, his son Eliot, 14, brother Andy, 42, and brother-in-law Mark will set sail in a vessel that has been made as close as possible to the original. The family connection is also a tribute to the first sailors who were all related. Their voyage will be relying on a sextant and the stars to navigate, first to Cape Town in South Africa and then to Melbourne. Wow, is is still possible to navigate just by the stars? I thought the government dropped support for that! What happens if they all burn out? |
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Isang tao pinangalanan, jeff nagsulat:
Wow, is is still possible to navigate just by the stars? I thought the government dropped support for that! What happens if they all burn out? Don't worry... there are lots of star-wannabees in hollywood to take over... |
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"Claus Frørup" wrote in message
... Isang tao pinangalanan, jeff nagsulat: Wow, is is still possible to navigate just by the stars? I thought the government dropped support for that! What happens if they all burn out? Don't worry... there are lots of star-wannabees in hollywood to take over... Har! -- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com |
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