Born in 1961 in Yealmpton, Devon, Pete Goss is a former Royal Marine. In 1992 he trained amateur crews for the British Steel Challenge and took part aboard Hoffbräu Lager, finishing third.
In the 1996-97 Vendée Globe he turned back in an Indian Ocean storm to rescue Raphaël Dinelli, earning the Légion d'honneur and the ISAF sailor of the year award in 1997.
He then built the catamaran Team Philips for The Race in 2000, which broke up during qualifying. In 2008 he launched a replica wooden lugger, The Spirit of Mystery, and sailed it to Australia.
In 2010 he returned to offshore racing in Class40, finishing 14th in the Route du Rhum.
