Adventurer Pete Goss speaks about his epic rescue of a fellow yachtsman in an event in Saltash on Friday evening (June 9).

St Stephen’s Church is hosting ‘ An Evening with Pete Goss MBE’. 

The sailor ,will be talking about how he rescued fellow competitor Raphael Dinelli, in hurricane force winds, 1996/97 Vendee Globe non-stop single-handed round the world yacht race. 

The rescue scuppered his own chances of winning the race, and saw him awarded the MBE.

He will also talk about his recreation of a historic open-boat voyage from Cornwall to Australia.