116 days later, their Cornish lugger, Mystery, a 37 ft fishing boat that had never previously been out of sight of land, arrived in Melbourne, 12,000 miles away.

Incorporated into Spirit of Mystery is wood from Cutty Sark, and HMS Victory, with some of the rigging coming from SS Great Britain.

Internally, oil lamps will be used, and navigation will be by the sun and stars, although a satellite tracking device allows the progress of Spirit of Mystery to be followed on the internet.

[7] At 09:30 hrs local time on 4 March 2009,[8] Spirit of Mystery was hit by a wave which rolled her more than 90 degrees on her side.

Spirit of Mystery was off Kangaroo Island and some 300 nautical miles (560 km) off the coast of Australia when the incident happened.

[9] Spirit of Mystery eventually put into Portland where Mark Maidment was transferred to an ambulance for transport to a hospital in Melbourne where he underwent an operation.