Ocean Sailing Expedition on INSV TARINI to Mauritius

Tags: Defence

Commodore Sanjay Panda, Commanding Officer, INS Mandovi flagged off a sailing expedition from Goa to Port Louis, Mauritius on 20 August.

IMPORTANT FACTS -

• A team of six members, including three women officers, is involved in this campaign. All of them are aboard INSV Tarini.

• The expedition will take 20-21 days to cover a one-way distance of about 2500 nautical miles (approximately 45,000 km).

• During this time, the team is likely to face rough weather and rough sea conditions during monsoon.

• Tarini had circumnavigated the world in 2017 under 'Navika Sagar Parikrama'. The team that took part in it were all women officers.

• Gender balance has been created in this campaign and three male and three female officers have been selected.

• The sailing is captained by Captain VD Maharishi, the most experienced yachtsman of the Indian Navy.

• Other members included Commander Vikas Sheoran, Lt. Commander Payal Gupta, Lt. Commander Kaushal Pednekar, Lt. Commander Delina and Lt. Commander Roopa.

Six sailing boats of Indian Navy :

Indian Navy has six sailing boats, their names are-

1. INSV Mhadei,

2. INSV Tarini,

3. INSV Bulbul,

4. INSV Hariyal,

5. INSV Kadalpura

6. INSV Neelkanth

• All these boats regularly embark on maritime expeditions with small contingents of naval personnel.

• The crew members in these missions are voluntarily selected by naval personnel, requiring substantial sailing experience.