Daring Monsoon vagaries and rough sea an all women naval team of six young women officers completed five thousand nautical mile voyage and returned to Goa today from Mauritius on the sail boat Mhadai. <br/><br/>They completed the hazardous and thrilling fifty day long navigation as a prelude to the scheduled world circumnavigation by the world's first women only crew team next year. <br/><br/>The team will now undergo a rigorous training for all women crew circumnavigation and a new sail boat named Tarini is being built in a dry dock on Diwar island in Goa for this purpose. <br/><br/>Sail boat Mhadai has been in use for all the circumnavigation adventures originating in Goa by Indian Navy under the leadership of Commander Dilip Dhonde and Abhilash Tomy and will be replaced by Tarini next year.
News On AIR | July 14, 2016 8:30 PM
India's all women naval team completes 5,000 nautical mile voyage on sail boat Mhadai