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Indian Navy Sailing Vessel Mhadei ready for solo sail around globe
PANAJI: The Indian Navy Sailing Vessel (INSV) Mhadei was flagged off from Goa on Friday for Mumbai from where the vessel will begin the Sagar Parikrama-II, a solo circumnavigation of the globe. The vessel skippered by Lt Cdr Abhilash Tomy, was flagged off from INS Mandovi, Verem at 11am by rear admiral R Hari Kumar,VSM, the commandant of the Naval War College at INS Mandovi, Verem for Mumbai, from where she will depart on November 1 for Sagar Parikrama-II. The circumnavigation of the globe will be unassisted, solo, non-stop and under sail, said Indian Navy sources. The voyage can be followed through the blog or the Youtube channel- Sagarparikrama2. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Indian-Navy-Sailing-Vessel-Mhadei-ready-for-solo-sail-around-globe/articleshow/16885910.cms
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Mhadei arrived in Cape Town 25 February the last stop on her round the world trip. The skipper, Cdr Dilip Donde is the first Indian to make a solo circumnavigation, and this he has done in a 17m yacht that he built himself. He plans to leave Cape Town 1 April to return to Mumbai.
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