INSV TARINI Ocean Sailing Expedition To Mauritius
Source : Indian Express
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What is discussed under INSV TARINI Ocean Sailing Expedition To Mauritius?
- Key Facts
- About INSV Tarini
- Navika Sagar Parikrama
Why in News ?
Flagged off a sailing expedition from Goa to Port Louis, Mauritius. The expedition is being undertaken by a crew of six including three women officers), onboard INSV Tarini.
Key Facts
- Covering a distance of almost 2500nm (apprpx 45000 km) one way over a period of 20 – 21 days is expected to face extreme weather and rough
Source : PIB sea conditions of monsoons.
- In addition to sailing in these conditions the crew will also be undertaking boat upkeep, machinery routines and preparing their meals.
- The passage would be nonstop once they leave the Indian shores.
- The Indian Navy has six ocean going Indian Naval Sailing Vessels (INSVs) :
- Mhadei
- Tarini
- Bulbul
- Hariyal
- Kadalpura
- Neelkanth
- These yachts regularly undertake expeditionary sailing with a small crew of naval personnel.
- The crew for the sea sorties are selected from volunteers with adequate sea sailing experience.
Ocean Sailing Expeditions
- Ocean sailing is an extremely tough adventure sport.
- These Ocean Sailing expeditions help in inculcating spirit of adventure, enhancing risk taking abilities whilst honing essential seamanship skills including navigation, communication, technical operation of engines and onboard machinery, operation of Inmarsat equipment, logistics planning etc.
- It also enhances Indian Navy’s ability to project its benign presence across the globe by participating in sailing expeditions like Sagar Parikrama and Cape Town to Rio de Janeiro races, IONS and Bay of Bengal sailing expeditions.
- In the present expedition, the selected crew is a gender neutral consisting of three men and three women officers each.
About INSV Tarini
- INSV Tarini is the second sailboat of the Indian Navy constructed at Aquarius Shipyard located in Goa, was commissioned to Indian Navy service on 18 February 2017.
- Tarini is fitted with advanced features such as satellite communications, Raymarine navigation suite and a Monitor windvane equipped for emergency steering.
- Tarini is also known for undertaking circumnavigation of the globe Navika Sagar Parikrama in 2017 with all women officers crew.
Navika Sagar Parikrama
- Navika Sagar Parikrama is the name of expedition for circumnavigation the globe on INSV Tarini by Indian Navy’s Women Naval Officers.
- The six-member all-woman team voyage which lasted for 254 days, covered 21600 miles, had 5 port calls in Fremantle Australia; Lyttelton, New Zealand; Port Stanley, Falklands, Cape Town, South Africa and finally at Mauritius before returning home to Goa.
- Also collected and updated meteorological, ocean and wave data on a regular basis for accurate weather forecast by National Centre For Medium Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF) and Indian Meteorological Department and reported marine pollution on the high seas.
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