**[INDIA'S 1st ever GLOBELExpedition steered by Women sailors]**

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..* [Around the world in 254 days]:

<>The first-ever IndianExpedition steered by Women sailors.

=The Historic Journey of INSV Tarini’s all-women crew..

~An all-Woman crew commanding the INSV Tarini returned to Goa on May 21 after successfully circumnavigating the Globe in more than Eight months, the first-ever Indian expedition steered by women sailors..[

¤The Expedition, christened 'Navika Sagar Parikrama', was flagged off from the INS Mandovi boat pool on September 10 last year. (Source: PTI

~Led by Lieutenant Commander Vartika Joshi, the crew had Lt Commanders Pratibha Jamwal and Swati P, and Lieutenants Aishwarya Boddapati, S Vijaya Devi and Payal Gupta as other members.

=The six women officers trained for the project under Captain Dilip Donde, the first Indian to solo-circumnavigate the Globe from August 19, 2009 to May 19, 2010 onboard the Indian-built vessel INSV Mhadei..

++The board Naval vessel INSV Tarini stopped four times in the past eight months at Fremantle in Australia, Lyttelton in New Zealand, Falkland Islands and Cape Horn which is often known as the most dangerous ship passage in the world...
...The voyage, which lasted for 254 days with 199 days at sea, covered 21,600 nautical miles..

..The crew used an indigenously built INSV Tarini, a 55-foot sailing vessel. The vessel also encountered rough seas, high stormy conditions and severely cold temperatures making the expedition an extremely challenging one...*

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