INSV Tarini left Stanley on March 4, 2025, for its onward journey to Cape Town
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INSV Tarini left Port Stanley in Falkland Islands for Cape Town, South Africa on March 4 at about 9.10 a.m. local time for its onward journey to Cape Town, the Navy said in a statement on Thursday (March 6, 2024). The sailing vessel is on the fourth leg of an ongoing global circumnavigation by two women Indian Navy officers, Lieutenant Commander Dilna K. and Lt Cdr Roopa, under the ‘Navika Sagar Parikrama-II’ expedition.
INSV Tarini arrived at Port Stanley on February 18. During the stay, the Tarini’s crew undertook repairs and maintenance of the boat to address defects that occurred during the most treacherous leg of their journey — passing through Drake’s Passage.
INSV Tarini has had several visitors, including Indian diaspora, local enthusiasts, and tourists, who visited the vessel and went back amazed by the crew’s challenging experiences and impressive achievements.”
Lt Cdrs Dilna and Roopa passed through Point Nemo at 12.30 a.m. IST on January 30 during the leg of sailing from Lyttelton, New Zealand, to Port Stanley, Falkland Islands. Point Nemo, located in the South Pacific, is the Oceanic Pole of Inaccessibility — the most remote location on Earth, situated approximately 2,688 km from the nearest landmass. They also passed through the treacherous waters of the Drake Passage before crossing Cape Horn.
The expedition was flagged off from Goa on October 2, 2024 by Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh K. Tripathi. After sailing across the Indian Ocean for 38 days, INSV Tarini halted at Fremantle, Australia, from November 9 to 24, 2024. The second leg from Fremantle to Lyttelton was covered in 28 days.
The circumnavigation will cover around 23,000 nautical miles in about 240 days, across four continents through three oceans and three challenging capes unfolding in five legs, with stopovers at four ports for replenishment and maintenance. The five legs are Goa, India to Fremantle, Australia; Fremantle to Lyttleton, New Zealand; Lyttleton to Port Stanley, Falkland Islands; Port Stanley to Cape Town, South Africa; and from Cape Town back to Goa.
INSV Tarini, a 56-foot sailing vessel built by the Aquarius Shipyard Limited, was inducted in the Indian Navy on February 18, 2017.
Published – March 06, 2025 07:03 pm IST