“I’m heading back into the same race that almost got me killed,” Commander (retd) Abhilash Tomy, the intrepid sailor who became the first Indian to go around the globe solo, unassisted and without stops on a sail boat nine years ago, tweeted around noon on Tuesday, March 22, announcing his participation in the 2022 edition of the Golden Globe Race (GGR).
Tomy’s debut in GGR 2018 – the second edition of a race that was first held in 1968 with just one finisher, the legendary Robin Knox-Johnston – was eventful when a storm in the southern Indian Ocean dismasted his boat Thuriya and left him immobile, with a spinal injury. He was rescued three days later in a mutination effort.
