Despite the presence of modern aids, life at sea demands alertness and one cannot take it lightly, said Navy Chief Admiral R. Hari Kumar. He was speaking of the Navy’s next adventure activity, which is a solo circumnavigation of the globe by a crew of women. It (sea) is a completely different domain as humans are not used to living there and there isn’t enough awareness among people, he noted.
Navy officers, Lieutenant Commanders Dilna K. and Roopa Aligirisamy, are currently being mentored by Cdr. Abhilash Tomy (Retd) to undertake the first women solo-circumnavigation as part of the Navy’s ‘Sagar Parikrama’.
In April, Cdr. Tomy scripted history by finishing second in Golden Globe Race, and became the first Asian to do so. It involves travelling solo around the world non-stop in a boat with no modern technological aids, mimicking the first complete, solo non-stop circumnavigation race undertaken by Sir Robin Knox Johnston in 1968.
