Indian Navy Sailing Vessel Tarini set sail on Sunday morning from Fremantle, Australia, on the second leg of its global circumnavigation expedition with an all-woman crew of six.
The vessel had reached Fremantle on October 23 after completion of the first leg of its maiden voyage and is now headed to Lyttelton, New Zealand. The crew is being led by Lieutenant Commander Vartika Joshi.
“The crew had several engagements during its stay in Fremantle, including call-on meetings with Governor of Western Australia Kerry Sanderson AC and Deputy Mayor of City of Fremantle Cr Ingrid Waltham,” the Navy said in a statement.
The crew interacted with a cross section of policy makers, political leaders, parliamentarians and military officers. “More than 200 students attended a presentation and interaction session with the crew at Perth Modern School on October 31, 2017,” it added.
The voyage titled Navika Sagar Parikrama began from Goa in September and is to be completed in March. The distance will be covered in five legs, with stopovers at four ports — Fremantle (Australia), Lyttelton (New Zealand), Port Stanley (Falklands) and Cape Town (South Africa). The 55-foot sailing vessel, built indigenously, was inducted in the Navy early this year.
