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Indian Navy’s all-women crew successfully crosses Cape of Horn, ‘Mount Everest of sailing’

Indian Navy’s all-women crew successfully crosses Cape of Horn, ‘Mount Everest of sailing’ 

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In an unparalleled achievement, an all-women crew of the Indian Navy just rounded Cape of Horn on Friday.

Considered the ‘Mount Everest’ sailing, the ‘Team Tarini’ crossed the roughest passage in early hours of Friday. 

Hailing their achievement, Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to Twitter and congratulated the team.

‘Wonderful news! Delighted that INSV Tarini has rounded Cape Horn in the last few hours. We are extremely proud of their accomplishments,’ the Prime Minister tweeted.

 

The Indian Navy broke the news on Twitter on Friday morning. ‘Indian Tri-colours were hoisted with great Pride & josh onboard #INSVTarini as she crossed the Cape Horn (designated point by Lat/Long) Well Done #TeamTarini - we all are very proud of you,’ the Navy tweeted.

 

The Indian Navy's first all-women crew of Indian Naval Sailing Vessel (INSV) Tarini was flagged-off from Goa in September last year.

The women crew was trained in the Ocean Sailing Node at Goa.

INSV Tarini is a 56-foot sailing vessel, which was inducted into the Indian Navy earlier this year and showcases the 'Make in India' initiative on the International forum.

The expedition, titled 'Navika Sagar Parikrama', is in consonance with the national policy to empower women to attain their full potential.

It further aims to showcase 'Nari Shakti' on the world platform and help revolutionalise the societal mindset towards women in India by raising the visibility of their participation in the challenging environment.

The vessel will return to Goa in April 2018.

The expedition is being covered in five legs, with stop-overs at four ports: Fremantle in Australia, Lyttelton in New Zealand, Port Stanley in Falklands and Cape Town in South Africa.

(With inputs from ANI)

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