All-women crew of INSV Tarini receives Tenzing Norgay Award
The award is the highest national recognition for outstanding achievements in the field of adventure.
The all-woman crew of INSV Tarini has been handed the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure award for sailing across the world in eight months.
The award is the highest national recognition for outstanding achievements in the field of adventure.
This was the first-ever circumnavigation of the globe by an Indian all-women crew. The vessel was skippered by Lieutenant Commander Vartika Joshi, along with Lieutenant Commanders Pratibha Jamwal, P Swathi, and Lieutenants S Vijaya Devi, B Aishwarya and Payal Gupta.
The INSV Tarini covered over 22,000 nautical miles in the 254-day long voyage, spanning five countries – Australia, New Zealand, Falkland Islands (UK), South Africa and Mauritius. The voyage fulfilled all the criteria of circumnavigation, which are: crossing the Equator twice, crossing all Longitudes, as also the three great capes (Cape Leeuwin, Cape Horn and Cape of Good Hope).
The journey was covered in six legs with halts at all ports, namely Fremantle (Australia), Lyttleton (New Zealand), Port Stanley (Falklands), Cape Town (South Africa) and Port Louis (Mauritius).
