Navy’s all-women team crosses the Cape Horn, flies Indian flag
INSV Tarini crosses Cape Horn, all-women crew hoist flag: Crossing a major milestone, the first all-women crew of Indian Naval Sailing Vessel (INSV) Tarini, which was flagged off from Goa in September, has rounded Cape Horn, the Indian Navy informed on Friday. Cape Horn is located in the Tierra del Fuego archipelago of islands near the southern tip of South America where the Pacific and Atlantic oceans meet and marks the northern boundary of the Drake Passage. Taking to Twitter, the Indian Navy tweeted: "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."
#NavikaSagarParikrama Position of #INSVTarini at 0600h after rounding the Cape Horn through DRAKE Passage. Winds are strong gusting to ~70kmph with rough sea state . Distance to Port Stanley is 410Nm @DefenceMinIndia @nsitharaman @SpokespersonMoD @HCI_London @hci_pretoria pic.twitter.com/rTw71pnyzh — SpokespersonNavy (@indiannavy) January 19, 2018
Prime Minister Narendra Modi also shared "wonderful news" and tweeted: "We are extremely proud of their accomplishments."The tri-colour hoisted with great pride & josh onboard #INSVTarini as she crossed the Cape Horn (designated point by Lat/Long): Indian Navy pic.twitter.com/sKr8yGxgq3
— ANI (@ANI) January 19, 2018
Wonderful news! Delighted that INSV Tarini has rounded Cape Horn in the last few hours. We are extremely proud of their accomplishments. pic.twitter.com/edmCvfecDN — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) January 19, 2018
The vessel will return to Goa in April 2018.
The expedition was 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. -PTC News
