The Indian Navy's second sailboat Tarini was inducted today in a glittering ceremony at the INS Mandovi Boat Pool. During the ceremony, Admiral Sunil Lanba announced that the extremely challenging expedition by Tarini's all-woman crew is slated to commence in August 2017. On completion of the ceremony, the crew sailed the boat out of harbour displaying its agile handling capabilities. Indian Navy will is operating four sailing vessels capable of open ocean deployments- Tarangini, Sudarshini, Mhadei and Tarini, all four of which have been built in shipyards at Goa. Indian Navy is attempting to revitalise open ocean sailing and will also be inducting four 40 feet, state of the art open ocean racing sail boats.

Source: India Today February 18, 2017 18:22 UTC