Indian Navy Sailing Vessel Mhadei with an all-women crew was flagged off from Goa to Cape Town, South Africa.
The vessel, is scheduled to reach Cape Town on 15 Dec 16. The Boat would then participate in the “Cape to Rio Race” ( Cape Town to Rio de Janeiro) which will start from Cape Town on 26 Dec 16.
The present voyage of INSV Mhadei consists of four legs which includes Goa to Cape Town, Cape-town to Rio de Janeiro (the actual race) and the return back to Goa.
Indian Navy (IN) has identified four sets of crew to participate in various legs of the voyage with the purpose of preparing a larger base of adventure loving sea- farers.
The Cape to Rio race is the longest continent to continent yacht race in the Southern hemisphere with a total length of 6500 kms across the South Atlantic Ocean. A fleet of at least 50 yachts are expected to participate in this year’s race.
The boat is expected to return to INS Mandovi in May next year.
