An all women ocean crew of Indian navy will leave for around the world ocean sailing trip in 2017 Lt. Commander Vartika Joshi will lead the team of five members. An all women Indian Navy crew of six is set to leave for a globe-trotting ocean trip start in 2017. The team stood out at the just concluded International Fleet Review (IFR) where the crew was an INSV Mhadei, a sail training boat of the Indian Navy for which they are currently training.
A boat or the sea doesn't differentiate between a man and woman and there are no shortcuts to the physical and mental fitness required to sail the ocean seas, says Lt. Commander Vartika Joshi, who set to lead India's first all-women crew trip to sail the oceans.
Lt. Commander Joshi along with a crew of five women will soon go to globe-trotting "we are training every day for sailing and it requires a hard level of physical activity. you have to be physically and mentally very strong and there is no shortcut to it," Lt. Commander Joshi told IANS in an Interview.
Lt. Commander Joshi was confident." This is certainly mission impossible we have been taking special training on circumnavigation since last April.The course includes navigation, equipment, managing a crisis or distress situation and communication courses," she explained.The boat on which the journey will finally be undertaken is at present under construction in Goa and the crew has to familiarise itself with every inch of the vessel.
Apart from Lt. Commander Joshi, the team includes Lt. Pratibha Jamwal and Lt. P Swathi in the core group, besides Lt. Vijaya Devi and Sub Lt. Payal Gupta. A sixth member is yet to be named.
"IT DOES NOT MATTER WHETHER YOU ARE A MAN OR A WOMEN, YOU HAVE TO DO WHAT ARE U REQUIRED TO DO"
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