Panaji: Not affected by terrible accidents in 2018 which made it with two broken spocons, a former Navy officer Abhilash Tomy was ready to be released for another shot around the earth alone.
Determined to compete in the 2022 edition of the Golden Globe Race (GGR), a non-stop cirlnavigation solo without satellite-based navigation tools, decorated sailors looking to cut the race.
For some people, desires without stopping to sail alone for 60,000 km through the sea who do not know the oceans and nature that cannot be predicted most illustrate the brave, but for the former Navy Commander, it does not lack from a spiritual journey of spiritual discovery.
“I believe that you can’t explore yourself if you don’t turn yourself off this world.
When you are with people, you always deal with the outside world.
Alone for a long duration of changing my mind and I know myself,” Tomy said while Talk to Toi.
However, before he went down to his unfinished business with the South Indian Ocean, Tomy had to find out the part of his puzzle; fund.
For a good competitive race, he will need around Rs 4 Crore, but he knows that this might be difficult to ask through crowdfunding.
He has also reached a company sponsor but has not heard anything concrete.
The online campaign (https://bit.ly/3k2ifw6) because it collected Rs 3.5 Lakh.
“For me it’s very simple, get a boat, doing a 2,000 mile exercises on it, getting ready and I’m ready,” said Tomy, who had settled in Goa with his family.
This time, he does not build a boat because it requires a lot of time, money, and compliance.
Instead, he plans to buy the ship previously owned from Europe and lay for the race.
While the 32-foot cruise ship before, The Thuriya, was a two-sized boat, Tomy had looked at him some of the 36-footer yachts were drawn.
Forced to leave the Golden Globe Race in 2018 after a severe storm destroyed his attractive ship and left him injured in one of the remote parts of the southern Indian Ocean, the winner Kirti Chakra said he had a business that was not finished with the ocean.
A large multinational rescue mission helps save Tomy who now has a titanium stem inserted into the spine.
The former Navy Aviator, who retired from the Indian navy in January, was candid to be when he said that in the sea was where he was.
During his first solo surge, Tomy began fighting with the idea to return to the beach after crossing Cape Horn.
“I think for anyone to survive through a prolonged solitude, where every time you worry whether you will survive, you need to have a kind of philosophical power.
In my first lightning, I have to train yourself to return to the ground,” said Tomy.
He also believes that a nation that looks into the sea, who dares to come out and absorb the maritime spirit can change its ethos.
“If the Indian generation goes to the sea, we will become a totally different nation.
The nations of sailing like the Netherlands are the best examples.
You are honest, help, you appreciate the time, you learn a lot of skills and give you patience.
And when you come in Land, small problems stop bothering you.
Going to the sea helps in character development, “said Tomy.
The Golden Globe 1968 is the first around the Yacht Race world.
Open for young and old sailors, affordable in yachts 32-36ft, recycling, seaworthy but simple that lack technology, satellite communication and GPS and autopilot systems.
The 2022 edition has received around 30 entrants from 11 countries.