Panaji: Not affected by terrible accidents in 2018 which made it with two broken spocons, former Navy officer Abhilash Tomy was ready to be released for another shot in the world.
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, relentless desires to sail themselves for 60,000 km through the sea who do not know the oceans and nature that cannot be predicted most illustrate bravely, but for the former Navy Commander, it does not lack from a spiritual journey of self-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 prolonged duration change my mind and I know myself,” said Tomy Toi , Before he went down to his unfinished business, Tomy had to find out one part of the puzzle – funds.
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 also reached the company’s sponsor.
The online campaign has collected Hospital 3.5 Lakh.
“For me it’s very simple, get a boat, do 2,000 miles exercises on it, prepare and I’m ready,” said Tomy, who 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 a boat that has been owned from Europe and save back.
While the 32-foot cruise ship before, the Thuriya, was a twomasted boat, Tomy has now turned her gaze on some of the 36-footer yachts.
Forced to leave the race in 2018 after the storm destroyed his attractive ship and leaving him injured in one of the remote parts of the South Indian Ocean, the winner Kirti Chakra said he had a business that had not been finished with the ocean.
A large multinational rescue mission helps save Tomy who now has a titanium stem inserted into the spine.
Former Aviator naval retired from the Navy in January.
“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.
“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.