Indian sailor Commander Abhilash Tomy retd. Also Read : Punching her way up: Nikhat Zareen. The retired Naval Commander, who is also a recipient of the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award, had on March 22, , declared his participation in the Golden Globe Race , one of the most dangerous and craziest of endeavours. It is a big thing for me and here is why. On 18 Sep , I was racing in the South Indian Ocean when we were caught in an unusual storm which claimed two of the three boats in its way.
Mine was one of them," Tomy had said in a tweet. Commander Tomy suffered a back injury at the sea after the yacht he was sailing in got dismasted on September 18, He was stranded in the southern Indian Ocean during GGR , a non-stop, around-the-globe sailing race. He was swept up in a storm that wrecked his yacht and ended up being stranded halfway between Australia and South Africa. He was rescued after 83 days at sea following a complex international effort. He was transferred to an Indian Navy vessel and two days after arriving in India, titanium rods were inserted in his spine and 5 vertebrae were fused into one.
He is in the south Indian Ocean, approximately nautical miles from Perth, Australia and nm approx km on the ground from Cape Comorin Kanyakumari. Share Via. Recommended Topics. Share this article.
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