Ocean Sailing in India-INDIAN NAVY OCEAN SAILING RACE 2023

 

INDIAN NAVY OCEAN SAILING RACE 2023

Organized by: Indian Navy, Headquarters, Southern Naval Command (HQSNC)

Date: 22 - 26 Nov 23

Why?: To encourage adventure at sea, an inter -Command Ocean Sailing Race from Kochi to Goa.

Four 40-footer Indian Naval Sailing Vessels (INSVs) viz Bulbul, Neelkanth, Kadalpura, and Hariyal will participate in the event. The race will cover an approximate distance of 360 nm between the start point at Naval Base, Kochi to Goa in about five days.

32 personnel including eight women officers/ Agniveers, will participate in this race onboard the four INSVs. Each INSV will be crewed by eight personnel from the three Commands of the Navy

1. The Western Naval Command (Headquarters at Mumbai). 

2. The Eastern Naval Command (Headquarters at Visakhapatnam) and 

3. The Southern Naval Command (Headquarters at Kochi)

and a combined team of Andaman and Nicobar Command & NHQ. The senior-most participant is of the rank of a Commodore and junior-most an Agniveer.

The Indian Navy believes that sailing on these small vessels is the best way to instill amongst its personnel the “indefinable sea-sense” and respect for elements of nature, which are inseparable from safe and successful seafaring. They also serve to impart the values of courage, camaraderie, endurance, and esprit-de-corps amongst budding naval personnel.