MHADEI Indian Navy

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INSV Mhadei is a sail training boat of the Indian Navy. On 19 May 2010 as he sailed Mhadei into Mumbai harbour, Commander Dilip Donde became the first Indian national to complete a single-handed circumnavigation under sail


About the Design :

Mhadei was built to a stock design by van de Stadt called Tonga measuring 56 feet in length and displacing 23 tons. It was decided to build a wood-core and fibreglass sandwich hull for better performance than steel or aluminium

Specification

Displacement: 23 tons
Length (overall): 17.1 m
Beam: 5 m
Height of mast: 21 m above waterline
Pennant number: A7


Services :
After launching in Goa, Commander Donde sailed Mhadei to Colombo and Mauritius. It was the first trip of its kind in the Indian Navy.
Donde then took the boat on a circumnavigation voyage on 19 August 2009, and returned on 19 May 2010; Mhadei was the first Tonga 56 to complete a solo circumnavigation

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