34 episodes
The First Indian SY Antara
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Listen to Dilip Donde's adventures of being the first Indian to circumnavigate the globe under sail. Faced with countless bureaucratic hurdles, lack of sailing experience and training, the condition to build his sail boat in India; he coasted along to meet the challenges thrown at him by the oceans, to achieve something that was never attempted in India. Capt Donde's success paved the way for the next 7 Indian circumnavigators.
Today, he and his partner Sucheta, offers blue ocean sailing experiences on their sailing yacht, Antara; making sailing accessible and affordable for all.
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Chapter 24: First Taste of the Southern Ocean - Part 1
Dilip reached Australia in time to celebrate his birthday as well as Diwali 'the Festival of Lights'. Having completed the first leg successfully, he could see light at the end of the tunnel. He had grown confident of his, and Mhadei's, sailing capabilities and was ready to take on the Southern Ocean!
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Chapter 23: Down Under - Part 6
"Well, the first time you face a big one, you are convinced that it is the end of the world and you are not going to survive. The second time, you tell yourself you just might survive, as you managed the last time. The third time, you are sure you will come out of it alive as you have survived so far. When you are getting ready to face the tenth one, you are worrying that you may not be able to get hot food for the next few days! But to reach that state, you have to go through the first nine stages" Robin Knox-Johnston
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Chapter 23: Down Under - Part 5
We're recording this podcast a week at a time and attempting to align the sail dates with current dates. As a result we have reached Sunday 13 September 2009 in the course of Dilip's circumnavigation. A harrowing week in which he crossed into the 'Coldrums' and had to do emergency repairs on the pad eye that held the boom on Mhadei.
But, as always, he had the good fortune to see some whales up close; a memory that helped erase thoughts of bad weather and possible accidents!
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Chapter 23: Down Under - Part 4
The image shows where Dilip was 12 years ago on 4 Sep, 2009. A little dot in the middle of the Indian Ocean.
Readers responded with kudos and more. One was inspired to poetry...
Sir, this short evocation for the Lord of the Seas (is there a special one for the trade winds?)
"When it was sunny you were kind
When it was glassy you were generous
Now that it is choppy we pray do not rescind
The blessing which ye showered on Captain courageous
The gale will test and go away
The storm will also remain at bay
As Mhadei cuts the trade winds
Remains she always in our minds
best luck always,"
Atty
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Chapter 23: Down Under - Part 3
Dilip's entire sailing voyage is covered in his blog: sagarparikrama.blogspot.com. So if you find you can't wait to hear the next podcast, go ahead and read it up on his blog
Though Dilip only started blogging once he set sail, enthusiastic supporters were already sending in their wishes...
"Am I inaugurating this page or what. If I am let me congratulate Cdr Dilip Donde on this extraordinary task he taken upon himself. It is a task where his mental mettle will be tasked to its limit. Not seeing a single face for days, may be weeks, while fighting for survival can be really arduous. I wish you the very best, and do anything, but DONT FALL OFF THE BOAT." August 5, 2009, Unknown
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Chapter 23: Down Under - Part 2
Dilip's blog posts were the only way for most people to follow along on his voyage. He has used those to give us a lungful of the seas. The original blog is a treat to read, laced as it is with loads of fabulous photographs.
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