Abhilash Tommy creates history, finishes second in Golden Globe race
Indian sailor Commander Abhilash Tomy (Retd) will finally set foot on land after 236 days of sailing in the Golden Globe Race (GGR), a solo non-stop yacht race around the world.
Commander Tommy is all set to complete the race second only to South African sailor Kirsten Neuschäfer at Les Sables d’Olonne in France on Saturday at 1:30 PM (IST), five years after suffering a serious back injury. Endangered life. accident in the same incident
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The retired Naval Commander, who is also a recipient of the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award, on March 22, 2022 announced his participation in the Golden Globe Race 2022, one of the most dangerous and craziest endeavours.
“I will take part in the Golden Globe Race 2022 in earnest. It’s a big deal to me and here’s why. On 18 September 2018, I was racing in the South Indian Ocean when we were caught in an unusual storm that Tommy called a The tweet said, “Two of the three boats claimed to be on their way. Mine was one of them.”
GGR started on September 4, 2022.
On September 18, 2018, Commander Tommy suffered a back injury at sea after his boat was damaged.
He was stranded in the Southern Indian Ocean during GGR 2018, a non-stop, around-the-world sailing race.
He was caught in a storm that wrecked his yacht and got stranded halfway between Australia and South Africa.
He was rescued after being at sea for 83 days following a complex international effort. He was transferred to an Indian Navy ship and two days after his arrival in India, titanium rods were inserted in his spine and 5 vertebrae were fused into one.
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According to the Indian Navy, Commander Tommy was in touch with Race Control in France through messages, which JRCC was passing on to Australia.
Navy spokesperson Captain DK Sharma had confirmed that “Commander Abhilash Tommy KC of the Indian Navy, who is representing India in the Golden Globe Race 2018 (GGR), onboard indigenously built sailing vessel ‘Thuria’ was injured yesterday and He suffered a back injury. He is in the South Indian Ocean, about 1900 nautical miles from Perth, Australia and 2700 nm (about 5020 km over land) from Cape Comorin (Kanyakumari).
