A SAILOR PAR EXCELLENCE
MAY 10, 2021
This week on The Road Less Taken we have Commander Abhilash Tomy, the first Indian and second Asian to have sailed around the world solo, non-stop and unassisted, in conversation with QM Venky Srinivasan.
Between November 2012 and March 2013, Abhilash Tomy sailed around the world, alone and without stops in a 56- foot sailboat. Cdr Tomy was a participant of the Golden Globe Race 2018.
He has been awarded the Kirti Chakra, the Nau Sena Medal and the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award among many others.
Watch the episode here and learn more about Abhilash Tomy’s daring adventures and his experiences as an officer at the Indian Navy, of his life as a sailor and an aviator, and the story of his solo journey around the world in a sailboat, and much more.
