This Article First Appeared In The Hindubuinsessline On April 29, 2023.
From near death, and heartbreak to overcoming the toughest of odds to taste incredible success, Commander (Retired) Abhilash Tomy’s voyage over the high seas on a tiny sailboat is the stuff of edge-of-the-seat thrillers.
On Saturday, he made India and the world proud by completing the grueling Golden Globe Race, described as the ‘Voyage of Madmen’, unassisted, solo, non-stop without using any modern navigation technology.
Five years ago when Tomy was stranded in the middle of the stormy Indian Ocean in a broken boat, with a shattered spine and no GPS, as he attempted to circumnavigate the world in his boat, his chances of surviving were slim.