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{{Short description|Sailing vessels of the Indian Navy}}
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The '''Mhadei class''' are [[ocean]] going [[sail training]] [[boats]] of the [[Indian Navy]] & include INSV Mhadei and INSV Tarini as the 2 [[sail boats]] of the class.<ref group=Note>"INSV" stands for Indian Navy sailing vessel.</ref> 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, in an Indian-built boat. He sailed from [[Mumbai]] on 19 August 2009 and returned to Mumbai after four stops on 19 May 2010. It was later used by Abhilash Tomy for his own single-handed, unassisted, non-stop [[circumnavigation]] under sail.<ref name=thhin25m/>

==Design and description==
[[INSV Mhadei|INSV ''Mhadei'']] the first boat of the Mhadei class is a cruising [[sloop]] built at the Aquarius Shipyard Pvt Ltd shipyard in [[Divar]].<ref>[http://www.aquariusgoa.com/sailing-yacht-aquarius-fibre-glass-boat-manufacturer-in-goa.php Article about ''Mhadei'' (made in Goa by Aquarius Fibreglas Pvt Ltd) at aquariusgoa.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150714115410/http://www.aquariusgoa.com/sailing-yacht-aquarius-fibre-glass-boat-manufacturer-in-goa.php |date=14 July 2015 }} Retrieved 1 January 2017</ref> The vessel was handed over to the Indian Navy in February 2009 and christened INSV ''Mhadei'', after the [[Mandovi River]].<ref name=thhin25m/><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/after-a-solo-voyage-round-the-world-heros-welcome-awaits-tomy/article4555217.ece|title=After a solo voyage round the world, hero's welcome awaits Tomy|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=28 March 2013|author=Anandan, S}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-10-20/goa/34605323_1_vessel-mhadei-indian-navy-insv-mhadei | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928094055/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-10-20/goa/34605323_1_vessel-mhadei-indian-navy-insv-mhadei | url-status=dead | archive-date=28 September 2013 | title=Indian Navy Sailing Vessel Mhadei ready for solo sail around globe | date=20 October 2012 | work=[[The Times of India]] | accessdate=11 August 2013}}</ref><ref name=hindufull/>

''Mhadei'' was built to a stock design by [[E.G. van de Stadt|van de Stadt]] called Tonga 56<ref>{{citation|title=Tonga 56 stock design|url=http://www.stadtdesign.com/designs/stock_plans_sail/tonga_56|publisher=Stadt Design}}</ref> 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. The boat has two mainsails, two Genoa's, a stay-sail, one try-sail and two gennaker's. She is also fitted with satellite communications and electronic navigation systems.<ref name=thhin25m>{{cite news|title=INSV Mhadei docks at Ezhimala Academy|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/insv-mhadei-docks-at-ezhimala-academy/article3222177.ece|accessdate=4 January 2014|newspaper=The Hindu|date=25 March 2012}}</ref><ref name=in>{{cite web|title=INSV Mhadei|url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/naval-fleet/insv-mhadei|publisher=Indian Navy|accessdate=4 January 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922131406/http://www.indiannavy.nic.in/naval-fleet/insv-mhadei|archivedate=22 September 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==Service history==
Originally built by Ottavio Tofful and Yohan Vels on the Divar Island in Goa.

After launching in [[Goa]], Commander Donde sailed ''Mhadei'' to [[Colombo]] and [[Mauritius]]. 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.<ref name=hindufull/>

In 2012, ''Mhadei'' was used by [[Indian Navy]] [[Lt Cdr]] Abhilash Tomy to complete a single-handed, unassisted, non-stop [[circumnavigation]] under sail. He was the first Indian, second Asian, and 79th person to do so.<ref>{{cite news|title=INSV Mhadei completes first Indian solo, non-stop circumnavigation of the globe|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/indian-navy-security-blanket-lt-commander-abhilash-tommy-157932-2013-04-04|newspaper=India Today|date=2013-04-06}}</ref> ''Mhadei'' finished the journey at Kochi, after completing a voyage of 23,100 nautical miles (42,781 km).<ref name=thhin25m/><ref name=hindufull>{{cite news|title=Coming full circle|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/magazine/coming-full-circle/article5006770.ece|accessdate=4 January 2014|newspaper=The Hindu|date=10 August 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=INSV Mhadei touches Kochi after completing a voyage of 5000 Nautical Miles|url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/press-release/insv-mhadei-touches-kochi-after-completing-voyage-5000-nautical-miles|publisher=Indian Navy|accessdate=4 January 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Navy officer Abhilash Tomy becomes first Indian to circumnavigate the globe solo and non-stop |url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/130406/news-current-affairs/article/navy-officer-abhilash-tomy-becomes-first-indian-circumnavigate |accessdate=4 January 2014 |newspaper=Deccan Chronicle |date=2013-04-06 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130603110550/http://deccanchronicle.com/130406/news-current-affairs/article/navy-officer-abhilash-tomy-becomes-first-indian-circumnavigate |archivedate=3 June 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Indian Navy Sailing Vessel Mhadei ready for solo sail around globe|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-10-20/goa/34605323_1_vessel-mhadei-indian-navy-insv-mhadei|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928094055/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-10-20/goa/34605323_1_vessel-mhadei-indian-navy-insv-mhadei|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-09-28|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=2012-10-20}}</ref>

In 2013, the navy's first all female team of sailors began preparation for another circumnavigation of the world, led by [[Lieutenant Commander]] Shweta Kapur. The crew practised in a race from [[Cape Town]] to [[Rio de Janeiro]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Spirit of Adventure Overrides All Else|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/thesundaystandard/Spirit-of-Adventure-Overrides-All-Else/2013/12/22/article1958700.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131225151704/http://www.newindianexpress.com/thesundaystandard/Spirit-of-Adventure-Overrides-All-Else/2013/12/22/article1958700.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 December 2013|accessdate=5 January 2014|newspaper=New Indian Express|date=22 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Indian Navy leads the way: Women officers set to circumnavigate|url=http://www.sail-world.com/Asia/Indian-Navy-leads-the-way:-Women-officers-set-to-circumnavigate/118167|accessdate=5 January 2014|newspaper=Sail World}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=INSV Mhadei with First Naval Lady Officer as Crew Casts Off for Cape 2 Rio Race|url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/press-release/women-power-insv-mhadei-first-naval-lady-officer-crew-casts-cape-2-rio-race|accessdate=6 January 2014|newspaper=Indian Navy|date=6 January 2014}}</ref>

In May 2016 INSV Mhadei set sail from Goa for a voyage to Port Louis in Mauritius skippered by Lt. Cdr. Vartika Joshi, a Naval Constructor. This was the first open-ocean voyage of the Navy's all-woman crew of the Mhadei. It was a training voyage to expose the young crew to the weather that they would confront during the circumnavigation of the globe scheduled for 2017.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/allwoman-crew-of-insv-mhadei-sets-sail-for-mauritius/article8642137.ece | title=All-woman crew of INSV Mhadei sets sail for Mauritius | work=[[The Hindu]] | date=25 May 2016 | accessdate=15 June 2016}}</ref> The crew entered Port Louis, Mauritius, on Tuesday, 14 June 2016. The crew members were skipper Lieutenant Commander Vartika Joshi, a Naval architect, and five others: Lieutenant P. Swathi, Lt. Pratibha Jamwal, Lt. Vijaya Devi, Sub Lt. Payal Gupta and Lt. B. Aishwarya.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/navys-woman-power-reaches-mauritius-shores/article8729055.ece | title=Navy's woman power reaches Mauritius shores | work=[[The Hindu]] | date=15 June 2016 | accessdate=15 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/india/indian-navys-all-women-crew-yacht-insv-mhadei-creates-history-docks-in-port-louis_1895733.html | title=Indian Navy's all-women crew yacht INSV Mhadei creates history, docks in Port Louis | work=[[Zee News]] | date=14 June 2016 | accessdate=15 June 2016}}</ref>

== Second Boat ==
A second boat in this class, [[INSV Tarini|INSV ''Tarini'']], was ordered in 2016 and commissioned into active service on 18 February 2017. She was built by Aquarius Shipyard Private Limited.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/visakhapatnam/INSV-Mhadei-crew-set-to-circumnavigate-the-globe-in-2017/articleshow/50802272.cms|title=INSV Mhadei crew set to circumnavigate the globe in 2017|website=Times of India|access-date=2016-06-29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/navys-all-women-sailing-crew-prepping-to-go-around-the-globe-1285176|title=Navy's All-Women Sailing Crew Prepping To Go Around The Globe|website=NDTV.com|access-date=2016-03-31}}</ref> The sail boat was inducted by [[Admiral]] [[Sunil Lanba]] at the INS Mandovi Boat Pool with an all women crew and is skippered by Lieutenant Commander Vartika Joshi. The [[Marine vessel|vessel]] will be [[Indian Navy]]'s first all-woman global [[circumnavigation]] vessel and the extremely challenging [[Exploration|expedition]] by Tarini's all-woman crew is slated to commence in August 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Indian Navy inducts second sailboat INSV Tarini with all-woman crew|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/indian-navy-ins-sailboat-tarini-admiral-sunil-lamba-insv-mhadei-961386-2017-02-18}}</ref>

==Specifications==
*Displacement: 23 tons<ref name=in/>
*Length (overall): 17.1 m<ref name=in/>
*Beam: 5 m<ref name=in/>
*Height of mast: 21 m above [[waterline]]<ref name=in/>

==See also==
*[[List of active Indian Navy ships]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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[[Category:Ships of the Indian Navy]]
[[Category:Individual sailing vessels]]
[[Category:Sloops of India]]
[[Category:Ships built in India]]
[[Category:Sailboat type designs by E. G. van de Stadt]]

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