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INSV ''Tarini'' is a cruising [[sloop]] built at the [[Aquarius Shipyard Private Limited|Aquarius Shipyard]] in [[Divar]], [[Goa]].<ref name="pib" /><ref name="INSV Tarini Inducted" /><ref name="financialexpress">{{Cite news |url=http://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/second-ocean-going-sailboat-insv-tarini-to-be-inducted-into-indian-navy-on-saturday/556053/ |title=Second ocean-going sailboat INSV Tarini to be inducted into Indian Navy on Saturday |access-date=19 February 2017 |work=[[The Financial Express (India)|The Financial Express]] |publication-date=18 February 2017}}</ref> The vessel was handed over to the Indian Navy on 18 February 2017, christened INSV ''Tarini'', after the [[Tara Tarini temple]].<ref name="pib">{{Cite press release |title=Tarini to be Inducted into Indian Navy on 18 February 17 |date= 17 February 2017 |publisher=Press Information Bureau  |url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=158527 |access-date=18 February 2017}}</ref><ref name="INSV Tarini Inducted">{{Cite press release |title=INSV Tarini Inducted – All Woman Crew Scheduled to Sail her around the Globe Commencing August 2017  |date=18 February 2017 |publisher=Press Information Bureau |url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/mbErel.aspx?relid=158551 |access-date=19 February 2017}}</ref><ref name="financialexpress" /><ref name="thehindu">{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/Navy-honours-Tara-Tarini-hill-shrine-by-naming-sailboat/article17331284.ece |title=Navy honours Tara-Tarini hill shrine by naming sailboat  |access-date=23 February 2017 |work=[[The Hindu]] |publication-date= 20 February 2017 }}</ref> Tarini's hull is built of wood-core and [[fibreglass]] sandwich.<ref name="pib" /><ref name="financialexpress" /> The boat has six sails, including [[mainsail]], [[genoa (sail)|genoa]], [[staysail|stay]], downwind and storm sail. She is capable of sailing in extreme conditions.<ref name="pib" /><ref name="financialexpress" /> The boat measures 56 feet in length.<ref name="timesofindia.indiatimes" /> The [[Mast (sailing)|mast]], custom built by [[Southern Spars]], is about 25 meters tall.<ref name="pib" /><ref name="financialexpress" />  

Promptly upon completion of the commissioning ceremony at INS Mandovi Boat Pool, the crew demonstrated the handling capabilities of the boat by sailing her out of the harbour.<ref name="INSV Tarini Inducted" /> An all-woman crew led by [[Lieutenant Commander]] Vartika Joshi undertook an expedition to circumnavigate the globe, sailing off on 10 September 2017 and completing the voyage on 21 May 2018.<ref name="pib" /><ref name="INSV Tarini Inducted" /><ref name="thehindu" /><ref name="timesofindia.indiatimes">{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/all-woman-team-returns-after-sailing-around-world/articleshow/64228929.cms|title=All-woman team returns after sailing around world|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=21 March 2017|publication-date=31 January 2017}}</ref>

[[Navika Sagar Parikrama]] is the name of [[Exploration|expedition]] for [[circumnavigation]] the [[globe]] on INSV Tarini by Indian Navy's Women Naval Officers. The six-member all-woman team, led by Lieutenant Commander Vartika Joshi and composed of Lt Commander Vartika Joshi, Lt Commander Pratibha Jamwal, Lt Commander Swati P, Lieutenant Aishwarya Boddapati, Lieutenant S Vijaya Devi and Lieutenant Payal Gupta, circumnavigated and manage the whole operation in this first ever global journey. The voyage which lasted for 254 days, covered 21600 miles, had 5 port calls in [[Fremantle]] [[Australia]]; [[Lyttelton, New Zealand]]; [[Port Stanley]], [[Falklands]], [[Cape Town]], [[South Africa]] and finally at [[Mauritius]] before returning home to [[Goa]]. All six members of the crew were trained for about one year under Captain [[Dilip Donde]], who is also the first Indian to successfully carry out solo-circumnavigation of the globe between 2009 and 2010.  

The women had to face strong winds of more than 60 knots and very high waves of up to 7 metres. In addition to successfully circumnavigating the globe the crew also collected and updated meteorological, ocean and wave data on a regular basis for accurate weather forecast by [[India Meteorological Department]] and reported [[marine pollution]] on the high seas.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiannavy.nic.in/content/navika-sagar-parikrama-circumnavigating-globe-indian-built-sail-boat-insv-tarini-women-naval|title=All about Navika Sagar Parikrama: Indian Navy's all-women team}}</ref>