Dilip Donde completes first solo circumnavigation for India

9:18 PM Sat 22 May 2010 GMT

'Dilip Donde arriving Mumbai' .

If you think Australia was excited about sixteen-year-old Jessica Watson's voyage, India has proved ecstatic about their own sailor this week, as a naval officer completed the first-ever solo circumnavigation of the globe by sailing boat by an Indian national. After 276 days, Dilip Donde steered his yacht into Mumbai Harbour to a tumultuous welcome, although most of India was applauding from afar. The 42-year-old officer covered more than 21,600 nautical miles sailing in the seas to achieve the milestone, and arrived back with a flowing white beard. As Indian leisure boat owners are a fairly rare breed, Dilip was ...

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by Nancy Knudsen