INSV ‘Tarini’ to be inducted into Indian Navy on Saturday

The Indian Navy’s second ocean going sailboat ‘Tarini’ will be inducted at a ceremony scheduled to be held at the INS Mandovi Boat Pool Goa on Saturday evening.

The boat has been built to a stock design by Van de Stadt, Netherlands called Tonga 56. The hull is made of wooden core fiberglass sandwich construction for a better performance than aluminum and steel.

Indian Naval Sailing Vessel (INSV) Tarini carries a suite of six sails including a Main sail, Head sails, Downwind sails and Storm sail. Her mast is 25 meters tall and has been custom built by M/s Southern Spars, Cape Town, for sailing in extreme conditions. It boasts a Raymarine navigation suite and an array of latest satellite communication systems through which it can be contacted anywhere in the world.

The trials of the newly built INSV Tarini were successfully completed on 30 January 17 and all the learning experience from INSV Mhadei has been incorporated in this vessel right from the start.

This sailboat got its name on famous Goddess “Tara Tarini” of Odisha’s Ganjam district. The word Tarini means a Boat and is also a Sanskrit word for Saviour. Tara-Tarini is a patron deity for sailors and merchants and is worshipped for safety and success at sea.

Tara-Tarini of Odisha is known to have historical linkages with the river Goddess Mhadei- the exclusive boat deity of the Mhadei river of Goa. Both the deities Tarini and Mhadei have sculptural similarities.