INS Tarangini to participate in annual Tall Ship Races in Europe

<b>Text: Agencies</b><br><br>INS Tarangini, the sail Training Ship of Indian Navy is on eight month voyage to participate in the annual Tall Ship Races and other events at Europe, organised under the aegis of Sail Training International. <br><br>During this eight months, the ship will travel approximately 17,000 miles under sails.

The first race from Kristiansand (Norway) to Aalborg (Denmark) which started on July 28 had to be cancelled on July 30 due to nil wind conditions.<br><br><i>In pic: INS Tarangini entering Kristiansand.</i>

Tarangini will participate in Sail Rostock in Germany, which is scheduled to be from August 6 to August 9.<br><br><i>In pic: Ships lining up for the start of the race on Kristiansand</i><br><br><i>Image by: Indian Navy</i>

The ship will also take part in associated sail events such as Sail Bremerhaven in Germany and Sail Amsterdam in Netherland.<br><br><i>In pic: Yards man aloft during sail parade</i><br><br><i>Image by: Indian Navy</i>

About 300 sail ships of various sizes from all over the world are expected to participate in this year’s events.<br><br><i>In pic: Lord Nelson.</i><br><br><i>Image by: Indian Navy</i>

Tarangini was the first Indian Naval Ship to circumnavigate the globe in 2003-04.<br><br>Since then, it has sailed to 'The Great Lakes' in Canada for races and also participated in the European Tall Ship Races.<br><br>It won The Royal Thames Yacht Club Challenge Trophy in 2005 and stood third in Youth Sailing Division in 2007 in the US.<br><br><i>In pic: Yards man aloft during sail parade.</i><br><br><i>Image by: Indian Navy</i>

Apart from these races, the ship sails extensively across the Indian Ocean region for the purpose of providing sail training experience to the Officer Cadets of the Navy.<br><br><i>In pic: Manning ship side during the race from Kristiansand.<br><br><i>Image by: Indian Navy</i>

Sail training also serves to impart the time-tested values of courage, camaraderie, endurance and esprit-de-corps among the budding naval officers.<br><br><i>In pic: Yards man aloft during sail parade.</i><br><br><i>Image by: Indian Navy</i>

'Tall Ship' is a term often used generically to describe large, classic sailing vessels. The first Tall Ship event was organised in 1956, where the foundation of Sail Training International was mooted.<br><br><i>In pic: Manning ship side during sail parade.</i><br><br><i>Image by: Indian Navy</i>

INS Tarangini is a three-masted barque, commissioned in 1997 as a sail training ship for the Indian Navy.<br><br>It was constructed in Goa by British naval architect Colin Mudie and launched in 1995. <br><br><i>In pic: Ungasketing sails before the start of the race.</i><br><br><i>Image by: Indian Navy</i>