Days into his project, neck deep in research about solo sailing, Dilip has another googly thrown at him. His boat has to be built in India! The first step towards figuring out how to build a sail boat in India is to finalise the model.

Chapter 4: Apprenticeship Again

Listen to Dilip Donde's adventures of being the first Indian to circumnavigate the globe under sail. Faced with countless bureaucratic hurdles, lack of sailing experience and training, the condition to build his sail boat in India; he coasted along to meet the challenges thrown at him by the oceans, to achieve something that was never attempted in India. Capt Donde's success paved the way for the next 7 Indian circumnavigators. 

Today, he and his partner Sucheta, offers blue ocean sailing experiences on their sailing yacht, Antara; making sailing accessible and affordable for all.