<p>Enter Johan, boat building guru and mentor to Ratnakar, providing much need resuscitation to the Project.</p>
<p>Meanwhile the magpie robins, the keels and the sparrows chirrup in the background as we continue our recordings during lockdown in Goa</p>

Chapter 16: Adieu Sameer

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.