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Golden Globe Race: Champion sailor Tomy accorded hero’s welcome by Indian Navy

Tomy with Air Vice Marshal MS Sridhar, the military doctor who fixed his back after he suffered a serious spinal injury. (HT Photo)
Updated on May 19, 2023 08:58 pm IST

'Was lying immobile on boat for 3 days': Abhilash Tomy recalls 2018 accident

Commander Abhilash Tomy.
Published on May 19, 2023 04:06 pm IST

Abhilash Tomy charts history, finishes second in Golden Globe race

The retired Naval Commander, had on March 22, 2022, declared his participation in the Golden Globe Race 2022.
Published on Apr 29, 2023 01:17 pm IST

Champion sailor Abhilash Tomy set to return to race that almost claimed his life

Commander Abhilash Tomy (retd) could not finish the GGR’s 2018 edition because of an accident. (HT PHOTO)
Updated on Mar 23, 2022 12:18 am IST

Abhilash Tomy seeks funds to reattempt race that nearly proved fatal for him

Abhilash Tomy poses on his boat Thuriya ahead of the solo around-the-world sailing race for the Golden Globe Race in 2018. (File photo)
Published on Jul 09, 2021 01:02 am IST

HTLS 2019| Will to survive trumps the sea and its violent emotions: Tomy

Commander Abhilash Tomy at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit, on Friday, December 06, 2019.
Updated on Dec 07, 2019 09:13 am IST

‘Whenever I am in trouble, I think about the sea’: Cdr Abhilash Tomy at HTLS 2019

Cdr Tomy is the first Indian to complete a solo, non-stop circumnavigation of the world under sail in 2013.
Updated on Dec 06, 2019 12:44 pm IST

Commander Abhilash Tomy’s back fixed, humour intact after surgery

Abhilash Tomy was participating in this year’s Golden Globe Race (GGR), a circumnavigation challenge involving solo participants, and which bars the use of modern technology.
Updated on Oct 12, 2018 07:50 am IST

Rescued Navy commander Abhilash Tomy reaches Vizag, shifted to naval hospital

Days after being rescued from the Indian Ocean in a multi-nation operation, commander Abhilash Tomy, who was under medical observation at Ile Amsterdam, was brought to Visakhapatnam safely onboard INS Satpura Saturday.
Updated on Oct 07, 2018 07:17 am IST

Indian warship picks up Commander Abhilash Tomy from remote Indian Ocean island

Commander Abhilash Tomy was participating in this year’s Golden Globe Race (GGR), a circumnavigation race involving solo participants, and which bars the use of modern technology.
Updated on Sept 28, 2018 11:15 pm IST

150 kmph winds, 14 metre-high waves, this beast was something else, says sailor Abhilash Tomy

Commander Abhilash Tomy is now recovering from a back injury he suffered while negotiating a deadly storm that left his yacht, SV Thuriya, crippled last week
Updated on Sept 28, 2018 12:07 pm IST

Sailing skills, military training helped me survive, says Navy commander Abhilash Tomy

Naval officer Abhilash Tomy, who was rescued from international waters earlier this week after his yacht was damaged, undergoes treatment in a remote Indian Ocean island, Ile Amsterdam.
Updated on Sept 27, 2018 05:19 pm IST

Rescued Navy commander Abhilash Tomy stable with no major injuries: Defence spokesman

Abhilash Tomy poses on his boat "Thuriya" in Les Sables d'Olonne Harbour, ahead of the solo around-the-world sailing race.
Updated on Sept 26, 2018 10:10 am IST

Rescued Navy Commander Abhilash Tomy reaches remote island in Indian Ocean, hospitalised

India's skipper Abhilash Tomy poses on his boat "Thuriya" in Les Sables d'Olonne Harbour, ahead of the solo around-the-world sailing race for the "Golden Globe Race" ocean race in which sailors compete without high technology aides such as GPS or computers.
Updated on Sept 25, 2018 05:04 pm IST

Rescued Navy Commander Abhilash Tomy to reach remote Amsterdam Island today

Abhilash Tomy gestures on his boat as he sets sails from Les Sables d'Olonne Harbour at the start of the solo around-the-world "Golden Globe Race" ocean race.
Updated on Sept 25, 2018 10:11 am IST

Daring rescue ends Navy Commander Abhilash Tomy’s 70-hour ordeal, wife still waits for phone call

In this file photo taken on July 01, 2018 India's Abhilash Tomy gestures on his boat "Thuriya" as he sets sails from Les Sables d'Olonne Harbour at the start of the solo around-the-world ‘Golden Globe Race’ ocean race in which sailors compete without high technology aides such as GPS or computers.
Updated on Sept 25, 2018 01:10 am IST

Rescued Navy Commander Abhilash Tomy is ‘doing ok’, says defence minister

Commander Tomy was representing India during the Golden Globe Race 2018 but his indigenously-built ‘Thurayi’ boat lost its mast after being caught in a storm.
Updated on Sept 24, 2018 10:55 pm IST

In final stretch, hostile weather slows down Navy commander’s rescue

Kapil Sibal along with Abhishek Manu Singhvi and team members representing Former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram, at the Special CBI in New Delhi on Thursday, August 22, 2019.
Updated on Sept 24, 2018 01:09 pm IST

Navy Commander Abhilash Tomy to be rescued by French vessel today: Nirmala Sitharaman

Indian Navy Ace Sailor Abhilash Tomy who was injured and incapacitated day before has been tracked by the Indian Navy Reconnaissance aircraft. As seen, Boat Mast broken and hanging on the side, said Navy.
Updated on Sept 24, 2018 11:58 am IST

Tarini crew wait for rescue of commander who trained them

Indian Navy’s Commander Abhilash Tomy is badly injured and marooned in one of the loneliest places in the Indian Ocean.
Published on Sept 23, 2018 11:50 pm IST

Aircraft locates injured Navy officer’s yacht ‘rolling excessively’ in Indian Ocean

Abhilash Tomy on his boat ‘Thuriya’ in Les Sables d'Olonne Harbour, ahead of the solo around-the-world sailing race for the "Golden Globe Race" ocean race.
Updated on Sept 23, 2018 12:37 pm IST

2 warships, chopper, aircraft: Navy pulling out all stops to rescue sailor stranded in ocean

Abhilash Tomy poses on his boat ‘Thuriya’ in Les Sables d'Olonne Harbour, on June 29, 2018, ahead of the solo around-the-world sailing race for the ‘Golden Globe Race’ ocean race in which sailors compete without high technology aides such as GPS or computers.
Updated on Sept 23, 2018 07:23 am IST

Injured Navy officer stranded in ocean storm makes contact with race organisers in France

Abhilash Tomy poses on his boat "Thuriya" in Les Sables d'Olonne Harbour, on June 29, 2018, ahead of the solo around-the-world sailing race for the "Golden Globe Race" ocean race in which sailors compete without high technology aides such as GPS or computers.
Updated on Sept 22, 2018 09:56 pm IST

Efforts on to rescue injured Navy officer stranded in ocean storm

Commander Abhilash Tomy suffered a back injury while sailing on an indigenously built sailing vessel ‘Thuriya’, which was dismasted in extremely rough weather and sea condition.
Updated on Sept 22, 2018 02:19 pm IST