The First Indian

The First Indian

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The First Indian episodes

  • Chapter 20: The Mauritius Adventure - Part 1

    In our attempt at an authentic background sound, we recorded this episode with the rains pummelling Goa during one particularly rainy day. The birds that sheltered in the balcony offered a refreshing refrain with the crickets chirping up as the weather eased!

    Here's the first half of Dilip's sail to Mauritius. It ends where he starts out on his first ever solo sail, back to Goa.

    12 min
  • Chapter 17: Mhadei - Part 4

    Typically a ship's transfer is marked by a handover of her keys. Since she is a sail boat, a winch handle was used to mark the occasion of handover of INSV Mhadei, to the Navy.

    This is the final episode in a long chapter recounting the story of Mhadei's christening, creation and birth; in that order. We have shared it in multiple episodes just to give you a sense of the anticipation that went into bringing Mhadei into being!

    9 min
  • Chapter 17: Mhadei - Part 3

    Once the 9 tonne keel is affixed, Mhadei is raring to go; ready to float, on her own in the dry dock, and insisting on an early launch!

    This is a long chapter recounting the story of Mhadei's christening, creation and birth; in that order. We have shared it in 4 episodes just to give you a sense of the anticipation that went into bringing Mhadei into being!

    7 min
  • Chapter 17: Mhadei - Part 2
    Ensuring Mhadei's hull is as smooth as a baby's bottom, proves to to be back breaking work. Enter Alan Koh, painter extraordinaire who directs the team to ensure the hull is scraped to perfection and topped off with gleaming white paint.
    This is a long chapter recounting the story of Mhadei's christening, creation and birth; in that order. We have shared it in 4 episodes just to give you a sense of the anticipation that went into bringing Mhadei into being!
    7 min
  • Chapter 17: Mhadei - Part 1

    What's in a name!? Here's how Mhadei was christened in Sunaparanta - the Golden Land. 

    This is a long chapter recounting the story of Mhadei's christening, creation and birth; in that order. We have shared it in 4 episodes just to give you a sense of the anticipation that went into bringing Mhadei into being!

    8 min
  • Chapter 16: Adieu Sameer

    The trip to return Sameer home gives Dilip a much needed shot in the arm and boosts his confidence in his preparations for ocean sailing.

    PS: this episode was recorded in the midst of a downpour on a particularly wet monsoon day

    4 min
  • Chapter 15: Our Boat Building Guru

    Enter Johan, boat building guru and mentor to Ratnakar, providing much need resuscitation to the Project.

    Meanwhile the magpie robins, the keels and the sparrows chirrup in the background as we continue our recordings during lockdown in Goa

    4 min

About The First Indian

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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.