"I had packed 50 cans of soft drinks for 180 days and they ran out soon, which means one after every fourth day proved to be very, very special," says Abhilash, a maritime reconnaissance pilot with the Navy. But longing for cola was the least of his concerns.
So far, there have only been 78 people around the world who have sailed solo and returned to tell the tale. Also, when he crossed the 10,000 nautical mile mark non-stop on January 9, 2013, he became the first Indian to do so.
