Indian Navy sailing vessel Mhadei, skippered and crewed by an all-women crew of naval officers for the very first time, entered Chennai Port on 13 Feb 16 after participating in the International Fleet Review 2016. The sail boat had left Visakhapatnam on 09 Feb and is scheduled to make stops at Chennai and Kochi ports enroute before reaching her home port at Goa. Lieutenant Commander Vartika Joshi, a Naval Architect, was appointed as the first woman Skipper of Mhadei on 08 Feb just prior to her return voyage. The boat is crewed by Lieutenants P Swathi, Pratibha Jamwal (Air Traffic Control specialists), Vijaya Devi and Sub Lieutenant Payal Gupta (both Education officers).