Muscat, Jan. 14 -- INSV Kaundinya crew member and vessel architect, Commander Hemant Kumar on Wednesday highlighted the challenges of recreating and sailing India's traditional stitched ship, describing the voyage as an "exhilarating and adventurous" experience.

"We have now designed ancient ships to aircraft carriers," Commander Hemant Kumar said.

Explaining the scale of the task behind INSV Kaundinya, he recalled how the vessel had to be recreated using only visual historical references. "The brief we were given was that we had to recreate from a 5th-century painting. To be able to turn that painting into a design, do model testing and take it to sea on an actual voyage was a challenge," he said.

Sharing details of the voyage itself,...