New Delhi, May 20 -- Two Indian veterans, Col K Srinivas (ex-army) and Capt. C D N V Prasad ( ex-navy) set sail from Auckland, New Zealand to Visakhapatnam, India on May 14 on a 34-foot sailboat Tystie. They are expected to reach the eastern port city of Visakhapatnam (Vizag) later in the year.

The 7800 nautical mile long voyage, which will be dependent on local wind conditions and currents, has planned port calls at Savusavu, Fiji; Port Vila, Vanuatu; Solomon Islands; Kupang. Indonesia; Bali, Indonesia; Penang, Malaysia; Langkawi, Malaysia; Phuket,Thailand; Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India and onwards to Vizakhapatnam, or Vizag.

Both veterans are in their early 60s and graduated with the 63rd course of the National Defenc...