As news of Golden Globe Race (GGR) Commander Abhilash Tomy, currently serving as an Indian Naval officer, being rescued by French vessel Osiris on Monday (yesterday), broke, the collective sigh of relief itself was so strong that it could have set a vessel sailing. Sailors in Mumbai are watching the rescue effort keenly, "but it was the weekend on which we were most tense," said Mumbai's Aashim Mongia.

Aashim hails from what is dubbed as the 'first family of Mumbai sailing' (father Surinder, brother Nitin and Aashim are all Arjuna awardees). Aashim said, "The city's sailing fraternity usually sails together on Saturday afternoons. Tomy was part of this sailing circuit."