Hyderabad: The 14th YAI Monsoon Regatta started this morning with rain and stormy conditions with winds raging at plus 20 knots.
The International Race Officer Shrikant Chaturvedi postponed the races by an hour and thereafter completed 3 races for the under 19 International 420 mixed class and the National Ranking Under 15 fleet of Optimists.
In both fleets, it was the Bhopal teams that ruled the waves and Nancy Rai with Airaj Sendhav as crew and Ekalavya Batham topped their respective fleets with some outstanding and consistent racing.
Amongst girls, local girl Deekshita Komaravelly topped the charts with all top 8 finishes followed closely by Shagun Jha of Bhopal and Shreya Krishna of Tamilnadu
There were many capsizes in the 420 mixed class with some sailors toppling more than 7 times yet braving the weather and finishing the races against all odds.
The alert safety teams of the host club The Yacht Club of Hyderabad YCH were more than busy helping distressed boats and ensuring safe racing conditions
“I sailed safe and ensured my boat was well set up for these conditions under the able advice of my Coach Anil Sharma “ said Nancy Rai of Bhopal
Top seed Dharani Laveti is now at second position overall and needs to ensure some good finishes tomorrow to climb back to the top of the mixed class with her crew Vadla Mallesh of the Navy boy Sports School Goa.
The beginners fleet and the Light Fleet of under 12 sailors sailed the afternoon session and the results will only be declared tomorrow
“We are happy that the winds hit the Hussain Sagar hard on day one of the Monsoon Regatta after a long respite of very light conditions for almost a month “ , said Suheim Sheikh President of the Yacht Club Sports Foundation and the Monsoon Regatta lived up to its reputation of promising superb racing conditions and awesome Monsoon weather
RESULTS AT THE END OF DAY 1
Under 19 International Class
Nancy Rai & Aniraj Sendhav NSS MADHYA PRADESH 5 points
Dharani Laveti and Mallesh & Vadla Mallesh YCH TELANGANA 6 points
Vidyanshi Mishra & Manish Sharma NSS MADHYA PRADESH 10 Points
Under 15 Optimist Class Boys
Eklavya Batham MADHYA PRADESH 4 Points
Sharanya Yadav NBSC GOA 6 Points
Ruben Vijay TRISHNA MYSORE 15 Points
Under 15 Optimist Class Girls
Deekshita Komaravelly YCH TELANGANA 15 Points
Shagun Jha NSS MADHYA PRADESH 16 Points
Shreya Krishna TNSA TAMILNADU 31 Points
