A breeze of 10 to 17 knots held through the day, enough to reward the sailors who read the shifts well and enough to test boat handling across every class. Three races were completed in the forenoon session and three more in the afternoon, putting all seven events on three races apiece by the close of play
Hyderabad: Racing at the 6th YAI Secunderabad Club GMR Sports Youth Open Regatta got under way on Hussain Sagar on Tuesday, with light rain greeting the fleet as the first boats launched — taken by the sailing community as a blessing from the rain gods — before the weather cleared into near-ideal racing conditions.
India’s number one ranked Optimist sailors dominated their fleets. Shringhari Roy of the host, Secunderabad Sailing Club, leads the main fleet while B. Ravi Kumar of TSA is ahead in the boys’ fleet.
A breeze of 10 to 17 knots held through the day, enough to reward the sailors who read the shifts well and enough to test boat handling across every class. Three races were completed in the forenoon session and three more in the afternoon, putting all seven events on three races apiece by the close of play.
The Optimist fleets kept the race officials busy, with the youngest sailors repeatedly pushing the start line and forcing recalls before clean starts were eventually achieved.
Race organisers Ajay Patel and Arjun Pradipak, Commodore of the Secunderabad Sailing Club, said they were pleased with the opening day, with racing completed to schedule in both sessions and conditions that gave every class a fair test.
The Results (provisional)
Optimist Main Fleet — Boys: 1. B Ravi Kumar (TSA) 9, 2. Aldrin Antony (TSC) 10, 3. Konda Samanyu (TSA) 13.
Optimist Main Fleet — Girls: 1. Shringhari Roy (SSC) 3, 2. SK Rameeza Bhanu (TSA) 7, 3. Srishti (SSC) 15.
Optimist Green Fleet — Boys: 1. Aditya (CESC) 5, 2. Samarth Kanmuse (CESC) 11, 3. Beemanapally Shiva Kumar (TSA) 12.
Optimist Green Fleet — Girls: 1. Roshni Kashyab (TSA) 6, 2. D Aanya Reddy (SSC) 6, 3. Nethikopula Sindu (TSA) 7.
ILCA 6 — Boys: 1. Hriethik Amar Jaiswal (TSC) 5, 2. Kethavath Nithin (TSA) 8, 3. Yerra Harshavaedhan (TSC) 9.
ILCA 6 — Girls: 1. Tulsi Patle (NSS) 3, 2. Shital Sendhav (NSS) 6, 3. Maanya Reddy (SSC) 9.
ILCA 4 — Boys: 1. Rahul Sonar (TSC) 6, 2. Hriday Joshi (INWTC) 9, 3. Preet Siwal (INWTC) 13.
ILCA 4 — Girls: 1. Tulsi Patle (NSS) 4, 2. Krithika Vishwanathan (SSC) 7, 3. Vanshika Puri (CESC) 9.
420 Mixed: 1. Badrinath Nirudu/ Sundhanakota Rishwitha (TSA) 3, 2. Chandralekha Tattari/ Jakkula Dhanush (TSA) 7, 3. Jallamayagari Shirisha/ Ramcharan (TSA) 9.
420 Girls: 1. Ishi Gupta/ Diya Ajay Patel (SSC) 4.
29er: 1. Akash Tangai/ Krishna Diwakar (TSC) 3, 2. Sharanya Jadhav/ Shivam Walmiki INWTC 6, 3. Vinod Dandu/ Maloth Aravind (TSA) 9.
