Day 1 Report for 15th Monsoon Regatta 2024

The weather was light, clammy, and with a huge cloud cover on Day 1 of the 15th Monsoon Regatta 2024 at Hussain Sagar Hyderabad.

The waters seemed relatively cleaner than ever before and at much higher levels due to the incessant rains and the shifty winds, conditions  were tricky for most sailors

Shreya Krishna of Tamilnadu dominated the under-16 Optimist Class with a win and a second. She is followed closely by a local lad from Telangana Govardhan Pallara with a win and a second and they are tied for the top spot with 3 points each.

Shreya and Govardhan sailed neck to neck in the two light wind races. Shreya has finally broken the jinx of light winds and proved she is a master of all weather. Deekshita the top seed dropped in overall positions with a third and one bad 11th position. Bongur Bunny erstwhile sailor of Telangana now from TSC Mysore is overall 3. 

In the ILCA4 under 18 Class Somya Singh of Madhya Pradesh was in top form winning all three races for the day followed by Alia Sabreen of Orissa. However, the gap between them was significant for Somya to have little worry about the next 9 races.

Taking the wind shifts like an ace Eklavya Batham won the day in the ILCA4 Boys followed by Krishna Divakar of TSC Mysore who got one win

In the under-18 International 420 Mixed Class, Divyanshi Mishra and Aniraj of Madhya Pradesh beat both local crews skippered by Thanuja Kameshwar and Vaishnavi Veeravamsham to finish at the top of the leaderboard with little effort.

In the under 18 29er Skiffs Mallesh Gadham and crew Karthik Korolla from INS Mandovi NBSC Goa topped the charts giving little space to competition with two seconds and a win.

“We sailed 6 fleets this Monsoon Regatta, a big jump from the normal 3 fleets, and the organization under International Race Officer Shrikant Chaturvedi was clockwork from the word go. “ said Suheim Sheikh President of the Telangana Sailing Association. 

There were two protests and Shreya Krishna won her protest against Shubham Yadav of Madhya Pradesh thus retaining her top spot in the under 16 

Points Tally at the end of Day 1

Under 16 Optimist Class

Shreya Krishna (RMYC)    Tamilnadu     3 

Govardhan Pallara (TSA) Telangana       3

Bongur Bunny (TSC)          Karnataka   10 

Under 18 29er Skiff Doubles 

Mallesh Gadham & Karthik Korrolla    NBSC Goa                         5

Nikhil Mandavkar & Satyam Jha         NBSC  Goa                         7

Ajay Yadav & Adiraj Yadav                   NSS    Madhya Pradesh     7

Under 18 International 420 Mixed Doubles

Divyanshi Mishra & Aniraj  NSS Madhya Pradesh     5 

Vaishnavi Veeravamsham & Shravan Kathravath       8

Thanuja  Kameshwar & Ganesh Peerkatla                 8

Under 18 ILCA 4 Single Hander Girls

Somya Singh NSS Madhya Pradesh      3

Alia Sabreen OYA Orissa                         6

Mahi Verma NSS Madhya Pradesh       11          

Under 18 ILCA 4 Single Hander Boys

Eklavya Batham NSS Madhya Pradesh    10

Krishna Divakar TSC Mysore                    10

Ajay Gajji  NBSC Goa                               14