Local sailors put up good show at 11th edition of monsoon regatta

Hyderabad, July 23, 2019: Vijay Kumar, erstwhile sailor of the Yacht Club of Hyderabad and now with the Army’s Trishna Sailing Club at Bangalore trounced competition at what could be called his home waters at Hussain Sagar.

The 11th National Monsoon Regatta which began today at Yach Club of Hyderabad held 3 races on Day 1 in very light and fluky conditions and winds ranged from 3 to 9 knots and shifts almost 20 degrees making it challenging conditions and only the most alert sailors were in a position to be consistent.

The six day competition will on till 28th July. The 11th edition of 6 Day Monsoon Regatta National Championship powered by Hyderabad Marriott Hotels received a national record of 131 young sailors battling it out to be the National Champion at this event.

Vijay had a bad first race with a 9th but regained composure with a 2nd and 3rd in the next two races claiming the lead with 14 points.

Vijay is a former National Champion and ranked 3 in India . His compatriot and defending champion Chunnu Kumar had a bad day on the water and is currently placed at 13th .

The girls from the Yacht Club of Hyderabad had a good day at the races with Preethi Kongari placed second overall and first among girls . She got a 1st position in Race 2 and lead the fleet from start to finish with a stupendous lead.

Lakshmi Nookarathnam of YCH also finished overall third and placed second amongst girls. Top seed Uma Chauhan of NSS Bhopal had to be content with a 4th place overall.

Vijay and Lakshmi started at opposite ends of the start line but finished within seconds of each other.

Just like in the State Championship the girls are dominating with 4 of the top 5 being females.

Teja Kethavath a student of Mudfort Govt. School sponsored by the Tribal Welfare Department shocked rivals with a 3rd position in the first race and an overall 11th at his first ever nationals.

It was a challenging day for India’s most experienced National Race Officer Shrikanth Chaturvedi who despite the conditions managed to squeeze in the mandated 3 races for the day for the two fleets

In the Green Fleet Sunil Mudavath of Mudfort School and also sponsored nay Tribal Welfare and Mallesh Gaddam of MJPT school finished overall 1st and 2nd trailed by Praveen Ramavath. Perampally Supriya is leading amongst the girls.

Points tally at the end of 3 races

Results

MAIN FLEET

GIRLS

Preethi Kongara - 25 Yacht Club of Hyd
Lakshmi Nookarathnam 25 Yacht Club of Hyd
Uma Chauhan 32 NSS Bhopal

BOYS

Vijay Kumar - 14 Trishna Sailing Club
Ekalavya Batham 38 NSS Bhopal
Vishvanath Padidala 38 NBSC Goa

GREEEN FLEET

GIRLS

Supriya Peerampally 20 YCH
Sriharshita 53 YCH
Vishnavi Thalapalli 53.5 YCH

BOYS

Sunil Mudavath 11 YCH
Mallesh Gaddam 12 YCH
Praveen Ramavath 13 YCH