Trishna sailing club of Banglore dominated the opening day of the Junior Coastal Multiclass Regatta organized by Corps of Engineering Sailing Club (CESC) which kicked off amidst great fanfare at the Marve Beach.
A total of 4 races were conducted for seven classes including laser class (radial and 4.7), 420, RS One ,49er and Optimist class which has the most entries. The wind was between 14 to 16 knots in the first race but later it dropped to steady 10 knots. S Gagan & Abhishek Kumar Pandey of Trishna Sailing Club sailing a 29er braved the waves and sailed smartly to finish first in a closely competed category.
In the second race, the wind picked up reaching upto 15 knots but Sathiya Sudan of Trishna sailing club lead the race from starting and thwarted a strong challenge from Mandeep to win the RS One category
But it was the last two races of the day which proved to be most interesting. At the start it was normal wind but as soon as the races culminated sailors witnessed sea with tall waves full of gust. Facing all the challenges Pilli Akhil and Binoob M of Corps of Engineers Sailing Club dominated the race in the 420 category
Results
1. LASER RADIAL : Ist Govind Bairagi (NSS), IInd Satish Yadav (NSS),IIrd N Hemant(CESC).
2. Laser 4.7: Ist Rachmalla Ashwini (EMESA), IInd JayDeep Yadav (NSS), IIIrd Mallesh Vadla (NBSC).
3. RSONE : Ist Sathiya Sudhan (TSC), IInd Mandeep (CESC), IIIrd Ishwariya Ganesh (TNSA).
4. 29er: Ist S Gagan & Abhishek Kumar pandey (TSC), IInd Aashish & Alankar (NSS) IIIrd Shivpujan & Ajay (CESC).
5. 420 Class: Ist Binoob M & Pilli Akhil (CESC), IInd Dawood & Pradeep (NSS), IIIrd Alen Thomas & S Bharath (TSC.)