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420 Class Coaches and Sailor Clinic – India
The 420 Class Coaches and Sailor Clinic (India) will be conducted by well-known coach Nikos Drougkas at INWTC Mumbai from 19 to 23 May 2017.
You need to confirm your participation before 10 May 2017, by filling up the form on the link below.
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Indian Team at the 420 Open World Championship 2015, Karatsu, Japan
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Nail biting finish to Raymond 420 Nationals Championship 2012
Chennai: The Raymond 420 Sailing Nationals concluded today with the experienced team of Yakobu K & Rajeev Kumar (AWSA – Hyderabad)) consolidating their victory in the final race over the talented young team of Upamanyu Dutta & Hussain Arsiwalla (RBYC – Mumbai). The winners were decided only on the last race of the 12 race series giving this championship a nail biting finish.
Race no: 11 & 12 were sailed today and the final points with 2 discards are:
Open Category:
Winners – K Yakubu & Rajeev Kumar (AWSA – Hydrabad) 13 points
Second Place – Upamanyu Dutta & Hussain Arsiwalla (RBYC- Mumbai) 21 points
Third Place – Imo Lemnok & Pankaj Kumar (INWTC – Mumbai) 30 points
Juniors U19 Category:
First Place – Upamanyu Dutta with crew Hussain Arsiwalla (RBYC- Mumbai)
Second Place – Zephra Currimbhoy & Megnaa BT (RMYC-Chennai)
Third Place – Shiv Rekhi & Ankit George (RMYC – Chennai)
Raymond 420 National Championship 2012 – Day 4
Chennai: The jinx broke on Day Four of the Raymond 420 Sailing Nationals 2012 for the duo from RBYC Mumbai – Upamanyu Dutta & Hussain Arasiwala: First in all three races today! One wonders was it the briefing or the golden touch from 5 times Asian Games Medallist and 3 times Olympic sailor Commander Farokh Tarapore who is in Chennai to oversee the Nationals. Whatever the magic, we saw the fleet tighten and positions changed like never before in this Regatta. A commendable performance by Commander Atool Sinha (Asian Games Silver Medallist in Match Racing at China) and Ashok Kumar who finished 2nd in one race. The 420 is an Asian Games Class and a stepping stone to the 470 which is the Olympic Class.
Today, the weather looked all set to play spoil sport. However the wind never shifted direction even once! It came from the ocean in a SE direction as a strong and steady breeze. The swell in the ocean was in excess of 1.5 meters and this gave the brave added benefit on the down winds.
The Festival of Sails to win The GAMESA Trophy saw a superb spectacle of several classes of boats sailing in a combined race with sailors from 8 to 70 years of age … all racing together. This event is being run to introduce the sport to newcomers of all ages. Today’s two races were won by Capt. Vivek Shanbhag’s boat.
At the end of race 10, the overall final finishing positions with discards are:
OVERALL:
FIRST PLACE: Yaquob K & Rajiv Kumar AWSA Hussain Club (12 points)
Second Place: Upamanyu Dutta & Hussain Arasiwala RBYC Club Mumbai (20 points)
Third Place: Imo Lemnok & Pankaj Kumar INWTC Mumbai (26 points)
Fourth: Zephra Currimbhoy & Megna BT RMYC – Chennai (40 points),
Fifth: Mahendran & Haridas AYN Mumbai (59 points)
YOUTH CATEFORY:
FIRST: Upamanyu Dutta & Hussain Arasiwala RBYC Club Mumbai
SECOND: Zephra Currimbhoy & Megna BT RMYC – Chennai
THIRD: Shiv Rekhi & Ankit George RMYC – Chennai
Raymond 420 National Championship 2012 – Day 3
Chennai: Day Three of the RMYC Raymond’s 420 Sailing Nationals started off with a series of course adjustments due to shifting winds. Finally, the wind settled at 2:30 pm. with a light and tricky breeze. Race no: 6 commenced to see the K.Yakobu & Rajeev Kumar hold their lead and Upamanyu Dutta & Hussain K. finish just on their stern. The RMYC team of Rufus Patrick and Avinash Shanbhag did some excellent drill and finished in the top five today.
The next race saw Upamanyu and Hussain round just behind the leading boat at the top mark and subsequently pip them at the finish. This is the first time in this series that the anyone managed to beat the team from Hyderabad. Upamanyu and Hussain sail for the Royal Bombay Yacht Club and put up a brilliant show.
The final positions after 7 races with one discard are:
FIRST: Yaquob K & Rajeev – AWSA – Hyderabad with 6 points.
SECOND: Imo Lemnok & Pankaj Kumar – INWTC – Mumbai with 14 points
THIRD: Upamanyu Dutta & Hussain – RBYC – Mumbai with 17 points
Raymond 420 National Championship 2012 – Day 2
Chennai: Day Two of the Raymond’s 420 Sailing Nationals saw some serious sailing with teams from Hyderabad and Mumbai consolidating their lead. The weather was perfect with winds blowing SSE at a steady 8 to 10 knots. The sea swells were manageable at 1 to 1.5 m. which helped the boats plane and go at great speeds down wind.
Helm Yaquob with crew Rajeev Kumar from AWSA Hyderabad are clear leaders with 5 points followed by Helm Imo Lemnok and crew Pankaj Kumar from INWTC Mumbai with 12 points. RMYC’s sailors Shiv Rekhi and crew Ankit George worked hard and finished in the top 5 to consolidate their position.
At the end of 5 races the provisional results are:
First : Yaquob & Rajeev Kumar (AWSA) 5 points
Second: Imo Lemnok & Pankaj Kumar (INWTC) 12 points
Third : Zephra Currimbhoy & Megna B.T (RMYC) 24 points
Racing continues till Saturday in this 12 race series
