All those wishing to attend the seminar are requested to forward the names by e-mail to YAI and MRAI. Those wishing to qualify as IU will also have an opportunity to sit for the written IU test. This will be followed by on water practical training from 01 to 04 Nov 10.

April 30: Arjuna Awardee Mahesh Ramachandran lifts the UTV Match Racing Nationals title in style after he won against his opponent Aashim Mongia 3-1 in a keenly contested final which took place off the Indian Naval Watermanship Training Centre shores here on Friday. He defended his title since almost more than a decade and the young brigade needs to come up to match his class to break the record.

Aashim Mongia though would be satisfied with his performance and reaching the finals for the first time in five years but he fumbled in the last stage and gave away his title to the seasoned sailor.

The final looked more like a formality for Cdr. Mahesh than anything as it didn’t have the usual fervor of the loud screams for penalties nor some crashes which has been the trend so far. Both the skippers avoided incidents and let their experience take the driver’s seat.

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Amend para 9 (a) to read
"The number of crew shall be 4 or 5. All registered crew shall sail all races."

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Farook Tarapore won the YAI's Match Racing Trials for Asian Games 2010 in Mumbai with a 3-2 victory over Mahesh Ramachandran.

The final of Match Race Trials was raced under light breeze. Tarapore sailed with a five member team, to take on the Asian Sailing Championship 2010, Bronze medallist team of Mahesh, Nitin, Dhulaji and Neeraj Sharma.

Tarapore, who has earlier sailed in seven Asian Games for India, was in jubilant form with teammates Sinha, Shekhar, Balraj and Trunal. The team put it all together during this regatta dominating their matches throughout the double round robins and the semi-finals.

The team is now working out a schedule of training and test events across the globe to prepare for the Asian Games 2010.

Their singular goal for the next six months is to return with a medal in the Match Racing event, which made its debut at the Doha Asian Games in 2006. Indian team led by Mahesh Ramachandran had won a silver medal at these games.

The Indian Match Racing Team won a bronze medal at the XIVth Asia Sailing Championships in Shanwei, Guangdong, China which concluded on 30 March 10. This augers well for the country's medal aspirations in the forthcoming Asian Games in November 2010 at Guangzhou, China.

Yachting Association of India had fielded teams in the Optimist (Boys & Girls), Laser (Radial) Open and Match Racing at the championship.

The Match Racing team was skippered by Cdr R Mahesh with Nitin Mongia, RS Dhulaji and Neeraj Sharma as crew.

At the 2006 Doha Asian Games in Qatar, India had won a silver medal through Cdr Mahesh in the Match Racing event whilst Rajesh Choudhary had won a Bronze medal in the Laser (Radial) open event.

More than 30 sailors of the National Squad, are currently undergoing coaching camps and overseas training as preparations for the Asian Games.

The Organising Authority (OA) will be the Match Racing Association of India. The event will be conducted under the burgee of the Indian Naval Watermanship Training Centre, Mumbai. The venue will be Mumbai, India.

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The event was keenly contested and saw a reduction in the number of entries to 8 due to the Hobie-16 and 470 class trials held concurrently at the INWTC (MB). For the first time an all girls team skippered by Ayesha Lobo entered the semi-finals of the Match Racing event and this augers well for the future of the sport amongst women. The class is now a women Olympic Category for the 2012 Olympics.

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