Hyderabad, Jul 15 (Agency) Despite tricky wind conditions for most sailors, Shreya Krishna of Tamil Nadu dominated the under-16 Optimist Class with a win and a second on the first day of the 15th Monsoon Regatta 2024, which began at Hussain Sagar here on Monday. She is followed closely by a local lad from Telangana Govardhan Pallara with a win and a second. They are tied for the top spot with three points each. Shreya and Govardhan sailed neck-to-neck in the two light wind races. However, 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 nine 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 crew 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 six fleets this Monsoon Regatta, a big jump from the normal three fleets, and the organisation 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) Tamil Nadu 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