D Aanya Reddy of the Secunderabad Sailing Club tamed the hostile conditions on the Hussain Sagar to lead the Optimist Green girls’ fleet on Day 2 of the 6th YAI Secunderabad Club GMR Sports Youth Open Regatta 2026 on Wednesday.
Sailing in Hyderabad in July is among the trickiest inland tests in the country and that is exactly what makes Hussain Sagar such a proving ground. The second day delivered full monsoon conditions: constant rain, harsh squalls and winds that shifted without warning. The sailors who read the gusts and shifts, early made gains, while those who fought the conditions lost ground — a day that showed the value of good coaching and sharp in-race tactics. Mind over muscle.
Shringhari and Ravi maintain their lead
The champions of the opening day held their nerve. Secunderabad Sailing Club (SSC) girl Shringhari Roy continues to lead over SK Rameeza Bhanu of TSA and Srishti Singh of SSC in the Optimist Main girls’ fleet.
B Ravi Kumar of TSA stayed top of the Optimist Main boys’ fleet. Hriethik Amar Jaiswal of TSC continued to lead ILCA 6 boys, and India’s No.1 29er pair Akash Tangai and Krishna Diwakar of TSC held the front of their fleet.
Tulsi Patle to the fore, Aanya keeps pace
The girls’ fleets produced some of the standout sailing of the day. Tulsi Patle of NSS leads ILCA 4 girls with a near-flawless card, and Krithika Vishwanathan of the host Secunderabad Sailing Club sits second, the two of them setting the pace in a fiercely contested fleet.
Youth was no barrier at the front, 11-year-old D Aanya Reddy of the Secunderabad Sailing Club leads the Optimist Green girls’ fleet — the entry-level division where many of these sailors are racing their first national event.
Shringhari and Ravi set the sails aflutter on the opening day of Youth Open Regatta 2026
The intensity told in the protest room, too. Day 2 brought a rise in scoring protests, clashes on the water and a sharper competitive edge across the fleets — a sign of just how fierce youth sailing in India has become.
The regatta is a YAI National Ranking Event and National Junior Ranking Event, organised by the Secunderabad Sailing Club in association with the EME Sailing Association, under the sanction of the Yachting Association of India.
Provisional standings after Race 6
Optimist Main Fleet (boys): 1. B Ravi Kumar (TSA) 10, 2. Khairul Ilzani Mohd Afehdy (MSA) 11, 3. Konda Samanyu (TSA) 18.
Optimist Main Fleet (girls): 1. Shringhari Roy (SSC) 23, 2. SK Rameeza Bhanu (TSA) 68, 3. Srishti Singh (SSC) 86.
Optimist Green Fleet (boys): 1. Yuvraaj Sirohi (TSC) 6, 2. Aditya (CESC) 9, 3. Samarth Kanmuse (CESC) 20.
Optimist Green Fleet (girls): 1. D Aanya Reddy (SSC) 25, 2. Nethikopula Sindu (TSA) 33, 3. Roshni Kashyab (TSA) 37.
ILCA 6 (boys): 1. Hriethik Amar Jaiswal (TSC) 7, 2. Yerra Harshavaedhan (TSC) 14, 3. Kethavath Nithin (TSA) 14.
ILCA 6 (girls): 1. Shital Sendhav (NSS) 7, 2. Tulsi Patle (NSS) 7, 3. Maanya Reddy (SSC) 14.
ILCA 4 (boys): 1. Ankit Singh Sisodiya (NSS) 13, 2. Preet Siwal (INWTC(MDV)/NYSC) 14, 3. Rahul Sonar (TSC) 14.
ILCA 4 (girls): 1. Tulsi Patle (NSS) 5, 2. Krithika Vishwanathan (SSC) 9, 3. Progya Das (EMESA) 17.
420 mixed: 1. Badrinath Nirudu / Sundhanakota Rishwitha (TSA) 6, 2. Chandralekha Tattari / Jakkula Dhanush (TSA) 8, 3. Sarthak Nalawade / Renuka Jadhav (CESC) 15.
420 girls: 1. Ishi Gupta / Diya Ajay Patel (SSC) 5.
29er: 1. Akash Tangai / Krishna Diwakar (TSC) 7, 2. Vinod Dandu / Maloth Aravind (TSA) 10, 3. Sharanya Jadhav / Shivam Walmiki (INWTC (MDV) / NYSC) 11.
