Shringhari Roy of the host Secunderabad Sailing Club topped the charts in the Optimist Main Fleet girls’ fleet, while B Ravi Kumar of TSA leads the boys’ fleet on the opening day of the 6th YAI Secunderabad Club GMR Sports Youth Open Regatta 2026 at the Hussain Sagar on Tuesday.
The light rain greeted the fleet as the first boats launched, taken by the sailing community as a blessing from the rain gods, before the weather cleared into near-ideal racing conditions.
A breeze of 10 to 17 knots held through the day, enough to reward the sailors who read the shifts well and enough to test boat handling across every class. Three races were completed in the forenoon session and three more in the afternoon, putting all seven events on three races apiece by the close of play.
113 young sailors to vie for honours at 6th YAI Secunderabad Club Youth Open Regatta 2026
The Optimist fleets kept the race officials busy, with the youngest sailors repeatedly pushing the start line and forcing recalls before clean starts were achieved.
Race organisers Ajay Patel and Arjun Pradipak, commodore of the Secunderabad Sailing Club, said they were pleased with the opening day, with racing completed to schedule in both sessions and conditions that gave every class a fair test.
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 results: Optimist Main Fleet (boys): 1. B Ravi Kumar (TSA) 9, 2. Aldrin Antony (TSC) 10, 3. Konda Samanyu (TSA) 13.
Optimist Main Fleet (girls): 1. Shringhari Roy (SSC) 3, 2. SK Rameeza Bhanu (TSA) 7, 3. Srishti (SSC) 15.
Optimist Green Fleet (boys): 1. Aditya (CESC) 5, 2. Samarth Kanmuse (CESC) 11, 3. Beemanapally Shiva Kumar (TSA) 12.
Optimist Green Fleet (girls): 1. Roshni Kashyab (TSA) 6, 2. D Aanya Reddy (SSC) 6, 3. Nethikopula Sindu (TSA) 7.
ILCA 6 (boys): 1. Hriethik Amar Jaiswal (TSC) 5, 2. Kethavath Nithin (TSA) 8, 3. Yerra Harshavaedhan (TSC) 9.
ILCA 6 (girls): 1. Tulsi Patle (NSS) 3, 2. Shital Sendhav (NSS) 6, 3. Maanya Reddy (SSC) 9.
ILCA 4 (boys): 1. Rahul Sonar (TSC) 6, 2. Hriday Joshi (INWTC (MDV) / NYSC) 9, 3. Preet Siwal (INWTC (MDV) / NYSC) 13.
ILCA 4 (girls): 1. Tulsi Patle (NSS) 4, 2. Krithika Vishwanathan (SSC) 7, 3. Vanshika Puri (CESC) 9.
420 mixed: 1. Badrinath Nirudu / Sundhanakota Rishwitha (TSA) 3, 2. Chandralekha Tattari / Jakkula Dhanush (TSA) 7, 3. Jallamayagari Shirisha / Ramcharan (TSA) 9.
420 girls: 1. Ishi Gupta / Diya Ajay Patel (SSC) 4.
29er: 1. Akash Tangai / Krishna Diwakar (TSC) 3, 2. Sharanya Jadhav / Shivam Walmiki (INWTC (MDV) / NYSC) 6, 3. Vinod Dandu / Maloth Aravind (TSA) 9.
