RESULTS of 420 Coastal National Championship 2012
22nd - 27th May 2012
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Day - 5, 26/05/2012
The National Championship concluded today with the team of Mr. Yakobu K. and Mr. Rajeev Kumar (AWSA – Hydrabad)) managing to hold down the young team of Upamanyu Dutta and Hussain Arssiwalla (RBYC – Bombay) in the final race. In true championship form, even the last race was critical and the decider for this well contended event.
Race no: 11 and 12 were sailed today and the final points after 2 discards are: (download pdf)
Open Category:
Winner: Mr. K. Yakubu with crew Rajeev Kumar (AWSA – Hydrabad) with 13 penalty points
Second Place : Mr. Upamanyu Dutta with Hussain Arssiwala (RBYC-Bombay) with 21 penalty points
Third Place : Mr. Imo Lemnok with crew Pankaj Kumar (INWTC – Mumbai) with 30 penalty points
Juniors U19 Category:
First Place : Mr. Upamanyu Dutta with crew Hussain Arssiwala (RBYC-Bombay)
Second Place : Ms. Zephra Currimbhoy with crew Megnaa BT (RMYC-Chennai)
Third place : Mr. Shiv Rekhi with crew Ankit George (RMYC – Chennai)
The GAMESA Cup for the Festival of Sails competed in the Sea Bird class
Winners : Mr. Vivek Shanbhag (RMYC) with Abimanyu, Ashwin & Satish as crew
Second Place : Mr. Robin (RMYC) with Harish and Jerish as crew
Third place : Mr. Sherry Bamboat (RBYC) with Gayathree, Rafiq and Ayappa as crew
Tomorrow, will be the “off shore” and the completion of the Optimist challenge.
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Right to left WInners , Second and Third Place - Overall 
Right To left Pictures of the Winners, Runner's Up and third place in The Youth Category |
Day - 4, 25/05/2012
The jinx broke with the duo from the RMYC Bombay Mr. Upmanyu Dutta and Mr.Hussain Arassiwalla 1st. in all the three races of today. It may have been the briefing or the golden touch [from the 5 times Asian Games Medalist and 3 times Olympic sailor Commander Farookh Tarapore who is in Chennai to oversee the Nationals in this 420 class of boat – a boat sailed at the Asian Games and a stepping stone to it’s older sibling the 470] that saw the fleet tighten and positions change like never before in this regatta. Also, commendable was the performance of Commander Atool Sinha [Asian Games Silver Medalist in Match Racing at China] and crew Ashok Kumar finish 2nd. in one race. Today, the weather looked all set to play the spoilt sport but was incredible instead … despite the fact that the wind never shifted direction to come from the ocean [SE] and breeze till the end of the day it stayed steady and strong. 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 an age group of 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: (download pdf)
Overall:
First: Mr. Yakobu K with crew Mr. Rajiv Kumar AWSA Hussain Club (12 penalty points)
Second: Mr. Upamanyu Dutta with crew Hussain Arassiwalla RBYC Club Mumbai (20 penalty points)
Third : Mr. Imo Lemnok with crew Mr. Pankaj Kumar INWTC Mumbai (26 Penalty points)
Fourth :Ms. Zephra Currimbhoy with crew Ms. Megna BT RMYC – Chennai (40 penalty points),
Fifth : Mr. Mahendran and Haridass AYN Mumbai (59 points)
YOUTH CATEGORY:
First: Mr. Upamanyu Dutta with crew Hussain Arassiwalla RBYC Club Mumbai
Second: Ms. Zephra Currimbhoy with crew Ms. Megna BT RMYC – Chennai
Third : Mr. Shiv Rekhi with crew Ankit George RMYC – Chennai
Day - 3, 24/05/2012
Day Three of the 420 Sailing Nationals started off after a series of course adjustments today owing to the 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 and Rajeev Kumar hold their lead and Upamanyu Dutta and Hussain K. finish just on their stern. The RMYC team of Rufus Patric and Avinash Shanbhag did some excellent drill and finished in the top five today.
The next race saw Upumanyu 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 Hydrabad ... Upumanyu and Hussain sail for the Royal Bombay Yacht Club.
The final positions after the completion of 7 races with discart are:
First: Mr. Yakubu K with crew Rajeev of the AWSA - Hyderabad with 6 penalty points.
Second: Mr. Imo Lemnok with crew Mr. Pankaj Kumar INWTC - Bombay with 14 points
Third : Mr. Upamanyu Dutta and Mr. Hussain K of RBYC - Bombay with 17 penalty points.
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Jybe mark rounding 
Jybe mark rounding -2 
Lead 
Lee Mark rounding 
Mark Rounding 
RMYC boats getting the better of each other 
Rufus and Avinash 
Shiv and Ankit -1 
Shiv and Ankit -2 
Surfing the wave 
The reach 
The run 
Upamanyu 
Up wind |
Day - 2, 23/05/2012
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 Yakabo with crew Rajeev Kumar from AWSA Hydrabad are clear leaders with 5 points followed by Helm Imo Lemnok and crew Panjak 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.
Provisional results At the end of 5 races are:
First : Yakabo & Rajeev Kumar (AWSA) 5 points
Second : Imo Lemnok & Panjak Kumar (INWTC) 12 points
Third : Zephra Currimbhoy & Megna B.T (RMYC) 24 points
Racing continues till Saturday in this 12 race series
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Yakuboo 
All OUT 
Shiv Rekhi & Ankit George 
SHiv Rekhi powering the boat 
The Start of race 5 
Upamanyu & Hussain 
Squeezing the mark to victory 
Yakobu in the lead 
Zephra & Megna 
Zephra & Megna around the wind mark |
Day - 1, 22/05/2012
The 420 Class of boats racing the Nationals in Chennai saw a fleet of 18 boats race today. The races were held in the open sea, North of the shipping channel with winds from the South East of 10 to 12 knots and a swell exceeding 1 m.
The fleet comprised sailors from Hydrabad, Bhopal, Bombay and Chennai. The days racing saw Mr. K. Yakoobu and Rajiv Kumar of AWSA finish first in both races.
Race 1: Ms. Zephra and Ms. Megna of RMYC finish second and Mr. Upamanyu and Mr. Hussain of RBYC finished third .
Race 2: Mr. Imo Lemnok of INWTC with Mr. Pankaj Kumar of INWTC finished second, and Mr. Upamanyu and Mr. Hussain of RBYC finished third.
The Nationals is to be run as a series of 12 races and three races are scheduled for tomorrow and the day after.
On Friday and Saturday, the Festival of sails will see a superb spectacle of several classes of boats sailing in a combined race with sailors from an age group of 8 to 70 years of age … all racing together. The results will be declared using the Ports Mouth handicap.
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After the START 
All OUT 
Avinash & Rufus 
Avinash & Rufus 
BOAT PARK 
BRIEFING 
Dheer 
Go 
Sachin & Asif 
Shiv & Ankit 
The flee 
The race 
The start 
Upa & Hussain 
Zephra & Megna |
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