Sailors battle heavy rain and squalls on Day 2 of YAI Youth Open Regatta 2026 in Hyderabad

Constant rain and shifting squalls tested young sailors on Day 2 of the 6th YAI Secunderabad Club GMR Sports Youth Open Regatta 2026 at Hussain Sagar, with Shringhari Roy, B. Ravi Kumar, and Tulsi Patle holding their lead across key fleets

Hyderabad: 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. Day 2 of the 6th YAI Secunderabad Club GMR Sports Youth Open Regatta 2026 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.

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The champions of the opening day held their nerve. Secunderabad Sailing Club girls Shringhari Roy continuous leads over SK Rameeza Bhanu of TSA and Srishti Singh of Secunderabad Sailing Club(SSC), in the Optimist Main girls’ fleet, while 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.

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.

Provisional standings after Race 6:

Optimist Main Fleet — Boys • 26 entries
1 B Ravi Kumar TSA 10
2 Khairul Ilzani Mohd Afehdy MSA 11
3 Konda Samanyu TSA 18

Optimist Main Fleet — Girls • 11 entries
1 Shringhari Roy SSC 23
2 SK Rameeza Bhanu TSA 68
3 Srishti Singh SSC 86

Optimist Green Fleet — Boys • 11 entries
1 Yuvraaj Sirohi TSC 6
2 Aditya CESC 9
3 Samarth Kanmuse CESC 20

Optimist Green Fleet — Girls • 8 entries
1 D Aanya Reddy SSC 25
2 Nethikopula Sindu TSA 33
3 Roshni Kashyab TSA 37

ILCA 6 — Boys • 9 entries
1 Hriethik Amar Jaiswal TSC 7
2 Yerra Harshavaedhan TSC 14
3 Kethavath Nithin TSA 14

ILCA 6 — Girls • 3 entries
1 Shital Sendhav NSS 7
2 Tulsi Patle NSS 7
3 Maanya Reddy SSC 14

ILCA 4 Boys • 20 entries
1 Ankit Singh Sisodiya NSS 13
2 Preet Siwal INWTC(MDV)/NYSC 14
3 Rahul Sonar TSC 14

ILCA 4 Girls • 7 entries
1 Tulsi Patle NSS 5
2 Krithika Vishwanathan SSC 9
3 Progya Das EMESA 17

420 Mixed • 4 entries
1 Badrinath Nirudu / Sundhanakota Rishwitha TSA 6
2 Chandralekha Tattari / Jakkula Dhanush TSA 8
3 Sarthak Nalawade / Renuka Jadhav CESC 15

420 Girls • 1 entry
1 Ishi Gupta / Diya Ajay Patel SSC 5

29er • 5 entries
1 Akash Tangai / Krishna Diwakar TSC 7
2 Vinod Dandu / Maloth Aravind TSA 10
3 Sharanya Jadhav / Shivam Walmiki INWTC (MDV) / NYSC 11