[b]Commodore Mongia in lead[/b]
Mumbai: Commodore Surinder Mongia, piloting the Wahe Guru, finished first in both races of the A Class Super Yachts, followed by Bharat Kewalramani in Sheikin Not Stirred on the opening day of the Deloitte JJ Memorial Cup Sailing Championships off the Bombay harbour on Saturday.
The Deloitte JJ Memorial Cup started with some spectacular weather conditions with winds ranging from 12 to 19 knots and races finished much ahead of schedule. The owners of most of the super yachts of Mumbai including Nandan Chandavarkar on Peace and Plenty, Ravi Marivalla on Blazing Surmai, Bharat Kewalramani on Sheikin Not Stirred and Arvind Rao on Avis Ark participated and the Deloitte JJ Memorial Cup had a record 180 participants across all classes.
The first race sailed just opposite the Taj and Gateway had a huge collision between Avi' Ark, Tengi and Frank Hancock's Cunning Plan causing all of them to start late and this gave Wahe Guru, helmed by Commodore Mongia a veteran and an Arjuna Awardee a march from start to finish tailed closely by Sheikin Not Stirred skippered by Kewalramani a close second.
The second race to Mandva from Gateway was a smooth getaway for Commodore Mongia on Waheguru and a surprise entry of Arvind Menon and son Vir sailed the Hobie Catamaran to reach the finish line first followed by the J24s In the Optimist Fleet of kids under 15 it was Leela Sagar all the way with 3 wins in a row followed closely by Pavi of RBYC and the catch of the season Ehsaan Khan of Akanksha Foundation.
The Topper Class boats enjoyed the winds as they sliced through the waves and moved at blazing speeds leaving the Optimist far behind in their wake. Sankalp Kapur finished overall first and Upamanyu Dutta a close second.
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