FOTNA CUP YACHTING REGETTA TO BE HELD AT CHENNAI
The maiden FOTNA Cup Yachting regatta is being jointly conducted by Indian
Navy and Royal Madras Yachting Club (RMYC) at Chennai from 26 Apr to 29 Apr
2018. The regatta being organized under the aegis of Yachting Association
of India (YAI) will have participation by variety of sail boats including
29ers, 49ers, Laser, J80, International 420, 470 etc. The event will be
run in the pursuit format using the Internal Portsmouth Numbers.
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The regatta is being coordinated by Rear Admiral Alok
Bhatnagar, Flag Officer Commanding, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry Naval Area an
avid Yachtsman and a wind surfer. The participants will include teams from
the services, clubs from different part of the country and students. The
winners will be awarded the coveted the Indian Navy FOTNA Cup 2018.
The Indian Navy is a strong supporter of Yachting in India,
especially for the youth. This is done through encouraging Yachting under
the aegis of Indian Navy Sailing Association, which has 22 Indian Navy
Waterman Ship Training Centres spread over various Naval stations in the
country. At the national level, YAI promotes yachting at all levels from
grass root to professional level of yachting. Many clubs in the country
including the Royal Madras Yacht Club are registered with YAI.
RMYC’s association with the Navy goes prior to 1980’s when
Commodore Harold Claudius an Officer in the Indian Navy nurtured the club
and the sport of sailing at Chennai by encouraging student members to race.
In those days the fraternity was about 40 sailors and only 8
Boats. The old club house of RMYC was inaugurated by Chief of Naval Staff,
Admiral Tahiliani in 1987.
