National ocean sailing championship in Kochi
Kochi ,Dec.8,2007
The port city will be the venue of the National Ocean Sailing Championship in January 2008. The race will witness the participation of India’s prominent sailors. Prominent amongst them would be Cdr. Dilip Donde of the Mumbai Sailing Club, who would be India’s first sailor to undertake a solo voyage around the world in a sail boat in 2010.
The Race is being conducted by Offshore Sailing Association of India OSA (I), the parent organisation under the Yachting Association of India, dedicated to promote and broad base ocean-yachting in the country. The Indian Navy too has extended a helping hand in organising the event.
The event
The race will be flagged off on January 13 by Vice-Admiral S.K. Damle, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Southern Naval Command. The yachts will sail to the Lakshadweep group of islands, where the sailors will be hosted by the Indian Navy. They would then race back across the ocean to arrive in Kochi, the finishing point, on January 23.
The race is being promoted by Ocean Blue, a leisure-boating company specialising in organising sailing events, apart from manufacturing and servicing yachts.
