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INDIAN NAVY MAKES NATION PROUD




The Indian Sailing team of Lt Cdr (Retd) F Tarapore and team mates Cdr
Atool Sinha, Balraj CPO (MA), Shekhar Singh Yadav POR (Tel) and Trunal were
accorded a warm welcome at New Delhi by the Indian Navy and the Yachting
Association of India (YAI) after winning a Silver Medal in the Match Racing event


at the ongoing Asian Games 2010.

Lt Cdr (Retd) F Tarapore, had won the Fireball class gold medal as crew of
Zarir Karanjia in the 1982 Asian Games sailing regatta held off the Mumbai
harbour and also picked up a hat-trick of bronze medals in the Asian Games held between 1986 and 1994 in different classes of boats.
The Indian Naval Watermanship Training Centre, Mumbai has been a
training centre for champion sailors and has produced 13 Arjuna awardees, 02
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna awardees and 01 Dronacharya awardee for the sport in
the past 40 years.

The YAI was formally constituted on 15 May 1960 and was registered under
the Societies Registration Act XXVI of 1961 on 22 December 1964 at Calcutta,
West Bengal. The YAI is affiliated to the International Sailing Federation (ISAF),
which is recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as the
governing authority for sailing worldwide.
The YAI is officially recognised by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports,
Government of India and the Indian Olympic Association as the governing
authority for sailing, windsurfing, motor boating, powerboat racing and personal
watercraft, at sea and on inland waters in India.


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  1. UnknownNovember 25, 2010 at 12:17 PM

    I and my team congratulate Indian Naval Team for its success in Asian Games.
    KEEP IT UP, SIR!!!

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