Sailing Nationals 2021 successfully held at Bolgoda Lake

Updated Date: 15th December, 2021

The Yachting Association of Sri Lanka (YASL), the National sports body for Sailing in Sri Lanka held the Sailing Nationals 2021 on 10 and 11, December 2021 at the Ceylon Motor Yacht Club, Bolgoda Lake.

President of the National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka, Mr. Suresh Subramaniam and the Vice Chairman of LOLC, Mr. Ishara Nanayakkara were the Chief Guests at this significant annual event.

The Sri Lanka Navy not only participated with great success and winning multiple events, but also they facilitated to organise this national event with Ceylon Motor Yacht Club. A record number of 116 sailors took part in the sailing competitions. Boats belonging to all sailing classes were represented at this event.

The GP 14 Class, Enterprise Class, Laser Radial Class, Laser Standard Class ad Windsurfing Class were won by the Sri Lanka Navy, the Laser 4.7 Class (Under 18 event) was won by St Thomas College, Mt. Lavinia and the Optimist Class (Under 15 event) was won by Royal College College, Colombo.

Final Results

Optimist Class

Winner – Usef Hazari (Royal College, Colombo)

1ST Runner Up – Tharen Nanayakkara (St. Thomas College, Mt. Lavinia)

2nd Runner Up- Nikhil Nanayakkara (St. Thomas College, Mt. Lavinia)

Laser 4.7 Class

Winner – Dhanika Nanayakkara (St. Thomas College, Mt. Lavinia)

1ST Runner Up – Jehan De Silva (St. Thomas College, Mt. Lavinia)

2nd Runner Up- Niveyn Nanayakkara (St. Thomas College, Mt. Lavinia)

Laser Radial Class

Winner – J.M.P.L.Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka Navy)

1ST Runner Up – P.N.P.K Dissanayake (Sri Lanka Navy)