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S. Asian Yachting Regatta in hot waters?
By Pelham Juriansz
The South Asian Yachting Regatta (SAYR) being conducted at the Bolgoda Lake between the host country Sri Lanka and neighbours India and Pakistan ran into stormy waters yesterday.

At the time of writing a protest had been made, as there was a problem between two sailors (no details were being divulged as to the names of the sailors or from which country they were) and when contacted the officials of the Ceylon Motor Yachting Club (CMYC) at Bolgoda they were wary to divulge information and just said "that a protest had been made".

About three officials were contacted and each passed the buck to the other and refused to elaborate on the topic. Apparently 4 hours had been spent at the time of getting the information and still the issue had not been resolved.

The coach of the Sri Lankan squad Lalin Jirasinha was busy resolving the issue and Commodore of the Ceylon Motor Yachting Club (CMYC) Joseph Kenny was uncontactable and so was Rohan Pethiyagoda, another Committee member.

This event was restarted after 23 years and it is a pity that such a protest has occurred. The Optimist team event, which was concluded on Friday, went ahead without any hitch but the problems occurred in the Enterprise event.

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