Parade of sails organized at Visakhapatnam

Visakhapatnam, Nov 24 (UNI) A ‘Parade of Sails’ was organized by Eastern Naval Command (ENC) as part of Engagement and Outreach program at Western Arm of Visakhapatnam Harbour here on Wednesday.

The event was held as part of the ongoing ‘Swarnim Vijay Varsh’ and ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ Celebrations to mark the 50th Anniversary of 1971 War, the 75th anniversary of India’s Independence, HQ ENC said in a release here.
This multi-class event saw participation by 45 boats including sail boats, windsurfers, Kayaks and power boats with 75 participants symbolising 75 years of Independence.
The ‘Parade of Sails’ was organised under the aegis of Indian Naval Sailing Association (INSA), New Delhi.
Rear Adm Jyotin Raina NM, Chief Staff Officer (Operations), ENC flagged off the event and later gave away prizes to the outstanding yachtsmen and yachtswoman.
As a run-up to the event, the Indian Naval Watermanship Training Centre (INWTC) a premier watermanship training centre at Visakhapatnam under INS Circars conducted a sail training camp for all the participants over the last month.
The 75 enthusiastic participants included naval personnel and their children, cadets of Sea Cadet Corps (SCC) and National Cadet Corps (NCC).
They were training on Hobbie Cat, Laser Bahia, Laser Standard, Laser Radial, Enterprise, 29er, Bic Nova wind surfers, Optimist and Sea Kayaks.