Indians disappoint

MUMBAI, Aug 30: The Indian teams of Naresh Yadav helm and Girdhari Lal Yadav crew and Ashim Mongia and Pushpendra Garg finished eighth and ninth respectively in the Enterprise Class World Championships which concluded at Bray Sailing Club, Ireland yesterday.

The Yadavs had 61 penalty points after one discard in the six-race series. The sailors are allowed to discard one of their worst result and the Yadavs had finished a poor 22nd in the fourth race. Mongia-Garg had 67 penalty points. Yadav finished fourth while in the sixth race they were ninth with the other Indian pair finishing fourth.

Ian Fisher and Simon Cook of Britain won the championships ahead of former champions Richard Estaugh and Peter Rowley.