Yachting Association of Sri Lanka

Yachting Association of Sri Lanka SRI
Sport	Sailing
Jurisdiction	Sri Lanka
Founded	1958 (1958)
Affiliation	ISAF
Affiliation date	1967
Regional affiliation	ASCON
Headquarters	Level 4, 1 Lake Crescent
Location	Colombo
President	Joseph Kenny
Vice president	Senaka Senaviratne
Secretary	Chandima Gunawardene
Official website
www.yasl.info

Yachting Association of Sri Lanka (YASL) is recognised by the International Sailing Federation^[1] as the governing body for the sport of sailing in Sri Lanka.

Clubs

• Royal Colombo Yacht Club
• Ceylon Motor Yacht Club
• Dehaweela Sailing Club (closed 1973)
• Sri Lanka Navy Sailing Club
• Bentota Windsurfing Club
• Ruhunu Sailing Association (established 2006)
• Kalpitiya Windsports Club

The Royal Colombo Yacht Club (RCYC) was formerly known as 'Colombo Sailing Club'.^[2] In 1898 the club received a royal charter and was renamed to the Royal Colombo Yacht Club. In the 1980s the club had to leave its club house at Colombo Harbour to accommodate the expansion of the port and for security reasons. The club then shared facilities with the Ceylon Motor Yacht Club at Bolgoda Lake, Moratuwa. In 2005 a new clubhouse was constructed on the beach at Mt. Lavinia, adjacent to the Lifesaving Association's building.

The Ceylon Motor Yacht Club (CMYC) was established in 1929 and has operated from its current location on the shores of Lake Bolgoda since 1936.

Events

• Sailing Nationals
• South Asian Yachting Regatta (formerly Tri-nation Regatta)
• Colombo to Galle Regatta
• Royal Thomian Optimist Sailing Regatta
• 2006 Enterprise World Championship
• 2011 GP14 World Championship
• 2012 IODA Optimist Asian Championship

The YASL has seen its activity much reduced during the past three decades owing to the civil war in the island. Even so the YASL manages to organize regattas regularly, like the Janashanthi Sailing Nationals.^[3] In July 2004 the Yachting Association of Sri Lanka revived the Tri-nation Regatta, in which yachts from India and Pakistan compete with local yachts.^[4] The Sailing Nationals are generally held in January and contested by four different dinghy classes: Enterprise; GP14; Optimist and Laser, together with windsurfers.

The YASL has a sailing school and a small Optimist fleet.^[5]

Notable competitive sailors

• Ray Wijewardene - Silver medalist 1970 Asian Games
• Lalin Jirasinha - Bronze medalist 1998 Asian Games
• Krishan Janaka - Bronze medalist 1998 Asian Games

References

External links

• ISAF MNA Microsite

National members of the International Sailing Federation Equipmemt (ISAF classes) Africa (ASCON) ALG ANG BOT EGY KEN LBA MAD MRI MAR MOZ NAM NIG SEN SEY RSA SUD TAN TUN ZIM Asia (ASF) AZE BRN CHN HKG IND INA IRI JPN KAZ KOR PRK KUW KGZ LIB MAS MYA OMA PAK PLE PHI QAT KSA SIN SRI THA UAE Central and South America (SASC) ARG BRA CHI COL ECU MEX PAN PAR PER URU VEN Europe (EUROSAF) AND ARM AUT BLR BEL BUL CRO CYP CZE DEN ESP EST FIN FRA GER GBR GRE HUN ISL IRL ISR ITA KOS LAT LIE LTU LUX MKD MLT MDA MON MNE NED NOR POL POR ROU RUS SMR SRB SVK SLO SWE SUI TUR UKR Oceania (OSAF) ASA AUS COK FIJ GUM NZL PNG SAM SOL TAH VAN North America and Caribbean ANT ARU BAH BAR BER IVB CAN CAY CUB DOM SAL GRN GUA JAM AHO PUR LCA TRI ISV USA World Championships in Sailing

Coordinates: 06°52′45″N 79°53′30″E / 6.87917°N 79.89167°E / 6.87917; 79.89167