Secunderabad: The EME Sailing Association’s crown jewel
By News Desk| Published: 21st February 2021 1:25 pm IST The EMESA’s Rubber Inflatable Boat (RIB) that races to locations requiring response times of as low as half a minute ! (Photo: EMESA)
By A. Joseph Antony
If the sixties laid the foundations and the eighties consolidated EMESA’s endeavours to place inland sailing on a firm footing, the new millennium saw it scale new heights in terms of facilities and infrastructure.
The quality of its manpower too touched world standards, not far behind some of its sailors who shone in international competition.
Although the EME Sailing Association (EMESA) has off-site centres in Chennai, Bhopal, Mumbai and Goa, the jewel in its crown should be Secunderabad and not without reason. A recent innovation here is a metallic Mexican style stack that can house 42 boats, hulls, sails et al.
From humble beginnings, Hyderabad’s EMESA rules India’s inland sailing scene
Just as the Hussain Sagar is inseparable from the Twin Cities, so is the historic lake central to Hyderabad becoming inland sailing’s national capital.
By News Desk| Published: 6th February 2021 8:20 pm IST Yachtsmen compete in the Finn class, an Olympic category, during an earlier edition of the Hyderabad Sailing Week at the Hussain Sagar. (Photo: EMESA)
Only the Covid outbreak last year could beach the boats in over half a century at the EME Sailing Association (EMESA) that has not only produced two time Asian Games bronze medallist Rajesh Choudhary, other international and national medallists but also globally renowned officials and administrators of Mother Earth’s most eco-friendly sport. Following is the first in a three-part series.