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Viran Dias leads sailing at Bolgoda
By Mahangu Weerasinghe
The Janashakthi National Sailing Championships are being held at the Bolgoda Lake this weekend. The final three races will be worked off today. The first three were finished yesterday. Competitors from all over the island came together to race against each other in the four boat classes.

The 'Optimist Class' is competed by children between the ages at 81/2-15. This class, which is the most widely competed sector, saw 16 entries at the nationals. The Enterprise Class saw eight entering at the GP 14 and Lazer Class seeing eight and five entries each. The 'Optimist' and the 'Lazer' class by a single sailor, with the other two class boats requiring a team of two.

Competitors row a total of six races and points are calculated from the best of five, at the worst being discarded. The sailor with the least number of points at the end of all six races wins the class title.

Current Standings
In the Optimist category Viren Dias leads with just four points. Akshan Senesinghe and Ishan Abeysekera are second and third with 10 and 11 points respectively.
In the GP category Anil Gunawardena accomplished this feat by sailing in a boat made by his own hands.

Both the Enterprise and the Lazer categories are too close to call.
The remaining races will be worked off today at the CMYC at the Bolgoda lake.
The water sport community closely follows the event.

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