9 races to be contested in National Sailing Championship 2019 today
Najeeb Ullah and Qasim Abbas were on the lead in their respective categories on the second day of the on-going 2019 National Sailing Championship which is being held near Clifton Beach in Karachi.
On the second day of the championship, the players had tough hot weather conditions to sail despite medium wind conditions in which among several participating sailors, Najeeb Ullah and Qasim Abbas belonging from team Navy, dominated competitions of their respective classes which include: Laser Standard and RS:X (wind-surfing).
The team that took the lead of 470 Class competition comprised of Xerxes Avari and Mehboob of Karachi Yacht Club and they were followed by team of Navy which had, Rehman Ullah and Khalid Hussain performing as a team.
In the Windsurfing RSX Class racing, Qasim Abbas of Navy held comfortable top position with Muhammad Sajjad of Pakistan Air Force (PAF) at second position.
Today, the final of all the races is to be contested which carries a total of nine (9) races and the racers are allowed two discards.
