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The
sport of sailing was first introduced into Myanmar back
in 1924 when a group of sailing enthusiasts formed a club
which was then known as the Rangoon Sailing Club, now
called the Yangon Sailing Club, on the western shores
of the magnificent Inya Lake, not far from the heart of
Yangon City itself. Then in 1956, the national authority
Burma Yachting Federation (BYF), known today as the Myanmar
Yachting Federation (MYF) was established. During that
time, BYF was the first of its kind in the entire South
East Asian Peninsula (SEAP) Region, now known as the SEA
Region. It was then headed by U Maung Maung Lwin, who
was not only a keen sailor himself, but was also an active
and dynamic member of the National Olympic Committee.
Under his leadership, Myanmar sailors even ventured out
to participate in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics and in the
1960 Rome Olympics Yachting Events.
In
1961 as a milestone achievement, Yachting was included
for the first time in the 2nd SEAP Games which was held
in Myanmar as the host country. However, Yachting ....... |
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When I was young I
had the opportunity to live in one of the national bank
villas by the lakeside, and it was simply a very lovely
scene to see colorful yachts sailing in the scenic Inya
Lake, especially in the evenings while the sun is setting.During
public holidays and on weekends,we would often go for
a swim in the middle of the lake, with our own little
row boat, from where I would have a closer look at the
yachts and wondered how they use the sail to steer the
boat in all directions although the wind was from only
one direction...I also could not understand when the boats
would go zigzag in approaching the buoy near our place.
Sometimes they would shout at us to keep clear or stay
away as they obviously did not want us to interfere with
their racing....
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In sailing there always is the factor of luck. Any sailor
will tell you that. I feel I have been a very lucky sailor
indeed. I have been fortunate enough to have been an active
sailing member of the Yangon Sailing Club for over twelve
years. My luck started when I met some one back in 1989
who told me about the club. I was in Myanmar to start
building the first Yacht for my company. Paul Broadbent,
a sailing member had invited me to go sailing. I decided
to go and check out the club before hand. What I found
was a small, but well established Sailing Club. It was
a in beautiful and peaceful setting and the Club House
and Bar had one of those boat club atmospheres that made
me feel right at home.... |
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I had taken up sailing, rather late in the day regrettably,
primarily attracted by the social and leisure opportunities
it had to offer, quite apart from its competitive aspects.
However, once I could
handle the rudiments of sailing, I was totally hooked
and before long found myself whole-heartedly engrossed
with the Yangon Sailing Club’s ( YSC ) week-end
races and monthly challenges, .... |
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Eight years of dedication to reviving sailing in the former
Burma bore fruit in three gold medals at the S.E.A. Games
last September:In 1993 U "Michael" Moe Myint
set out to re-established the sport of sailing, .... |
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I remember
the times when our family used to go to the Inya Lake
for a swim on weekends. Although we had a lot of fun in
the water, we couldn't help but notice the beautiful sailboats
far out in the lake. They looked like they were dancing
silently to the gazed wonderingly at the boats for a long
time, and every time ... |
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My official duties
as President of the Rowing and Yachting Federation commenced
in 1965 and lasted till 1975.The Fourth SEAP Games, to
be held in Thailand in 1967. The participating countries
were Malaysia, Singapore, Myanmar and the host country
Thailand. The venue of the Regatta was .... |
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The Club’s Racing
Log Books in the hope that future Sailing Secretaries
and Sailors would be able to make a quick and easy reference
to the type of trophies in contention at our Club during
the early 70’s.This compilation was done by me with
profound regards & respects to ... |
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