On September 20, 2025, 15 girls and 15 boys from municipal schools received the opportunity to learn to sail with the help of Indian Army experts. Less than a year later, two of them, Sanjana Singh and Atif Ansari, both 14, have made it to the Junior National Sailing Regatta 2026. The competition we held at Marve in Malad West from May 2 to 8.

The participants have been using Optimist-class dinghies, which have a single sail and can be manoeuvred by only one child at a time. These vessels are entirely wind-driven, using only a tiller and the rope connected to the main sail.