Recent decades have seen the facilities of the club improved and modernised . The then Chief of Naval Staff , Admiral Radhakrishna Hariram Tahiliani , inaugurated the new Club House on 4 February 1987 . The Club was affiliated to Yachting Association of India after the YAI was formed in 1960 and many national sailing events have since been held at the Club . The Club conducted many regattas in Chennai between 1961 and 1981 , including the Madras Port Centenary Regatta in 1971 . From 1963 to 1971 , The Royal Madras Yacht Club conducted the Inter Club Regatta for the Yachting Association of India and in 1963 the club were runners-up . In 1971 , the Club won both the individual and team events . At the international level , club members Deep Rekhi , Kuruvilla Abraham , Drona Narayanan , Navaz Currimbhoy , Sandeep Srikanth , Niloufer Jamal , Rohit Ashok and Varun Prabhakar represented India between 1970 and 2000 . During the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami , the Club lost 12 Boats and its facilities were badly damaged
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
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