The election of the Office Bearers and Council Members of the YAI was completed on 26 August 2013 and the members elected for a term of four years.   However, consequent upon resignation of Admiral (Retd) DK Joshi, PVSM, AVSM, YSM, NM, VSM as President, Lt Gen (Retd) Vijai Sharma, PVSM, AVSM as Vice President, Vice Admiral (Retd) Shekhar Sinha, PVSM, AVSM, NM & Bar, ADC as Chairman National Classes Committee and Lt Gen J Sikand, VSM, ADC as Chairman Youth Classes Committee of the Yachting Association of India (YAI), the said posts have fallen vacant.   The next election of office bearers and Council Members of the YAI will be due on 25 Aug 2017.  In order to fill in the vacant posts for remainder terms of the Council ie upto 25 Aug 2017,  a Special General Body Meeting has been convened on 29 August 2014 at New Delhi for the conduct of elections. The elections will be conducted in accordance with the provisions contained in the YAI Constitution read in conjunction with the “Model Election Guidelines” as promulgated at Annexure XXXVII of the National Sports Development Code of India 2011.