Yngling (keelboat)

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Specifications Under Current Rules
Number of crew 3 LOA 6350 mm 21 ft LWL 4700 mm Beam 1730 mm Draft 1050 mm Hull weight (with fittings) 645 kg 1422 lb Sail Area of total of Main, Jib and Spinnaker 14.0 m²
Olympic Class

A Yngling (pronounced "ING-ling") is a type of sailboat that the International Yngling Association calls an "agreeable cross between a planing dinghy and a keelboat." It is also summarized as a smaller version of a Soling. It has a LOA of 6.35 m (21 ft) and weighs 645 kg (1422 lb).

World Champions in Yngling

It was designed in 1967 by Jan Herman Linge; it was adopted as an international class in May 1979. Linge wanted to build a keelboat for his young son, and thus named it Yngling, the Norwegian word for "youngster"; the name is unrelated to the House of Yngling or the Ynglinga saga.

The Yngling is designed to sail with two or three crew, with a combined weight of up to 225 kg (500 lb). Class rules require Ynglings with a full crew to have enough flotation to allow them to float even if filled with water.

The Yngling has a mainsail, a jib and a spinnaker. Compared to the Laser (a much more common boatclass), it has a lot more trim and it rarely capsizes, making it a "friendly" boat. It got the ISAF International Class status in 1979, and was chosen as the Olympic Women's Keelboat for 2004 and 2008.

External links

• [International Yngling Association]
• [Australian International Yngling Association]
• [Austrian Yngling Club]
• [Yngling Association of Canada]
• [Danish Yngling Club]
• [German Yngling Association]
• [Norwegian Yngling Club]
• [United States Yngling Association]
• [2004 Olympics Yngling website] from the International Sailing Federation
• [Suisse Yngling]