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 the 26 foot Soling although there are differences in proportion and tuning requirements. 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.

More than 4,000 Ynglings have been built and they are actively raced in Europe, North America, and Australia. The boat's Olympic status has led to a flurry of activity in building and sail design refinements.

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.

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List of ISAF international keelboat classes
11 mR \| 12 mR \| 2.4 mR \| 5.5 mR \| 6 mR \| 8 mR \| Access 2.3 \| Dragon \| Etchells \| Flying Fifteen \| H-boat \| J/22 \| J/24 \| J/105 \| Melges 24 \| Open 60 Monohull \| Soling \| Sonar \| Star \| Tempest \| Yngling