Yngling (Keelboat) (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! A Yngling is a sailing boat which the International Yngling Association call an "agreeable cross between a planing dinghy and a keelboat." It can be regarded as a smaller version of the 26-foot (7.9 m) Soling although there are differences in proportion, and tuning requirements, between the two classes. It has a LOA of 6.35 metres (21 ft) and weighs 645 kilograms (1,420 lb). It was designed in 1967 by Jan Herman Linge; received ISAF International Class status in 1979 and was chosen as the Olympic Women's Keelboat for 2004 and 2008. In the London 2012 games the Yngling is to be replaced by the Elliott 6m (with Women's Match Racing taking the place of Women's Fleet Racing). 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.