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  Yngling: The Boat   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Yngling shares the Soling's sleek form, well-balanced rig, and responsive helm, yet sails happily with a 3-person crew weight of 450 - 500 lbs.
Yngling class associations throughout the world are strong and enthusiastic, backed by ISAF International Class status since 1979.
The Yngling is the boat for the 2004 Olympic Women's Keelboat event.
www.yngling.org /boat.php   (162 words)

  
 Yngling - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Yngling   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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.
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).
www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Yngling.html   (242 words)

  
 Keelboat? Dinghy?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In a nutshell, the Yngling is a sleek and seaworthy small racing keelboat (6.35 m (21') LOA, 645 kg.
Optimal crew weight is 400 to 500 lbs., so the Yngling accommodates both juniors and normally sized adults, and it is the ideal women's racing boat (in fact, IYRU selected the Yngling for its first International Women's Championship in 1994, and ISAF chose it as the boat for the 2004 Olympic women's keelboat event).
Additionally, Ynglings were commonly raced as training boats by Soling Olympians (and at least one America's Cup skipper hopeful); now that the Yngling is itself an Olympic boat, top-caliber female sailors around the world are being welcomed to the class.
www.yngling.org /description.php   (563 words)

  
 Team Canada24 -- About The Boat   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In a nutshell, the Yngling (pronounced "ING-ling") is a sleek and seaworthy small racing keelboat (6.35 m (21') LOA, 645 kg.
It is the ideal women's racing boat (in fact, IYRU selected the Yngling for its first International Women's Championship in 1994, and ISAF chose it as the boat for the 2004 Olympic women's keelboat event).
Additionally, Ynglings were commonly raced as training boats by Soling Olympians (and at least one America's Cup skipper hopeful); now that the Yngling is itself an Olympic boat, top-calibre female sailors around the world are being welcomed to the class.
www.canada24.ca /site/aboutBoat.htm   (177 words)

  
 Untitled Document   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The small keelboat was inspired by the then 14-year old son of Norway's Jan Herman Linge.
Yngling, which means 'youngster' was developed by Linge in 1967, shortly after his previous design, the Soling, had been through the selection trials to be chosen an Olympic boat.
Although similarities exist between the two designs, the Yngling is not a scaled down version of the Soling as many have suggested.
www2.bc.edu /~reidal/yngling.htm   (152 words)

  
 Unbenanntes Dokument   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Yngling has quite different proportions with relatively more beam, higher freeboard with more sheer, fuller body-lines, etc., but she is a nice "little sister" of the Olympic class Soling.
The International Yngling Association was founded in 1971 and the first World Cup Race was arranged in Holland the same year.
I believe the Yngling class is attractive to good sailors, not only because it is a good boat, but also because they meet good competition and also the friendly atmosphere they find under the wings of IYA.
www.schuemann-crew.de /boat.htm   (399 words)

  
 Ynglings of Alpena   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Yngling has been sailed in Alpena for over 20 years and the fleet has grown significantly in the last five years.
The Yngling is a 21ft keelboat developed in 1967 by Jan Linge.
The Yngling can be sailed with either two or three crew members and can be easily handled with 350 - 500 pounds of crew weight.
www.aycalpena.com   (142 words)

  
 Scuttlebutt Interviews: Betsy Alison, 2003 Yngling World Champion
I think that in the Yngling class, the women that have jumped into the class are obviously maximizing the potential of the boat and raising the technical bar.
He was on a crew that won the Yngling Worlds in ’90, he has ten years of Soling campaign experience and a bronze medal from Sydney, plus he was working as a navigator with the Victory challenge syndicate in Auckland so he knows the differences little things can make.
Because we have to drag a keelboat around with a trailer and trailer boxes and the whole nine yards it made most sense for us to buy a second car and ship it over to Europe.
www.sailingscuttlebutt.com /interview/balison   (2922 words)

  
 boats.com - News: Yngling is Olympic women's keelboat
The 21 foot Yngling is the class chosen as the women's keelboat for the Olympics in Athens in 2004.
The women had been promised the decision so that they could begin to plan their campaigns and familiarize themselves with the boats, but there was a great deal of routine business to undertake before the Council finally deigned to turn its attention to making a decision.
The Yngling does not have a weight limit and is regularly sailed with three persons, and its designer, Jan Linge, asked to speak from the floor, said that it was not weight sensitive.
www.boats.com /content/default_detail.jsp?contentid=11592   (580 words)

  
 Yngling Logistics
The small keelboat was inspired by the then 14-year old son of designer Jan Herman Linge of Norway.
makes the Yngling suitable for average-sized people, and with an approximate price of $25,0000 with sails, it is priced less than similar-size racing keelboats.
The remaining countries will be determined at the final qualifying event: Yngling Women’s World Championship, scheduled for May 7-15, 2004 in Spain.
www.ussailing.org /OLYMPICS/OlympicGames/2004/Yngling/Logistics.asp   (224 words)

  
 boats.com - Feature: Yngling: History and Specifications   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
While some describe the Yngling as a "mini-Soling", Linge says: "the Yngling "s not a "scaled-down" version of the Soling as many people seem to believe.
Optimal crew weight is 400 to 500 lbs.; the Yngling accommodates both juniors and adults.
The Yngling is unsinkable: class rules mandate that a boat have enough styrofoam flotation so that, if filled entirely with water, an Yngling can still float with three crew aboard.
www.boats.com /content/default_detail.jsp?contentid=11590   (418 words)

  
 Tufts E-News -- Tufts Grads Eye Olympics
Warnemunde, Germany [08.14.03] Even though Team Challenge US – a three-woman Yngling sailing team – made history with a slew of impressive victories, the greatest challenge for the sailors is still ahead.
Lee Icyda, the tactician and a sail trimmer, is a 2001 Tufts graduate with a degree in International Relations and Economics, and a national champion in sailing.
The qualifying tournament – the Yngling Olympic Team Trials – is set for February 19-22 in Miami.
enews.tufts.edu /stories/081403TeamChallenge.htm   (433 words)

  
 Palm Beach County Sports Commission
The Yngling was selected as the 3-woman keel boat for the 2004 Summer Olympics that will be held in Athens, Greece.
Rybovich Spencer, is located on the Intracoastal in West Palm Beach and is widely recognized leader in the yacht industry and is the largest full-service boatyard, boatbuilder, marina facility, and marine employer in South Florida.
The Yngling regatta is one of the first of many efforts to unify sailing enthusiasts within the community and to put Palm Beach County on the map as a world class sailing venue.
www.palmbeachsports.com /News/2003/01-16-2003.htm   (955 words)

  
 ....:: SAILING IN QINGDAO ::....   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
As it is an easy boat to handle, the 470 has become particularly popular with light-weighted sailors.
This Olympic women's three-person keelboat was designed in 1961 by Jan Linge.
The Yngling can be described as an agreeable cross between a planning dinghy and a keelboat suitable for lighter crews.
www.sailing2008.org /en/sailing_4.htm   (661 words)

  
 East Bay Newspapers •   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The crew also finished second at the Open Yngling Worlds and had good results at two high level match racing events, all while training for a bid to represent the U.S. at the 2004 Olympics in Athens.
In 2000 when it was determined that match racing would not be the format for the women's keelboat event at the Olympics, Swett decided to return to the business world and work at her family's real estate firm.
The Yngling trials should be among the most competitive, as Swett will compete against Newporter Betsy Alison, a many-time Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year winner; Jamestowner Carol Cronin and a host of other top level women sailors.
www.eastbayri.com /print/29280458838994.php   (468 words)

  
 ISA - International Soling Class   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Jan Linge, who in the sailing world is best known for the design of the Soling and Yngling, was honoured during the 2003 ISAF Mid-Year Meeting.
The Yngling, designed in 1967 was inspired by the need “to design and build a small keelboat for my son, Oyvin, who at that time was 14 years old”.
The Yngling, which became an ISAF Class in 1979, was selected for the women’s keelboat event in November 2000.
www.soling.com /MoreNews.asp?ID=94   (831 words)

  
 Olympic News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Race Seven of the Men's Keelboat class was started with a south-westerly wind blowing from 230 degrees at a strength of 10 knots but diminishing as the sea-breeze fought for control of the Saronic Gulf with the gradient Meltemi.
The atmosphere was electric in the auditorium as it filled to a capacity of more than 1,000 team mates, family, friends, spectators and support personnel ready to honour the 18 sailors receiving medals for their achievements in the 2004 Olympic Sailing Competition.
The three-person keelboat that was designed by reputed Soling designer Jan LINGE has seen a transformation in fortunes since being selected for Olympic duty in November 2000.
www.isaf.org /olympics2004/Reports.asp   (4873 words)

  
 Rolex International Women’s Keelboat Championship Preview - Around The World Of Sailing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
With the debut of women’s keelboat racing at the 2004 Olympic Games, the Rolex IWKC has attracted top Yngling talent, including five-time Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year and five-time Rolex IWKC champion Betsy Alison (Newport, R.I.).
With their program, which has put them in the national media spotlight, the team aims to accomplish three goals: to transform the way women over 50 see themselves and their potential; to inspire women over 50 to pursue their passions; and to challenge stereotypes applied to mature women.
West was the 2002 New Zealand National Women’s Keelboat Champion, and her toughest competition may come from the current New Zealand National Champions Karleen Dixon, Jenny Egnot and Paula Satherthwaite.
www.torresen.com /sailing/content_archives/000289.php   (1119 words)

  
 Olympic Preview Part I - Around The World Of Sailing
The Danish team skippered by Dorte Jensen has had success in the Yngling and also are accomplished match racers.
The 470 women's class could see a home team win while the 1st Olympic's for the Yngling should be unpredictable.
I'll predict a 2nd and silver medal for Foerester and Burnham, a 6th for Kevin Hall in the Finn, a 5th for Maxwell and Kinsolving in Women's 470 and a 4th for the Yngling trio.
www.torresen.com /sailing/content_archives/001405.php   (676 words)

  
 USA J/22 Class
As of the August 6 "early entry deadline" for the Rolex International Women's Keelboat Championship, 61 international teams have entered the world's premier women's keelboat regatta.
With women's keelboat sailing making its debut in the Yngling at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, many of the world's elite sailors are currently training for a berth and see the Rolex IWKC as a "cross training" experience toward their goal.
Alison, who is currently ranked No. 1 in the ISAF Yngling rankings, will face formidable competition from the top Yngling teams that are planning to compete in Annapolis, including Hannah Swett of New York, NY; Paula Lewin of Bermuda; and 1999 Rolex IWKC champion Carol Cronin of Jamestown, RI.
www.usaj22.com /2003rolex_61teams.html   (618 words)

  
 Women's Fitness & Weight Loss Sucks - A Women's Fitness Community - Team Atkins Cruises Into the 2004 ...
Team Atkins, formerly The Cronin Yngling Team, has successfully moved forward to win the 2004 Olympic bid in Women's Keelboat Sailing for the United States.
In the Yngling class, there is a weight limit to which the women must adhere (combined weight must not exceed 451 pounds).
Eleven countries are now qualified for the Yngling event at the 2004 Olympics: Spain, Germany, United States, Bermuda, Denmark, Great Britain, Russia, Italy, France, Australia and the Ukraine.
www.weightlosssucks.com /article-print-67.html   (776 words)

  
 Shirley Robertson.: Go on! Bang The Corner
However in Athens she will be part of a three women team racing the yngling keelboat along with Sarah Ayton and Sarah Webb.
The yngling is a new boat for the Olympics and in my opinion a very good choice because it is suitable for a wide variety of sailing conditions and easy to sail but at the same time difficult to master.
It is small racing keelboat, which will plane downwind for that extra buzz, and is durable in construction and virtually unsinkable.
www.bangthecorner.com /?m=da&id=11401   (972 words)

  
 REPORT ON PAN AM CLASSES FOR RIO
A similar reasoning can be applied to the J-24 that substitutes as open, respectively, the Keelboat men Star and Keelboat women Yngling.
It is also worth to mention that when the subject is equivalence, the physical properties of the boat, how it is controlled and performs, and how it is crewed, must be taken into account.
No doubts that the package of 470, 49er, Tornado, Finn, Star and Yngling are a much bigger investment than widely spread Lightning, Snipes, Hobies, Sunfishes, and J-24 in our part of the world.
www.pasaf.org /PASAFOthers/reportpanamclassesforrio.htm   (1053 words)

  
 AYC Rolex International Women's Keelboat Championship   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
She was also a part of the winning crew at the 2001 Rolex Women's International Keelboat Championship.
Mikulski, the RIWKC Outreach Chair for 2001 and 2003, learned racing in 1993 with the '95 keelboat as her goal, and has been competing in J/24s, J/105s, J/22s, J/80s and Lasers since.
Kim, who trimmed for Margaret's RIWKC team in 1993-97 and 2001, was part of the fifth-place team in the 1998 J/24 North Americans and has enjoyed years of successful participation in the Snipe class, including winning the 2002 Bermuda International Invitational Race Week.
annapolisyc.org.x.m6.net /uploads/competitors.htm   (3609 words)

  
 AYC Rolex International Women's Keelboat Championship   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In 1997 and 1998 she was 1st at the New Zealand Women's Keelboat Nationals, 2003 2nd, and also in 2003 2nd at the NZ match racing nationals.
Lisa won the CYA Women's Keelboat nationals in 2002 with Chantal, Deirdre won the Bronze sailing with Erika.
Liz is a US Sailing Level 1 instructor and is in her senior year of college majoring in Outdoor Recreation.
annapolisyc.org.x.m6.net /rolexkeelboats/competitors.htm   (6378 words)

  
 ireland.com / Today / Sport / Olympics 2004
The Soling class has been removed from the Olympic regatta and replaced by the three-person Yngling keelboat for women.
The biggest competitions in Athens will be the Windsurfer Men and the single-handed Dinghy Open events, represented by the Mistral and Laser respectively.
Women's Keelboat Yngling Medal Ceremony 18:45 - 19:00
www.ireland.com /sports/olympics2004/olympic_sports/sailing.htm   (849 words)

  
 Base   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
A brand new Z39 One Design Keelboat is up for grabs in a National Keelboat Lottery run by Yachting New Zealand.
Yachting New Zealand called for a Monohull Keelboat which was suitable for a New Zealand National One Design class, between 11.5m - 12.5m in length, suitable for offshore racing, with the ability to be owner driven while also fitting the bill for the family holiday.
Already the yacht is making its mark on New Zealand’s keelboat racing scene with Z39’s competing on the water in Auckland and Wellington.
www.yachtingnz.org.nz /135_1/135_1_top.cfm?pageid=1&parentid=1&nid=441   (578 words)

  
 Team Atkins has hopes of sailing to a medal - MSNBC - MSNBC.com
Herbert Knosowski / AP skipper Carol Cronin, left, reacts as crewwomen Nancy Haberland and Liz Filter, right, look on as they practice for their three-woman Yngling keelboat sailing event at the 2004 Olympic Games in Helliniko, Greece.
There are a lot of regattas in Europe, and since the Yngling (pronounced ING-ling) is a three-person boat, travel costs are high.
The Yngling has a 451-pound weight limit, which crews want to be as close to as possible.
www.msnbc.msn.com /id/5685273   (792 words)

  
 Media Release
A disappointing 32nd in race seven of the International Yngling class keelboat has seen Australian Melanie Dennision and her crew from the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron slip astern in the points table to 12th overall and sixth women’s crew.
This is the first World Championship for the Yngling since it was named as the women’s keelboat class for the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, with 21 all-women crews in the fleet of 45 boats from 12 nations.
This the first world championship since the Yngling was named as the women’s keelboat class for the 2004 Athens Olympic Games with 21 all-women crews in the total fleet of 44 contesting this open series.
www.boatingoz.com.au /news01/010705a.htm   (1206 words)

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