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Abbott Boats Inc. Yngling

Fractional Sloop · Fin keel, spade rudder · First built 1967

A 6.35-metre fractional sloop that served as the Olympic class for women sailors from 2004 through 2008

Designed by Jan Herman Linge.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin w/spade Rudder

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The Abbott Boats Inc. Yngling, on the water

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Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

TrailerableBeam 1.73 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 600 kg of hull, so roughly 1,200 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Shoal draftDraws 1.05 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
LivelySea-kindly

Her light displacement on a narrow beam gives 12 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 12
CoastalBluewater

2.07 — right around the 2.0 line, the edge between coastal and offshore.

Capsize screening 2.07
LightHeavy

161 — light for her waterline, so she is easily driven and quick to accelerate.

Displacement / length 161
EasygoingPowered-up

20.8 — plenty of sail for her weight; lively and quick to respond.

Sail area / displacement 20.8
TenderStiff

52% of her weight is ballast — very stiff, carrying full sail in a blow.

Ballast 52%

Light and lively — happiest day-sailing and coastal-hopping in settled weather.

  • Lighter than ~93% of boats her size on file
  • Narrower than ~99% of boats her size on file

Compared with 709 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Abbott Boats Inc. Yngling, as the fleet has seen it

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The Abbott Boats Inc. Yngling is a 6.3-meter fractional sloop designed by Jan Herman Linge, built since 1967 by Abbott Boats Inc. It features a fin keel with a spade rudder, a beam of 1.7 meters, a draft of 1.1 meters, and displaces 600 kg. The Yngling served as the Olympic class for women sailors from the 2004 Athens Games through the 2008 Beijing Games. Kristian Nergaard began his competitive sailing career in the Yngling class in 1974 before moving to the 5.5 Metre and Soling classes.2:26

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The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
51.6%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
20.8
Displacement / length
161.1
Comfort ratio
11.9
Capsize screening
2.07
Hull speed
5.3 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
312
Hull
Hull type
Fin w/spade rudder
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Lead
Production
Years built
First built 1967
Units built
4500
Designer
Jan Herman Linge
Builder
Abbott Boats Inc

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The family

Related models

The designs closest to hers — usually the rest of the builder's range, sometimes the same hull sold under another name.

Abbott Boats Inc. SolingA high-performance Olympic class keelboat designed by Jan Herman Linge for tactical three-person racingAbbott 22A 1977 Ian Proctor design featuring a 50% ballast ratio for exceptional stability in a compact 22-foot masthead sloopAbbott 27A masthead sloop developed in the mid-1980s to compete under the MORC handicap ruleAbeking SwallowDesigned by Tom Thornycroft for the 1948 Olympics, this fractional sloop remains a competitive one-design racer

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