BoatsAbbott Boats Inc. Yngling

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

See her sail

The Abbott Boats Inc. Yngling, on the water

The fleet's own footage — the truest look at how she really moves.

Footage from SEILmagasinet

Is it for you?

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 draughtDraws 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

Derived from the videos the fleet has analysed of this model. ▶ marks open the moment aboard.

The Abbott Boats Inc. Yngling is a 6.3-meter fractional sloop designed by Jan Herman Linge, built by Abbott Boats Inc. since 1967. This fin-keeled, spade-ruddered racing keelboat served as the Olympic class for women sailors from the 2004 Athens Games through the 2008 Beijing Games.1:46 Crews restore vintage Ynglings to competitive standards, as Petter Hermansen's family team did, winning a championship after acquiring an older hull.watch This restoration involved stripping the boat to the gelcoat, installing a new Jon Mast rig, replacing deck hardware, and fairing the keel and hull.3:33 Hermansen's team retained the original low-floor cockpit to save 15 kg, modifying internal bulkheads for water management despite reduced self-draining efficiency.4:37 Competitive sailors like Kristian Nergaard began their careers in the Yngling class before transitioning to international success in classes like the 5.5 Metre and Soling.10:32

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen 2 times across one channel of the fleet.

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On the water

The Abbott Boats Inc. Yngling on video

Who's been looking

Market signal

Crews the fleet has filmed weighing this model up — no sale seen, and no asking price.

1channel weighed buying one

From the fleet's own footage — our observed signal, not broker listings.

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

Boats like this

Nearby designs by size, type, and era — worth a look alongside her.

Abbott Boats Inc. SolingA high-performance Olympic class keelboat designed by Jan Herman Linge for tactical three-person racingAbbott 22An Ian Proctor-designed masthead sloop with a 50% ballast ratio, built for stability and performance in a compact hullAbbott 27A masthead sloop designed by Bill Abbott Sr. for the MORC handicap rule, featuring a fin keel and transom-hung rudderAbeking SwallowDesigned by Tom Thornycroft for the 1948 Olympics, this fractional sloop remains a competitive one-design racer

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