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The Yngling was designed by Jan Linge from Norway for his son in 1967 – the word Yngling actually means ‘youngster’. At the time, the Soling was extremely popular and was being used as an Olympic class and as such the Yngling has got a reputation as a scaled-down Soling. This is not the case though as the design alters in a number of ways, with more beam and higher freeboard for example. The Yngling was selected for the Olympic Games as the Women’s keelboat in 2004, the same year as the Soling was dropped.
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