Soling
The Soling is an open keelboat that holds the World Sailing "International class" status. The class was used from the 1972 Olympics until the 2000 Olympics as "Open three-person keelboat". Besides the Olympic career of the Soling the boat is used for international and local regattas as well as for recreational sailing. The Soling is managed by the International Soling Association under auspician of World Sailing since 1968.
Solings downwind during the 2019 North American Soling Championship Kingston, Ontario | |
| Development | |
|---|---|
| Designer | LINGE-DESIGN, Jan Herman LingeA/S |
| Location | Oslo, Norway |
| Year | 1964 |
| No. built | 3441 registered (about 4500 build) |
| Design | One-Design |
| Brand | World Sailing |
| Builder(s) | over the years per country
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| Role | Open keelboat designed for Olympic/International regatta sailing. Also very suitable for recreational (regatta) sailing. |
| Name | International Soling |
| Boat | |
| Crew | 2 or 3 |
| Displacement | Min: 1,035 kg (2,282 lb) |
| Draft | 1.30 m (4.3 ft) |
| Trapeze | Droop hiking |
| Hull | |
| General | 8.185 m (26.85 ft) |
| Type | Monohull |
| Construction | Fiberglass |
| Hull weight | Min: 1,035 kg (2,282 lb) |
| LOA | Min: 8.170 m (26.80 ft) Max: 8.200 m (26.90 ft) |
| LWL | 6.10 m (20.0 ft) |
| Beam | 1.90 m (6.2 ft) |
| Engine type | None |
| Hull appendages | |
| General | Keel, Rudder |
| Keel/board type | Fixed keel |
| Ballast | Min: 570 kg (1,260 lb) Max: 590 kg (1,300 lb) |
| Rudder(s) | Balanced spade |
| Rig | |
| General | Bermuda rig with high aspect ratio jib |
| Rig type | Aluminum or Carbon fiber |
| Mast length | From deck: 9.2 m (30 ft) |
| Rig other | Genoa's and Gennaker's are no part of the sail inventory |
| Sails | |
| General | Sails shall be constructed only of woven of fibers. Fibers other than those of polyester and non-aromatic polyamide are prohibited. |
| Sailplan | Sloop |
| Mainsail area | 15.6 m2 (168 sq ft) |
| Jib/genoa area | 8.1 m2 (87 sq ft) |
| Spinnaker area | Max: 45.0 m2 (484 sq ft) Min: 35.0 m2 (377 sq ft) |
| Upwind sail area | 23.7 m2 (255 sq ft) |
| Downwind sail area | Max: 60.6 m2 (652 sq ft) Min: 50.6 m2 (545 sq ft) |
| Total sail area | 68.7 m2 (739 sq ft) |
| Racing | |
| Class association | International Soling Association |
| D-PN | 82.3 |
| RYA PN | 914 |
| PHRF | 150 Lake Ontario |
| Former Olympic class | |
The Soling is a strong boat designed for any wind and sea condition by Jan Herman Linge from Norway in 1964. The boats are one-design originating from an authorized single plug and mould system and made of fiberglass. This together with a strict set of class rules makes competition possible on a "level playing field". Solings last a long time, and boats produced in the early days are still in competition today (more than 50 years after being built). At the 2019 North American Championship the fifth place was taken by the German team sailing a refurbished Soling which had been built in 1968. A characteristic sailing style for the Soling is the droop-hiking technique.