Soling

The Soling is an open keelboat that holds the World Sailing "International class" status.[5] 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.

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International Soling[1]

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 Rudder Yachts ltd. Halvorsen, Morson & Gawland ltd. Pamcraft ltd. Abbott Boats ltd. Elvstrøm Boats A/S A/S Borresens Baadebyggeri Playvisa Vamos Veneva O/Y Dufour Fontaine-Pajot Norddeutsche Sportbootwerft Bootswerft Leonard Mader GbR. Tyler Boat Co. Petticrow Boatyard Petticrows Boatyard Hartra Crane Works C.I.M.A. Bianchi & Cecchi Ishihara Dockyard Comp. Ferro H.V.M. NV Soling Yachts A/S Jan H. Linge A/S RNYS Jim MacKay Boats ltd. T.P. Cookson Gdansk Ship and Yacht Yard Proderite ltd. Polyform Licencintorg Gemico Corporation (O'day) Plastrend Corporation Gemico-Marlow Eichenlaub Boat Comp. Most registered boats built by Abbott, Borresens and Elvstrøm.
Role	Open keelboat designed for Olympic/International regatta sailing. Also very suitable for recreational (regatta) sailing.
Name	International Soling[1]
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[2]
RYA PN	914[3]
PHRF	150 Lake Ontario[4]
Former Olympic class
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The Soling is a strong boat designed for any wind and sea condition by Jan Herman Linge from Norway in 1964.[6] 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".[1] 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.[7] A characteristic sailing style for the Soling is the droop-hiking technique.