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A M AGA Z I N E FO R Y N G L I N G SA I LO RS A N D T H E I R F R I E N DS WO R L DW I D Econtents
President’s message 1
Who’s Who in IYA 2
2021 World Championship, The administering authority for the
Muggelsee, Berlin, Germany 4 International Yngling Class is World
Sailing www.sailing.org
Yngling invests in its future 6 In cooperation with the International
Yngling Association – IYA
Build New Ynglings: the owner’s story 7
The first Yngling Keelboat was built in 1968.
The Yngling obtained International status
Test Program to validate potential performance 8 in May 1979 and Olympic status in
November 2000.
Chris Harper Trophy for publicity 9 “The objectives of the International Yngling
Association – IYA are to promote and
La ‘Dolce Vita’ Lake Garda 10 further the interests of the International
Yngling Class throughout the world.
The Swiss Yngling quiz 12 IYA shall manage the affairs of the Class.
IYA shall encourage national and
3D printing of spare parts 14
international competition in the Class.
IYA Annual General Meeting 2020 16 IYA shall coordinate the Class Rules
in order to maintain the One-Design
character of the Yngling Keelboat.
Treasurer’s report 18
IYA is organised within the individual
2021 Calendar of Events 20 countries through NATIONAL YNGLING
ASSOCIATIONs – NYAs.
Australian report 22 In the countries where a NYA has not yet
been established, the National Yacht
Racing Authority (NA) shall administer the
Austrian report 24
Class (in case the NA does not want to do
so, the function will be carried out by IYA).”
Danish report 26
LIFE MEMBERS
Netherlands report 27
Gunther Schmidt-Ginzky (AGM 1996)
German report 28 Jørgen Ring DEN (AGM 1998)
Joyce & Pat Warn AUS (AGM 2002)
Norwegian report 31 Ingemar Strömblad SWE (AGM 2005)
Chris Harper AUS (AGM 2008)
Swiss report 32 Peter Carter AUS (AGM 2018)
Bruce Chafee USA (AGM 2018)
North American report 34 Mattias Dahlström SWE (AGM 2018)
Andreas Knittel AUT (AGM 2018)
Measurer’s report 35 Rene Steimer SUI (AGM 2018)PRESIDENT’S
Me s sa g e
have decided to provide financial support for
building new boats, with the first one having
been completed in 2020 and successfully
measured to Class Specifications.
The start of 2020 was very promising. 74 boats In 2020 we held our AGM as a virtual meeting
had applied to participate in the Yngling Worlds for the first time. Although the usual personal
2020 in Berlin, representing 11 countries on 3 interaction was somewhat missing, all three
continents. However, things developed differ- Continents – Australia, Europe, USA – could
ently. For a long time, we had hoped and participate effectively. At the AGM, Adam Tran
fought to maintain the event, but unfortunately, (AUS) was elected as Secretary.
it was not going to happen.
Chris Harper, Mattias Dahlström and Rimmert
Nevertheless, an Yngling regatta was held in van der Kooij were no longer available as board
Berlin during early October, the “Nebel Pokal” members, or their respective term had expired.
(Fog Trophy Race). A total of 80 boats, repre- Let me take this opportunity to express our
senting 4 Classes, participated in this race. It sincere thanks to Chris and Mattias, who have
was great to see. The Yacht Club Berlin Grünau served the Class for decades, as well as to
impressively demonstrated its capability to run Rimmert, who has defined our communication
such a large event, even under strict Corona strategy and taken care of our social media
restrictions, thus giving us the confidence to presence.
successfully manage the Worlds 2021 in Berlin.
Many thanks to our friends in Slovenia for their Chris in particular has done a lot to publicise
willingness to postpone the Worlds in Koper by and raise the visibility of our Class. We want to
one year to 2022. honour his engagement with the “Chris Harper
Trophy for Publicity”, to be awarded to those
Prior to the Worlds 2021 in Berlin, we are who showed outstanding engagement in the
planning a Springtime Regatta in Riva del promotion of our Class. The Trophy will be
Garda. The last one was held in 2017. We want awarded for the first time at the forthcoming
to revive the traditional Yngling racing on Lake Worlds.
Garda, Northern Italy, thereby maintaining our
prestigious racing slot in predictable winds. I conclude with my certerum censeo: Youth is
paramount, they are our future and not just in
Back to 2020: Most countries were able to hold sailing… Incidentally, 11 boats out of 74 boats
a few regattas and championships during the that applied for participation in the Worlds
second half of the year. Some even developed 2020 were manned by our youth! This is very
new incentives to stay in contact with their promising, we will keep working on it!
sailors, for example the Suisse Yngling Quiz
where members could learn about boat Every cloud has a silver lining. Let us look
building. Why boat building? forward to 2021 with optimism.
The highlight in 2020 was the construction of a Walter Baumgartner
new Yngling! The slogan “Build New Ynglings” IYA President
had already been coined years ago. A class that
does not build new boats has no future. The
last Yngling was built in 2013. We, therefore,
1WHO’s who
IYA in
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
PRESIDENT Walter Baumgartner
Email: iya-president@yngling.org
NATIONAL YNGLING ASSOCIATIONS –
or wb124@me.com
NYAs
VICE PRESIDENT Maarten Jamin
AUSTRALIA
Email: iya-vicepresident@yngling.org
or maarten@maartenjamin.nl Australian International Yngling
Association Inc.
SECRETARY Adam Tran President: Adam Tran
Email: Adam.Tran@gmail.com Email: australianyngling@gmail.com
TREASURER Petra Schutt AUSTRIA
Email: 1vorsitzender@yngling.de Yngling Club Osterreich
IYA BANK President: Bernhard Prange
Email: commander@yngling.at
Bank Credit Suisse Rathausplatz,
Postfach 4281 DENMARK
CH-8022 Zurich. Switzerland Dansk Yngling Klub
Account Name: President: Frederik Løppenthin
International Yngling Association Email: frederikyngling@gmail.com
Account No: 662 392 30 GERMANY
Swift code: CRESSCHZZ80D Deutsche Yngling Klassenvereinigung
Clearing No: 4860 »DYKV« E V
AUDITOR Grant Thornton President: Petra Schutt
Email: 1vorsitzender@yngling.de
CHIEF MEASURER Christian Dylla
ITALY
Email: iya-measurer@yngling.org
or christian.dylla@gmx.net Yngling Class Italian Association
SOCIAL MEDIA Anna Bertling NETHERLANDS
anna.bertling@gmail.com Yngling Club Holland www.yngling.nl
President: Marnix van Dishoeck
WEB MASTER Lukas Hitz
Email: voorzitter@yngling.nl
Email: lukas.hitz@protonmail.ch
NORWAY
Norsk Yngling Klubb
President: Ronny Rognhaugen
Email: ronnyrogn@hotmail.com
SLOVENIA
Yngling Slovenija
Bostjan Antoncic
Email: b.antoncic@gmail.com
2SWEDEN
Svenska Yngling Förbundet
Contact: Mattias Dahlström
Email: swe-president@yngling.org
SWITZERLAND
Suisse Yngling
President: Walter Baumgartner
Email: wb124@me.com
TECHNICAL COMMITTEE
USA IYA Chief Measurer Christian Dylla (Germany)
United States Yngling Association Assistant Chief Measurer Felix Schneider
www.usa.yngling.org (Switzerland)
President: Sally Jacquemin
Jörgen Ring (Denmark)
Email: usa-president@yngling.org
Ronny Rognhaugen (Norway)
or Sally.Jacquemin@gmail.com
Peter Carter (Australia)
Chad Lewis (USA)
Maarten Jamin (Netherlands), Vice President
and observer without voting rights
CLASS MEASURERS
Peter Carter, AUS
Christian Dylla, GER
Felix Schneider, SUI
YNGLING BUILDERS
Bootswerft Mader GmbH, Germany
Tel +49 868 1373
www.bootswerft-mader.de
Børresen Bådebyggeri A/S, Denmark
Tel +45 7582 5900
Email: bb@borresen.com
www.borresen.com
DeWolf Boats, USA
Tel +1 401 635 8034
Email: usa-builder@yngling.org
www.dewolfboats.com
AIYA
Mob +61 (0)418 966635
Email: australianyngling@gmail.com
3125 Years
Yachtclub
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still convinced it is among the most appealing
lake sailing areas out there. I know virtually
We would like to remind you of Jochen all my fellow club members would agree.
Schürmann’s warm invitation to the Worlds Originating from the Müggelsee they have
2020: a say in international competitive sailing!
Dear Yngling Sailors! I invite you, knowing that my Club has great
experience and competence in organising
On behalf of the Yacht Club Berlin–Grünau
high level sailing events. The very first
(YCBG) and myself I would like to give you a
European championship of the Soling class
warm welcome to the world championship
in 2015 here on the Müggelsee is eloquent
of your boat class on my home territory, the
testimony for that.
Müggelsee in Berlin. As a former Soling sailor,
I feel like we are, so to say, related – thanks Last but not least my home city Berlin will
to the Norwegian Jan Linge. appeal to you as a unique European metropolis
rich with forests and lakes and with a certain
When I was eleven, I started as an Optimist
time-spirit after the reunification in 1989.
sailor here on this lake. Henceforth the
Müggelsee became my second home. In the We are looking forward to you being world
following decades I spent thousands of hours championship participants of the Yngling
here with training and competition and I am class in Berlin!
Jochen Schümann
Commodore YCBG
4THE YNGLING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2020 YNGLING OPEN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
BECOMES YNGLING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 24-31 JULY 2021
2021
Berlin Muggelsee
Preparations are in full swing. The organisation WEB: yngling-worlds-berlin.de
team at the Yacht Club Berlin Grünau (YCBG) E-Mail: y2021@ycbg.de
has used the sail-free period to complete all
organisational and administrative preparations.
PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE 2021
The new World Cup homepage is already finished Subject to change
and will be updated with new information as it
July 24 Saturday Arrival and
becomes available…
Registration
...so stay tuned!
July 25 Sunday Registration and
For all communications use the e-mail address:
Measurement
y2021@ycbg.de
Information about the charter boat programme July 26 Monday Measurement,
and IYA subsidy see www.yngling.org and/or Practice Race,
www.yngling-worlds-berlin.de Opening Event
We, DYKV e.V., and the members and responsible July 27 Tuesday Races,
persons of the Yacht Club Berlin Grünau (YCBG) Nation Party
are looking forward to holding this big event
July 28 Wednesday Races,
in Berlin and sharing it with as many sailors as
Nation Party
possible from all over the world. Best regards
from Berlin and stay healthy! July 29 Thursday Races,
Championship
Dinner
July 30 Friday Spare Day
July 31 Saturday Races,
Prize Giving
Ceremonies
TRADITION FOR OVER 125 YEARS
The YCBG sees itself in the traditional series of those
sailing clubs that have provided the organisational
framework for sailing activities on the site at today’s
Müggelseedamm 72 since 1902, for more than one
hundred and twenty-five years.
5Yngling
investstin
sF u t u r e
I
In 2004 and 2008 the Women’s Olympic Sail-
ing Teams competed in the Yngling. Thereafter
the Olympic teams sold their boats in order to
meet their need for other high-quality regatta
– one grant per National Yngling Association
boats.
(NYA), with a maximum of three grants,
Since the interest in the Yngling Class boats assigned on a first come, first served basis
has increased again during the past two years,
– prospective buyers can apply for the grant via,
particularly in Germany and Switzerland, the
or with the help of their NYA, and the buyer
time was ripe for a new Yngling, the last one
must be an active regatta sailor
having been built in 2013. For this reason, the
International Yngling Association (IYA) started – the NYA must have bought at least 25 boat
the “Build New Yngling” Campaign in early stickers in 2021
2020. – the grant is awarded even if fewer than three
Until now, the Yngling has been built from interested parties register
polyester using the hand-layered process. In – the grant recipients participate in at least
today’s boat building, however, infusion tech- three national ranking regattas and provide
nology using mostly vinylester is widely used. experience reports in the first two years.
This way, boats are built in a more environmen- The first new Yngling, SUI 500, has received
tally friendly manner and have higher durabil- its Measurement Certificate. The new owner,
ity. Durability is important since not all boats Jürg Wenger from Switzerland, says: “I ordered
(including regatta boats) have a dry berth. the boat not because I need a new one, in fact
Since vinylester is not explicitly mentioned I already own a good boat. I did it because the
in the Yngling Class Rules, World Sailing has class needs new boats to move forward. Being
issued dispensations for the construction of a “boat tuner“, I have fun in building and equip-
three vinylester boats. ping a top boat. The related discussions with
We expect a longevity advantage, but no experienced sailors and boat builders were
performance benefits. To demonstrate this, exciting and an experience per se. Should the
test runs between the new boat and other top Class succeed in getting more attention through
boats will be carried out in early 2021 under this boat and make younger sailors become
the supervision of the Technical Committee. more aware of Yngling boats, we have achieved
To give momentum to the “Build New Yngling” something.“
initiative, the first three new boats each receive Walter Baumgartner
a grant of €5300. The grant rules are: IYA President
– boats must be ordered by March 30, 2022 at
the latest
6Build New
Yn g l i n g s
“Build New Yngling” – Based on the appeal by
the International President, Walter Baumgartner,
at the General Meeting of Suisse Yngling, a new
chapter in the history of the Yngling started in
January 2020.
Based on the boatyard’s extensive
experience in equipping Olympic boats,
and in combination with the boat
owner’s ideas, the concept for the layout
of trims and fittings was implemented,
whilst measuring according to Class
specifications guaranteed the
Only two months later, the contract for construction of a genuine Yngling.
the construction of the first Yngling to
be built with vinylester resin, by means
of vacuum infusion, was signed.
Less than three months later, the new
Yngling was placed on its keel at the Only nine months after the call for the
Mader boatyard in Germany. construction of new boats, the world’s
youngest Yngling with the number
SUI 500 embarked on its maiden voyage
on Lake Thun in Switzerland.
We are eagerly awaiting the next launch
7
Jürg Wenger, Suisse Yngling; photos: Bootswerft Mader and Stephan SpeiserTest program to
validate potential
performance
e ne w Y n g l i n g
of t h
The test will be carried out as follows:
n The new Yngling will sail against a Mader
that has been built using traditional methods,
as well as boats from other boat yards,
preferably boats that have participated in
the Olympics
As the new Yngling was built using a different n Boat set up will need to be done for all boats
resin and building method than traditional in a way that they are trimmed on max speed
Ynglings, there is a need to ensure that there for the conditions
is no difference in performance or other
n Sails should be on equal level
advantages, due to the different building
method. To validate potential differences in n 3 Crew members per Yngling (all sailors
the performance of the new Yngling, built should have equal level of experience in sailing
using Vinylester and an infusion technique, an Yngling)
and a “traditional” Yngling, a performance n Test to be done minimum on a full weekend
test program will be carried out in 2021.
The first test weekend is already scheduled n Boats should do multiple long up and
for 24 and 25 April, 2021 at Lake Thun in downwind legs including crew changes
Switzerland. n Boats should do multiple short races
(approx. 15-20 min) on a up and down course
n Crews need to change boats multiple times
in between and need to report their thoughts
and impressions
n The whole testing program will be observed
and documented by the Chief Measurer and
members of the ExCo or their delegates
n The sailors should complete a questionnaire
as well
n If wind conditions are not reasonable, the
test will need to be extended to other week-
ends
Tests need to be carried out in all sailing
conditions including flat water, waves and
different wind strengths.
8chris Since the early years of Chris’ involvement
Harper
with the Yngling Class, he has been instrumental
in the development and growth of the Class,
both in Australia and internationally. Before
Tr o p h y becoming President of the AIYA, Chris led
marketing efforts for the Yngling at the annual
Sydney Boat Show. Over many years, Chris
facilitated the construction, marketing and sale
of new Ynglings in Australia, both through his
company, and through his leadership of the
AIYA. Chris has also provided or facilitated
Chris Harper (Australia) has served the Class significant levels of financial support to the
for decades and has achieved a lot with Yngling Class over the years, through sponsor-
respect to publicity and appearance of our ship of events, loans and donations.
Class. We want to honour him with the “Chris With Chris’ leader-
Harper Trophy for Publicity” to be awarded to ship and support,
those who showed outstanding engagement the Yngling World
in the promotion of our Class. The Trophy Championships have
will be awarded for the first time at the forth- been held in Sydney,
coming Worlds. Australia on three
The objectives of the Chris Harper Trophy occasions, in 1996,
are to: 2004 and 2012.
– Promote and further the interest in the He introduced the
Yngling class, be it within the class or Windward/Leeward
externally courses which were
– Recognise promotional activities and approved by ISAF so the class could race in
encourage further promotional activities. more places, more often and have more fun.
The criteria for awarding the Chris Harper During the year 2000, with the Olympic Games
Trophy are: being held in Sydney, Chris played an important
– The promotional activity is in implement- role in ensuring that the International Yngling
ation or has been successfully carried out would be selected for the Women’s Keelboat
– Self-nomination or nomination through event at the 2004 Olympics.
others is possible Between 1994 and 2020, Chris and his wife
– The jury will be the IYA Executive Committee Jan edited and produced the Yngling Magazine
– The award is a perpetual trophy, to be with great dedication, leading to its recognition
awarded annually at the Worlds for one by the International Sailing Federation as one
winner or winning team of the best Class magazines of its type.
– Nomination deadline is 8 weeks prior to the
In 2008, Chris was awarded Honorary Life
first race day of the Worlds
Member- ship of the International Yngling
– Nominations must describe:
Association for his many years of service to
– list of people who participated in the
the Yngling Class.
promotional activity
– The objective of the activity
– Its content (if applicable)
– Its progress and impact.
About Chris Harper:
Chris Harper has been involved in the Yngling
Class since the mid 1980s and purchased his
first Yngling in 1986. He served as President of
the Australian International Yngling Association
(AIYA) between 1987 and 2005, as Treasurer of
the International Yngling Association (IYA) in
1992, as IYA Chief Measurer between 1993 and
1994, and as IYA Secretary between 1993 and
2020.
9The “dolce vita”
eG a r d a
La k
Ten Reasons why (Yngling)- sailors
should not miss any Regatta on
Georg Skolauf has summed up his feelings
Lake Garda
after the Spring European Championship in
1
2012 as follows:
Carne Salada at the Belvedere, Cozze at the
The first glance of the Lake when passing Prateria or rather a pizza at Bella Napoli. Like
the bend in the road at Nago! every year it is hard to declare a winner. In any
2
The welcome greeting “Salve, come stai?”
case we have tried them all and they were all
exceptionally delicious! The highlight of each
day was always the dinner while the best
by Fragilia della Vela and “At last back of all was the Austrian-Pasta-Party at Hotel
again” as well as “tutto a posto” answered Angelini. This year a record number of 107
with relief people attended and enjoyed the never-
3
The craning “sempre senza albero”
ending pasta melting on their tongues.
Some serious sailing was done as well, in spite
of the social life. This year the Austrian team
4
A quick ristretto served at the Club’s
consisted of 12 sailors out of which 6 sailors
were Austrian champions. This was not a
pre-condition but it happened to be that way.
terrace before the Ora sets in Accordingly, the expectations in each Austrian
5
Sailing a training course upwind to Capo
team were up to World-Class standards,
however, the newly established Triple-World
Champion Maarten Jamin (Netherlands) was
Reamol, turning around, hoisting the the favourite competitor.
spinnaker and planing all the way back!
The wind did not hold any surprises. The Ora
6
Competent race management irrespec-
was blowing with 4-6 Beaufort, thus only
allowing a beat to the right side along the rock
wall. Whoever tacked closer to the rocks had an
tive of the number of competitors or the advantage. Some even said they could have
strength of the wind
touched the rocks, and that in waves with some
7
Pasta doppo le regatta, showering, dinner,
foam on top! It was a miracle that no-one lost
their Yngling to the rocks. Since the daily start
was always scheduled for 1300 hours it was
deserts at Cristallo and a final drink at the easy to sleep long and digest the dinner before
Oca-Bar preparing for the next start.
8
A satisfied and good sleep
Team AUT 293: The experienced champion
Rudi in his typical Lake Garda sequence: A
typical start in 1st or 2nd position, hardening up
9
New day, Ora again with sailing at its best
each wave and pumping downhill as much as
possible. His specialty is jibing in strong wind
as well as sailing an Yngling slalom on the beat.
10
Looking forward to the next Year!
Andreas – I believe – at one instance shut his
eyes for a short moment and broached!
Team AUT 300: On the first day Martin had to
Life could not be any better! rush back to Vienna to attend to some urgent
10matters at work. On the second day 4 Austrian
teams reached the first windward mark in
positions 1-4, a historical moment! But then fate
struck: Martin broached and went overboard
also ripping the tiller off its pintels. While Susi shrouds between the spinnaker pole and the
and Christoph were recovering the sails unable boom. Luckily the subsequent jibe did not
to manoeuver, the Carabinieris fished Martin break the rig but “only” the spinnaker pole
from the water. For the team this took care of and eyelet. On the last day in a dying Ora the
the day 3’s races (apart from dinner)! best course was to go along the extreme left
Team AUT 82: At last they had the right weight side. The team realised this change and won.
for Lake Garda. Heavy-weight crew members Franz rocks!
combined with a light-weight helm produced Incidentally the overall winner was the
perfect results on the first day. On the second favourite, Jamin. Congratulations also goes
day however, during a start, one crew went to Rudi as Runner-Up! Excellent!
overboard. From the third day onwards one Sailing, dining and sleeping. The “dolce vita”
crew was exchanged with a young female at Lake Garda pays off every year!
Dutch Opti-sailor. An overall result was no Ci Vediamo a Riva!
longer possible.
Yours truly, Andreas Knittel
Team AUT 276: The first day was used to trim
Sailing the Yngling on Lake Garda since 1981,
the boat to local conditions. Thereafter the
IYA Honorary Member since 2018
boat performed well. The new crew tried
out the spinnaker pole in all possible and
impossible positions. The highlight: At a
leeward mark he had managed to jam the
11The Swiss ROUND 2
The boat building of the last decades has been
dominated by fiber-reinforced plastic. The hand –
Yngling
layered process was often considered as the highest
quality feature and thus was the pride of many boat-
yards, however, environmental standards and industrial
Quiz
hygiene regulations no longer allow this production
method in many countries as at today because the
styrene emissions exceeded the permitted level
many times over. Fortunately, there are alternative
construction methods.
Introduction by Walter Baumgartner: During the first The picture below shows how a Yngling hull was built
half year regatta sailing in Switzerland – as in many at the Mader shipyard a few days ago.
other countries – was not possible. To keep in touch
with our members Jürg Wenger, Fleet Captain Lake
Thun, created a quiz about sailing and boat building.
Most of us have learned something new.
Jürg introduced the first round as follows: “Regatta
sailing is on hold. You still want to compete with
other Yngling sailors? In that case our contest
comes just in time. Test your knowledge and
answer the questions. There will be a lucky draw
amongst the senders with the correct answers to
the questions and three senders will each receive
a copy of the Yngling Magazine.“
Eligible are members of Suisse Yngling and friends Question: What is the name of this production method
of the Yngling Class. Board members are excluded. used nowadays in the construction of modern boats?
ROUND 3
Even without the chance to present their brand-new
Yngling to a broad public on the occasion of the Worlds
in Berlin, Mader Boatyard continues building boats
without interruption. The new hull is taking shape.
In order to transmit the forces of the keel to the boat
hull, to stiffen the hull as well as to support the floor
respectively the double bottom, elements are installed
in the bilge area.
Question: What is this element called?
And now to the questions.
ROUND 1
Question 1
What is a Weed Stick and what is it for?
Question 2
In which regulations is the term Weed Stick found?
a. Guidelines for the organisation of Swiss Yngling
Class Championships
b. Yngling Class Rules
c. IYA Championship Rules
Suisse Yngling wishes you lots of fun and luck
12ROUND 4 ROUND 5 (early July 2020)
During the last few days a new Yngling was measured Question 1
at Mader Boatyard in Germany. This resulted in
On which Swiss lake was the picture below taken?
interesting pictures.
a. Lake Geneva
Question 1
b. Lake Zurich
What hangs on this high-precision scale? c. Lake Thun
a. The bare cast keel.
b. The bare boat shell, consisting of the hull and deck
of the Yngling.
c. The hull with all fittings.
Question 2
Why does the Yngling shown in the sail have a Z
preceding the sail number?
a. In the early days of Swiss sailing history, each lake
was assigned its own sail number.
Question 2 E.g. Z for Lake Zurich and G for Lake Geneva
By using a crane Andreas Mader places the hull of the b. Regatta boats of one design class were initially
boat on its side in order that the surveyor, Christian given so-called registration numbers, the Z number.
Dylla, can check the following properties: c. Holland, a leading seafaring nation, used to assign
a. Tilt test, to check how far the boat tilts forward or the first nationality marks. Z therefore stands for
aft to determine the longitudinal center of gravity the Dutch Zwitserland.
of the hull.
b. The stability of the boat is tested for lateral forces.
c. The position of the vertical centre of gravity of the
hull is checked.
Question 3
Since when are today’s usual three-digit country codes
part of the sail number?
a. At the turn of the millennium, starting from the year
2000, ISAF introduced standardized three-letter
country codes.
b. At the 1995 annual meeting of ISAF, it was decided to
use three-digit country codes. After a transitional
period of 4 years, from 31 March 1999, the three-digit
code was obligatory when sails were re-measured.
c. On November 10, 2000, the Yngling class was
selected by the ISAF as the women’s Olympic
keelboat class for the 2004 Summer Olympic
Games in Athens. The Yngling class also had
to adopt the three-digit country code that is
mandatory for other Olympic boat classes.
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The answers can be found on page 36.3d printing
r sp a r e p a r t s
fo
This spring, having replaced the standing rigging on
my Yngling over the winter, I found myself having to
acquire new spreader caps for a poorly documented
fifty-year old boat (Figure 1). There seemed to be no
chance of buying ‘genuine’ replacements, and I had
resigned myself to either laboriously carving a plastic
chopping board, or messily attempting to cast the
old parts in epoxy resin, when I remembered that 3D
printing has become widely available. 3D printing, as
the name suggests, enables three-dimensional
structures to be built up a layer at a time. The most
Figure 2
common (and affordable) approach uses filaments of
thermoplastic which are extruded hot from the
print-head and harden on cooling. These now cost TinkerCad because it is reputable (belonging to the
not much more than a normal inkjet printer, and there company Autodesk, Inc.) and since it runs in a web
are also an ever-increasing number of commercial browser, it would work on my Macintosh and also has
services which will print a design for you (uploaded as a reputation for simplicity, and is widely used (making
a digital design file). it easy to find advice on-line). If, like me, you don’t
Although I had little prior experience of using a CAD have much experience with CAD software then I
program, it only took me an afternoon with the bits of would definitely recommend working through the
the old spreader end cap, a Vernier calliper and the online tutorials to get used to the concepts and user
TinkerCad® software to develop a shape that looked interface. Online services for printing will usually
plausible (Figure 2). I chose the free online service accept a few different file formats — common options
include .stl and .obj. If preparing a 3D file from general
purpose software, be aware of the limitations of the
Figure 1
3D printing.
My biggest problem in developing the CAD model of
my spreader end cap was not so much the use of the
software, as the fact that my example end cap was
broken and I wasn’t actually sure as to what it was for
(e.g. should it grip the shrouds tightly, or should they
be free to move through the end cap; I settled for a
friction grip).
I didn’t entirely trust my measurements, and I wasn’t
sure what the dimensional tolerance on printing
would be, so I had deliberately made my model
slightly over size, in order to be able to sand the part
to an exact fit. My lack of experience with CAD
software and the limitations of TinkerCad meant
that the model didn’t have chamfered edges so
these would in any case have to be rounded off. As
I had concerns about the ability of PLA to survive the
summer temperatures and UV light here in Switzer-
land, I chose to print my first parts in PETG (see Table
1) from a commercial online service and the parts duly
arrived a few days later. It turned out to be quite a lot
harder to sand PETG than wood, but after an hour
or so of sanding I was pleased with the fit into the
spreader. I then learnt the hard way that PETG (and
14PLA) are somewhat brittle and broke the parts whilst
trying to force the shroud through the clamping part
into the groove foreseen for it within the end cap...
In the meantime, I had learnt that a friend of mine had
their own 3D printer (using PLA) and had quite some
experience. They helped to make a slightly better
CAD model (using FreeCad), and offered to also print
the parts at slightly different sizes to save time with
the fitting. It is possible to sand PLA or PETG by hand,
but due to their low glass transition temperature (I.e.
softening point) it is tricky to use an electric drill or
abrasive tool such as a Dremel. If you have access to
your own printer, a trial and error approach, adjusting
the CAD model after each test fit is probably fastest.
PLA and PETG come in a range of colours so I decid-
ed to print the port and starboard endcaps in red and
green, see Figure 3 and Figure 4. I had intended to
wrap the endcaps in protective tape to protect the
plastic from sunshine (and the sails from the end cap),
but forgot to do this; after one season, the end caps
still look OK.
In summary, where not too much strength or flexibility
is required, and no heat from friction will be generated,
3D printing using plastics can be used to economical- Figure 3
ly produce a variety of customised small parts around
the boat e.g. hooks, shelves, cup-holders... For more If anybody is interested in reproducing such end
money, professional services can also produce metal caps, I would be happy to supply a .stl file as a starting
parts by 3D printing (e.g. using a laser to melt metal point.
powder) and this capability, which has long been
James Whitby
used for prototyping, is now moving into mainstream
Lake of Thun fleet, Switzerland
manufacturing.
Email: james_whitby@yahoo.com
Figure 4 Acknowledgements
Many thanks to Dr Ruth Ziethe for advice, printing,
and having proof-read this article.
Glossary
ABS Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene
PETG Polyethylene terephthalate glycol-modified
PLA Polylactic acid
TABLE 1 COMPARISON OF MATERIAL PROPERTIES
PLA PETG ABS Nylon Aluminium
(polyamide)
Tensile 40 30 30 50 300 depends
Strength/MPa hugely on the alloy
Durability Biodegradable, Good UV Very good Excellent in
softens at 60°C, resistance, fresh water
poor UV softens at 80°C
resistance
Comments The most Relatively new. Requires heated Trickier to print Not brittle
brittle of these material, good print bed at home
materials compromise 15iya Annual
general meeting
2020
Friday 2nd October, 22:00 hrs
Berlin, Germany
1. Call to order - Attendees and Apologies. A question was raised about the cost and the
online format of the Yngling Magazine, and the
1. Walter Baumgartner President SUI
meeting agreed that articles and excerpts from
2. Maarten Jamin Vice President NED the magazine will be reproduced on the Inter-
3. Christian Dylla Chief measurer GER national Yngling Association website and other
4. Rimmert van der Kooij Social Media Officer online platforms.
NOR 9. The Financial Statement, Accounts, Balance
5. Hamish Jarrett Proxy AUS AUS and Treasurers comments, and the Auditors
6. Bernhard Prange President AUT AUT report were presented by Petra Schutt.
7. Petra Schutt President GER GER Overall, a loss of 2.338 CHF was recorded,
due to currency fluctuations.
8. Marnix van Dishoeck President NED NED
10. The Executive Committee was discharged
9. Ronny Rognhaugen President NOR NOR
for the past year.
10. Mattias Dahlström President SWE SWE
11. Proposals
11. Sally Jacquemin President USA USA
• Class Rules: No Proposals
12. Eva Baumgartner Observer SUI
• Championship Rules: No Proposals
13. Peter Carter Class Measurer AUS
• Constitution Proposal: No Proposals.
14. Felix Schneider Class Measurer SUI
12. Reports and recommendations from the
15. Chad Lewis Observer USA IYA Technical Committee
16. Andreas Schobesberger The committee met on 31 July 2020, with
Observer AUT Christian Dylla, Felix Schneider, Peter Carter and
Maarten Jamin in attendance. The status of the
Present in Berlin were Petra Schutt, Maarten new Yngling was discussed. The boat was built
Jamin, Christian Dylla, Walter and Eva at the Mader wharf in Germany. It was finished
Baumgartner. All others participated via Zoom. in August and measured at the beginning of
2. Opening of the meeting 22:05 Berlin time. September. The Technical Committee will test
3. Walter Baumgartner was elected Chairman the boat over a number of situations. The weight
of the meeting and Adam Tran was elected of the new boat is 700 grams over the minimum
Secretary. requirement. The cost of building the new boat
4. The Notice of Meeting and the Agenda was is comparable to the cost of previous boats built
approved. by Mader, as most processes for building the
boat are the same, and the difference in mould-
5. The voting registry was approved with 55 votes.
ing technique represents a small component of
48 votes or 87% of the votes are represented.
the price.
6. No new NYA’s were recognised.
Peter Carter, Chad Lewis and Ronny Rognhaugen
7. Minutes of AGM 2019 in Sheboygen, USA, are proposed to become members of the
were approved, with thanks to Karin Imoberdorf. Technical Committee.
8. The Annual Report 2019 was distributed prior 13. Review of IYA info. Magazine, website, Face-
to the meeting. book and Y for future booklet.
Walter Baumgartner delivered a presentation The Yngling Magazine was discussed during
covering key points from the Annual Report discussion of the Annual Report.
(attached).
16It was noted that the Yngling website suffered
security breaches last year and has been moved
to an external webhosting service to avoid this 18. Elections and Appointments
situation in future.
Walter Baumgartner was elected as President for
14. Future Regattas one year.
Date: June 4-6, 2021 Maarten Jamin was elected as Vice President for
Location: Riva del Garda, Italy one year.
Event: 2021 Springtime European Championship
Adam Tran was elected as Secretary for one year.
Organising Club: Fragile Della Vela Riva
Petra Schutt was elected as Treasurer for one year.
Status: Confirmed
Amalie Hallager was elected as Social Media
Date: July 24-31, 2021
Officer for one year.
Location: Berlin, Germany
Event: 2021 Open World Championship The Technical committee was appointed,
Organising Club: Yacht Club Berlin Grünau comprising of Christian Dylla, Felix Schneider
Status: To be confirmed and Jorgen Ring, Peter Carter, Chad Lewis,
Ronny Rognhaugen, and with Maarten Jamin
Date: July 22-29, 2022
as observer.
Location: Koper, Slovenia
Event: 2022 Open World Championship Webmaster Lukas Hitz is serving a second year.
Organising Club: JK Jadro Koper Grant Thornton was appointed as Certified
Status: Application to IYA approved Auditor.
A question was raised about the IYA’s involvement 19. World Sailing Classes Committee – Walter
in organising the World Championships. It was Baumgartner was confirmed as the IYA represent-
clarified that the IYA always organises the Worlds ative at the World Sailing Classes Committee.
in conjunction with the country MNA and host 20. Any other business
club.
It was noted that Rimmert van der Kooij is
15. Builders information departing as Social Media Officer, and the
There was no change to the list of licensed President thanked Rimmert for the work he
builders has done in this role.
Walter Baumgartner reported that he visited the It was noted that Mattias Dahlström is departing
Mader Wharf and was very impressed by the from his roles with the Yngling Class and the
professionalism of the builder. President thanked Mattias for his involvement
16. New Yngling Projects in the class for the last 20 years.
The main project for next year will be testing of It was noted that Chris Harper has retired from
new Mader boat. his roles with the Yngling Class and the President
thanked Chris for his contribution to the Yngling
17. Membership and Label Fees, Budget for
Class over many decades. The Vice President
2019/2020
proposed, and the meeting agreed that a Chris
Fees
Harper trophy would be established and it will be
IYA Fees were accepted as follows:
awarded every year to the person who has done
Membership Fee €20
most to promote the Yngling Class. The form and
Application for entry €20
criteria of the trophy will be discussed further
IYA Share at Championships €30
and it will be awarded for the first time at the
(or as negotiated)
next World Championship.
IYA Sail Label €35
21. Date and time for next AGM at the Worlds
Change/increase of fees shall be discussed next
2021 in Berlin, Germany, to be advised.
year.
22. The meeting was closed at 23:40, Berlin time.
Budget
A loss of CHF268 is forecast for 2020-2021. How- Minutes Secretary: Adam Tran
ever, the IYA Executive has made a commitment Chairman: Walter Baumgartner
of maintaining CHF35000 in the Association’s 2 October 2020
accounts.
The budget was accepted.
17Treasurer’s
eport R
INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT MAY 1, 2019 TO APRIL 30, 2020
CHF Budget 2019/20 Accounts 2019/20 Budget 2020/21
INCOME Expenditure Income Expenditure Income Expenditure Income
3210 Building fees 110
3220 Boat sticker fees 9,775 10,514 10,272
3230 Sail label fees 4,000 4,480 3,371
3310 European Championship 1,500 1,446
3320 Open World Championship 1,425 2,521
3410 Bank interests 100 68 50
3420 Adjustment on securities -516
3430 Forex profit/loss -4,527
16,800 13,986 13,803
EXPENSES
5610 Yngling Magazine 3,000 2570 2,500
5620 Communication & Marketing, 500 150 1,000
Website
5710 Expenses measurer 1,800 1750 500
(travel expenses, technical)
equipment, admin
5720 Class Management 750 105 250
5800 Open World Championship 2,000 1,016
5810 European Championship
5820 Worlds Charter Boat Program 7,800 5,000 3,466 3,466
5830 Worlds Shipping Program 2019 4,600 4,600 6,348 6,348
5820/5830 12,400 9,600 9,814 9,814
5840 “Build New Yngling” 5,711 5,671
5860 Half models, medals, gifts 1,500 2392 700 250
5910 Conferences and meetings 1,000 623 800
5920 World Sailing fees 300 276 300
5930 Annual General Meeting 250 250
6010 Admin 1,200 950 1,000
6020 Auditor 800 862 900
6030 Bank charges 400 386 400
6040 Mailing fees 100 146 150
6050 Other expenses 100 86 100
26,100 9,600 26,837 10,514 14,071 0
OPERATING RESULT 300 -2,337 -268
26,100 26,100 26,837 26,837 14,071 14,071
18CHF Balance as per…
April 30 April 30 Notes
2019 2020
ASSETS 1 Bank accounts according to bank statements as per
Bank 60,947 51,045 1 April 30, 2020
Bond fund 15,256 14,740 2 2 Bond fund: 131.764 parts
Accounts receivables 711 257 3 3 Accounts receivables: NED-Yngling Application Fee 2020
Active accruals/ 1,916 4 4 Active accruals/prepaid expenses: nil
prepaid expenses 5 Accounts payable: reimbursement World Championship
78,830 66,042 Y-SLO and Y-USA, overpayment Application of entry Y-AUS
LIABILITIES 6 Deferred income and accrued expenses: nil
Accounts payable 47 111 5 7 Accruals: measurement equipment (CHF 5,000), seminars for
Deferred income and 0 6 race officials (CHF 5,000), plug cost (CHF 5,000), Worlds Charter
accrued expenses Boat Program/Youth Support (CHF 1,186)
Accruals 26,700 16,185 7 Reduction of CHF 10,514 due to the release of accruals for
26,747 16,296 medals and gifts (CHF 700), shipping costs (various regattas
EQUITY CHF 6,000) and charter boat program (CHF 5,000) OWC USA
Accumulated funds 48,171 52,083 2019 in total = 9,814 CHF
Result of the period 3,912 -2,337 8 8 The result of the period (loss) is mainly based on exchange rate
52,083 49,746 9 CHF/EUR and the lower value of the bonds (about 5,000 CHF)
TOTAL Liabilities and Equity 78,830 66,042 9 Equity shall not become lower than CHF 34,000 which
corresponds roughly to two years of lost revenues.
Comments on income and expenditure accounts 2019/2020 5820/5830 Total Support. Total Support Charter Boat and
final result confirmed by Grant Thornton AG, Zürich (Auditor) - World Shipping Program 9.814 CHF
INCOME CHF *Total Release of Accruals 9.814 CHF
3220 Boat sticker fees: 481 stickers sold -> budget 425 Stickers *The budget had foreseen expenditures of 7,800 CHF for
charter boats (according to the AGM decision 2015) and
3230 Sail label fees: 117 labels sold (132 in 2018/19) -> budget
4,600 CHF for shipping costs (according to postal voting
100 labels
from 03/08/2018 max. 13,000 CHF), to be subsidised with
3310 European Championship Austria – IYA Fee: 43 boats 5,000 CHF and 4,600 CHF – in summa 9,600 CHF from the
3320 Open World Championship accruals (2100).
Lake Michigan/USA 2019, application fee and IYA fee for 22 5840 Build New Yngling. First grant according to IYA ExCo
boats -> budget 25 boats decision from 24/02/2020 -> not budgeted
Berlin/GER 2020, application fee for 58 boats + 14 wild cards -> 5860 Half models, medals, gifts.
not budgeted, application fee preferred due to expected high Medals & gifts EC 2019, WC USA
number of participants
5910 Conferences and meetings. Travel and accommodation
3410 Bank interests. Net earnings on Corporate Bonds World Sailing conference
3420 Adjustment on securities. Stock market loss ->value CHF 5920 World Sailing fees. Yngling class subscription
14.740 as per 30.04.2020 (CHF 15,256 as per 30.04.2019)
5930 Annual General Meeting.
3430: Forex profit/loss. CHF devaluation vs. EUR: 4,527 CHF Allowances for administration: nil
loss (profit 2018/2019 = 3,463 CHF)
6010 Admin. Print of new boat stickers for 2020, allowances
Total income of 13,986 CHF matches budget of 16,800 CHF for administration
EXPENDITURES CHF 6020 Auditor: Audit Grant Thornton
5610 Yngling Magazine. Annual Magazine 2020 (incl. print) 6030 Bank charges. Various fees
5620 Yngling website. Hosting package: securing the data 6040 Mailing expenses. Net mailing cost (sail label dispatch
on our homepage is charged, boat stickers dispatch is not charged)
5710 Expenses measurer. Travel expenses USA and AUT, 6050 Other expenses. Mainly office supply
technical equipment (flightcase scale) Total expenditures of 16,324 CHF are 9,777 CHF lower than
5720 Class Management. Donation in memory of Ruth budgeted, mainly due to release of accruals for Worlds Charter
McCance (Y-AUS) Boat and Shipping Program in the amount of 9,814 CHF.
5800 Open World Championship. Bank fees, Travel expenses Savings of CHF 3,100 were achieved in various areas, so that
WB consultation WC Berlin, GER 2020 + Koper/Slovenien 2021 the expenditure for the “Build New Yngling” project was largely
compensated.
5810 Springtime Europeans: no Springtime Europeans
RESULT
5820 Worlds Charter Boat Program. *Support for 4 overseas
boats 3,466 CHF Overall, a loss of 2,338 CHF is recorded.
5830 Worlds Shipping Program. *Support for 2 boats 6,348 CHF
192021 calendar of
E v e n t s
Date Location Event Organising Club Link
April 2021
3-5 Kaag, NED Easter Regatta KWV de Kaag kwvdekaag.nl/
17-18 Oberhofen, SUI Y-Cup Regatta 1
17-18 Medemblik, NED United 4 Sailing RYC Hollandia united4sailing.org/
17-18 Wallersee, AUT Einrumpfstrolch SCSW segelclub-seekirchen.at/
24-25 Beinwil, Hallwilersee, SUI Y-Cup Regatta 2
May 2021
1-2 Geldern, GER 8. Gelderland-Cup Wassersportgemeinschaft wsg-gelderland.de
Heidesee Gelderland e.V.
1-2 Traunsee, AUT Goldene Yngling, SCA sc-altmuenster.com/
National Championship
Upper AUT
8-9 Landeshafen Wörth, GER 8. Silberschäkel-Regatta Ruder-und Kanuclub rkcw.de
Wörth e.V.
8-9 Zürich, SUI Y-Cup Regatta 3 Zürcher Segel Club z-s-c.ch/
15-16 Seddinsee, Berlin, GER Sonderwettfahrten Dahme Jacht Club e.V. dj-c.org
21-24 Oberwinter bis Krefeld, GER Rheinwoche 2021 Regattagemeinschaft rheinwoche.org
Rhein e.V.
22-24 Scheveningen, NED North Sea Regatta JC Scheveningen nsr.nl/
29-30 Langer See/Seddinsee, Dahme Cup Yngling Wassersportverein wsv1921.de
Berlin, GER 1921 e.V.
29-30 Halterner Stausee, GER 2. Yngling Cup Haltern Segelclub Prinzensteg segelclub-prinzensteg.de
June 2021
4-6 Riva del Garda, ITA 2021 Springtime Fraglia Della Vela Riva fragliavelariva.it/en/
Championship
11-13 Medemblik, NED Open Dutch Sailing RYC Hollandia opendutchsailing.org/
Championships
19-20 Brunnen, SUI Y-Cup Regatta 4 Regattaverein Brunnen
26-27 Lohheider See, 40. Niederrhein-Pokal Seglergemeinschaft lohheider-see.de
Duisburg, GER Lohheider See e.V.
July 2021
3-4 Wolfgangsee, AUT Salzkammergutpreis, UYYC Wg .uyc-wolfgangsee.at/
National Championship
Salzburg
10-11 Veerse Meer, NED Zeeland Regatta WV de Arne zeelandregatta.eu/
21-25 Kaag, NED Kaagweek, 100th edition KWV de Kaag kwvdekaag.nl/
24-31 Berlin, GER 2021 Open World Yacht Club Berlin Grünau ycbg.de
Championship
20Date Location Event Organising Club Link
August 2021
5-8 Alpena, Michigan, USA North American Yngling Alpena Yacht Club usa.yngling.org/
Championship
7-2 Sneek, NED 85th Sneekweek KWS sneekweek.nl/
21-22 Thun, SUI Y-Cup Regatta 5 Thunersee Yachtclub tyc.ch/
27-29 Achensee, AUT Austrian Championship, SCTWV sctwv.at/
National Championship
Tirol
28-29 Askøy, outside Bergen, NOR Norwegian Askøy Seilforening askoy-seilforening.no/
Championship yngling/
September 2021
9-12 Steckborn, SUI Swiss Championship
11-12 Baggersee Leopoldshafen YNGLING-Ranglisten Segelkameradschaft sk-leopoldshafen.de
Mittelgrund, GER regatta Leopoldshafen e. V
11-12 Enkhuizen, NED Sportboat Cup EWVA ewva.nl/
25-26 Donau, AUT Weinleseregatta, National SCKr segelbootclub-krems.at/
Championship Lower
Austria
October 2021
2-3 Müggelsee, Berlin, GER 71. Internationaler Yacht Club Berlin Grünau ycbg.de
Nebelpokal
2-3 Roermond, NED 50th Yngling Class Event Maas en Roer maasenroer.nl/
9-10 Zürich, SUI Y-Cup Regatta 6 ZYC zyc.ch/site/index.cfm
23-24 Langweer, NED Hein Ruyten Trophy Yngling Club Holland yngling.nl/
November 2021
20-21
Lohheider See, Nikolaus-Regatta Seglergemeinschaft lohheider-see.de
Duisburg, GER (reserve regatta Lohheider See e.V.
NRW replacement)
TBA Australia Australian Championships RSYS
July 2022
22-29 Koper, SLO 2022 Open World JK Jadro Koper jadrokoper.si
Championship
TBA Okoboji, Iowa, USA North American Yngling
Championship
21australian
R e p o r t
The Australian Yngling fleet was fortunate to
enjoy a mostly-normal 2020 sailing season,
despite disruptions caused by bushfires and
the global COVID-19 pandemic.
14 pointscore races on top of three pre-season
During late 2019 and early 2020, major bushfires
training races. The series provides a good
near Sydney resulted in a number of days of
opportunity for emerging and established helms-
extremely poor air quality across the city. This
women to hone their skills each Tuesday night,
resulted in reduced participation as skippers
on a quiet, peaceful and mostly empty Sydney
and crews decided not to sail due to health
Harbour. Within the One-design division, the best
considerations, or commitments to assist with
score for a Yngling Class entry was achieved by
the bushfires.
Elyse Guevara-Rattray, sailing Holly (YAUS 58),
On 17 March 2020, following the implementation followed by Kirstin Reblin, sailing Mojo (YAUS 47)
of COVID-19 restrictions by the State Govern- and Sarah Bartels, sailing Karma (YAUS 45).
ment, sailing activities were cancelled. Racing
The NSW State Championships were held on 7
remained suspended until 6 June, when Royal
and 8 March 2020, and saw nine boats participat-
Sydney Yacht Squadron (RSYS) held its first
ing, including a youth team led by Jack Littlechild,
post-lockdown race.
sailing on Holly (YAUS 58), and a new team led by
From 6 June, until the end of 2020, regular races Tissa Jayasekera, the proud new owner of Evie
were held by RSYS, including Yngling races. (YAUS 59). The Championships were won by
However, during September and December, Hamish Jarrett sailing Miss Pibb (YAUS 60), with
a number of events were re-classified as non- Gary Wogas second on Karma (YAUS 45) and
pointscore races, as sailors from specific areas Gary Pearce third on BlackAdder (YAUS 56).
of Sydney could not participate because of
The second annual Ladies of the Sea Coaching
temporary restrictions.
Regatta had been scheduled for the weekend
Like previous years, the 2020 season saw regular of 3 and 4 October 2020, with a number of
Mini-Regattas, Saturday round-the-buoys races, Ynglings participating. However, due to COVID-19
the Paspaley Tuesday Ladies’ Twilights, Sunday restrictions, the event could not proceed, In
Twilights, and one-off events such as the State place of the regatta, the RSYS held the Captain
and National Championships. Rountree Cup, a single-day race around Sydney
The Mini-Regatta series comprised of 34 Harbour, which included separate divisions for
scheduled races held over 12 Saturdays between Female Helm & Female Crew, and Female Helm
September 2019 and March 2020. Two were & Mixed Crew. The race took place on Saturday
abandoned due to lack of wind, and two races 3 October 2020, on a near-perfect spring sailing
were abandoned due to COVID-19 restrictions. day, with three Ynglings participating.
The 2019-20 Mini-Regatta series was won by The Australian Championship were held between
Hamish Jarrett sailing Miss Pibb (YAUS 60), with 27 and 29 November 2020, with eight boats
Gary Wogas second on Karma (YAUS 45) and participating. The first day two races were sailed
Gary Pearce third on BlackAdder (YAUS 56). under clear skies and moderate Nor Easterly
The Sydney Yngling fleet continued to enjoy its winds – perfect Sydney sailing conditions.
own division in the RSYS’s Spring, Summer and Day 2 of the Championship saw one of the most
Main series races on Saturdays. In total, 18 races extraordinary and challenging days of sailing
were scheduled as part of theses series events, experienced on Sydney Harbour in recent
with 14 races counting toward the various memory, with four races sailed in very hot and
pointscores and four non-pointscore races. gusty Nor Westerly winds. For many of the races,
Four races were also counted as part of the the wind temperatures were recorded at above
Mini-Regatta series, The 2019-20 Spring, Summer 39°C, nearly reaching 40°C at times. On the final
and Main series pointscores was won by Gary day racing moved forward three hours ahead of
Pearce on BlackAdder (YAUS 56). forecast strong winds during the late morning
The Paspaley Tuesday Ladies’ Twilight series
continued to attract a strong contingent with
22and afternoon. Two races were started in
increasingly strong winds. However, all racing was
WHO’S WHO
abandoned during the first beat of the second
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The crew of Miss Pibb (YAUS 60) won the President: Adam Tran
Championship. Miss Pibb was sailed by Hamish Mobile +61 403 805 493
Jarrett (skipper), Max Hayman and Chris Pearson. Vice President:
Second overall on scratch went to the crew of Elyse Guevara-Rattray
Karma (YAUS 45), sailed by Gary Wogas (skipper), Secretary: Hamish Jarrett
Cameron Sloey and Nicole Follington, and third Mobile +61 418 966 635
went to the crew of Blackadder (YAUS 56) sailed Email australianyngling@gmail.com
by Gary Pearce (skipper), Ellis Todres and Ellen
Treasurer: Amberley Sprague
Sijtsma. The Sirocco Trophy for best all-female
crew, and first overall on handicap, went to the Other Committee Members:
crew of Holly (YAUS 58), sailed by Elyse Guevara- Max Hayman
Rattray (skipper), Phillipa Howse and Alison Callum Thompson
Brierley. Second on handicap went to Yertle Gary Wogas
(YAUS 34), sailed by Jan Newland (skipper), Ellis Todres
Lovelle D’Sousa and Andrew Hunt, and third Chief Measurer:
went to the Wyandot (YAUS 4), sailed by Bryan Peter Carter
Riddell (skipper), Dimiter Nedialkov and Joanne Phone +61 2 9948 6351
Van Hagen.
The Skipper Development Program, which was
launched in September 2019, continued during
2020. Unfortunately, due to the bushfires, busy
participant schedules and COVID-19 restrictions,
the number of program sessions was lower
than planned. Nonetheless, the AIYA remains
committed to the development of the
participants, and further sessions are planned
for the 2020-2021 sailing season.
The Yngling continues to be one of the key one-
design keelboat classes at RSYS and provides
regular opportunities for close and competitive
one-design racing, skills development, social
engagement and connection with fellow Yngling
sailors in Europe and the United States.
23austrian
R e p o r t
Due to the Corona crisis, it was difficult to hold
regattas. Not only the regatta on Lake Garda,
but also the World Championship in Berlin was
cancelled. Second Regatta at Lake Wolfgang:
In Austria we sailed only 3 regattas. Salzkammergutpreis
Season Opening in Altmünster (Traunsee) Lake Wolfgang in August – there is no wind –
The weather report did not predict any major and they were considering moving it to another
air movements on the first weekend in August. month, but that failed. The August date was
Therefore, Saturday afternoon began – waiting expected to be good because we had 13 Ynglings
for the wind. at the starting line, and the fairy tale that there is
no wind in St. Gilgen in August was refuted.
Thanks to our host Giorgo, the atmosphere on
the club terrace was excellent, and the closer the In the morning the sun was shining, but more and
evening drew everyone realised that we had to more clouds came in with a beautiful west wind.
get up early on Sunday. And that’s how it was, We were able to complete two great races in
starting at 6:00am with the expected south wind. the best conditions. In the third race the sky was
The start took place with a bit of delay (only AUT already darkening and we hoped that the race
369 coming from Gmunden was on time). The would be shortened. But the race continued, and
hoped-for southerly wind was just a “Südprise”. our equipment was checked for water resistance.
There was just one rounding set for this race, We all entered the harbour with lightning, thunder
and only Hans and Jörg finished. Bernhard would and heavy rain. In the first three races, Wolfgang
have finished third, but he stopped 5m before in AUT 285, was in a class of his own and
the finish line, avoiding the rule that the skipper celebrated a start-finish-victory in all three races!
who comes third in the first race, must write the On Sunday the bad weather was over and the
regatta report for the homepage. The first race day started with sun and smooth water. In the
finished by the skin of its teeth, but it was done. early afternoon the typical Lake Wolfgang
Again, we were waiting for wind, but just before “Brunnwind” suddenly came up from the north-
some people were ordering lunch, the west wind west, and we left immediately. This time it was
came up. Two relatively nice races were sailed, very tricky, and in the end the same two locals
making the series valid. Congratulations to Jörg & were in front again. The wind was just enough
Jörg on winning the Golden Yngling, with Upper for a shortened race.
Austrian National Champion in second overall, We sincerely congratulate the well-deserved
Hans & Karl. And of course, a big thank you to winners from Lake Wolfgang on the first two
the organising Club SCA with regatta director rankings. Four boats from the SCA followed,
Alex and his team who brought out the best. notably the youth boat with Max, Simon and Paul,
who put on a great performance. It was a very
successful event and we would like to thank the
race committee, the helpers and the catering.
Austrian Championship: Traunsee
Friday 28-08-2020 day 1
Departure was after 12 noon with the wind from
the north. When all Ynglings got to the start line,
there was only a slight south wind. After waiting
a while the prospects looked bad, and everyone
returned to the harbour. Shortly after, the north
wind picked up again, which, to the surprise of
almost everyone, built up quickly, and we left
again. We sailed two very nice races in perfect
conditions up to 3 beaufort. In the first race, the
result reflected the usual pattern of this year,
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