Photo Credit:@ KNS / 2024 World Championship
Photo Credit: @ KNS / 2024 World Championship
Photo Credit: @ KNS / 2024 World Championship
About United States Soling Association
The Soling is a World Sailing Class formerly called International Class, it was an Olympic equipment from 1972 to 2000. Famous US sailors went through the one before their superlative success in different classes, amongst an extensive list we can mention unforgattable ones winning medals to the USA like Buddy Melges(Gold), John Kolius(Silver), Robbie Heines(Gold), John Kostecki(Silver) , Kevin Mahaney(Silver), Jeff Madrigali(Bronze).
The boat was designed and it is sailed oftenly by three persons, but class also allow to be sailed by two with no crew weight limits, neither age or gender. Like any other one design class to be mastered requires time, training and talent, but it is easy sailed reason the boat has been a choice of many sailing school centers, this also due the low cost of maintenance and easy storage on winter out of the water with easy transport within its road trailer.
Design
Boats Produced: 3500
Class boat builder(s):
Liebner Boat Yard (Germany)
Borresen (Denmark-Argentina)
Approximately how many boats are in the USA/North America? 800
Where is your One-Design class typically sailed in the USA? List regions of the country:
Milwaukee, Annapolis, San Diego, Boston
Does this class have a spinnaker or gennaker? Yes
Ideal combined weight of range of crew: 580
Boat Designed in 1965
Beam: 4′
Weight of rigged boat without sails: 2220
Draft: 4′
Mast Height: 28′