Magazine Highlights

The 2026 issue captures a busy year of international competition and looks forward to major upcoming milestones for the class:

• 2025 World Championship Recap: A detailed report on the high-stakes “chess game on water” at the Oosterschelde in the Netherlands, where NED 353 (Yska Minks, Wouter Toornstra, and Barbara Huber) claimed the gold medal.
• Celebrating Anniversaries: The magazine highlights major milestones, including the 50th anniversary of the German Yngling Class Association and Norway’s plans to celebrate its rich Yngling history during the 2029 Worlds.
• Regatta Calendar: Key dates for the 2026 season are included, most notably the 2026 Yngling World Championship in Bergen, Norway (August 1–8) and the European Yngling Trophy in Berlin.
• Technical & Fleet Reports: Updates from the IYA Technical Committee on rule interpretations and detailed reports from active fleets in Australia, Austria, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, and North America.
• Expert Tips: A specialized feature on “Steering an Yngling,” providing tactical advice for maintaining boat speed in various wave and wind conditions.

Read the Full Magazine here

1–8 August 2026: Yngling Worlds, Bergen, Norway

1–4 October 2026: European Yngling Trophy (‘Nebelpokal’), Berlin, Germany

June 2027: European Yngling Trophy (‘Spring Time Regatta’), Riva del Garda, Italy

August 2027: Yngling Worlds, Brunnen, Switzerland

2028: to be defined

28 July – 4 August 2029: Yngling Worlds, Tønsberg, Norway

As previously announced, to make travelling easier for sailors from Northern Europe, the European Yngling Trophy will be awarded at the Nebelpokal in Berlin in 2026. Riva del Garda will host the event again in 2027.

All planned regattas are availble in the regatta calendar as well.

The next day, the two-day training session with Mark Schuurman begins. His training places a lot of emphasis on boat trim. In the afternoon, we went out on the water to sail and trim. The wind was force 4 on the Beaufort scale, which increased slightly each day. As always, the lake was very busy with everything you could sit or stand on.

The three-day Springtime Regatta was won by the Dutch team led by Maarten Jamin, ahead of Gert Roukema’s team, also from Holland. The Swiss team Bazynga, with Dutch skipper Reinier de Kler, took an excellent third place.

Special mention must also go to the German youth team with skipper Charlotte Töpfer, who finished 10th on Lake Garda being first time on Lake Garda.

The Ynglings and their crews performed well with great enthusiasm. Not only I, but also many others were tired after five days of sailing, but very satisfied.

Eva Baumgartner, SUI 472

17 boats gathered for the 2025 Norwegian Yngling Championship. The scene was set to the Open Worlds 2026 area at Askøy.

It was great to see two teams from eastern Norway make the trip to Askøy and Bergen this weekend! The two teams who did take the trip did not leave empty handed, leaving nothing but 3rd and downwards for the locals.
After 6 effective and super races on Saturday, NOR 414 Tingeling had a solid day and bagged four spikes and two third. NOR 414 sailed by Yngling Worlds 1990 World Champion and Soling 2000 Sydney bronze medallist Espen Stokkeland crewed by his wife, Yngling sailor from Beijing 2008 and their daughter.
Followed up with two spikes and fourth on Sunday for a solid overall gold. NOR 413 did very well with only 2 sailors, slided good both upwind and downwind in the 3-5m/s northwestern winds Saturday, always in top three. Even so on the first race Sunday which saw a shower arrive at a windstill fjord and dropped gusts around 10m/s on the sailors, like from opening a sac and pouring it out all at once. The rest of the Sunday saw choppy conditions with a bit varying pressure and typically 3-7m/s…ish.
Winner of the previous Norwegian Championship at Askøy in 2023, NOR 261 sailed home the bronze medal they held after the six races Saturday. NOR 405 was back with their 2023 crew but had to settle for fourth at this occasion. Thereafter followed NOR 217 in a beautifully refurbished boat, which we will see at Askøy 2026. NOR 411 secured 6th while Melges sailors debuted in Yngling with NOR 421 with a seventh overall.
Most unlucky team was NOR344 who lost their rig due to some Shroud issues, thankfully without any injuries.

The rest of the teams in the complete result list as follows:

• On the two days before the regatta (June 17 and 18), training according to the wishes and requirements of the participants.
• During the regatta (June 19-21), support for implementing what has been learned; tactical race analysis – including with the help of drone recordings.

The schedule for the two training days naturally depends on the prevailing weather system. On the first day, we meet at 10:00 am at the harbor to check the boats and launch them. After that, we will determine training objectives, obtain a corresponding briefing and then train for the rest of the day – depending on the wind conditions. The day will conclude with a debriefing.

The cost for two days training and three days coaching is €300 per boat. Youth boats pay half (€150). Please register via Doodle.

Mark is an excellent instructor – we can learn a lot.

Thank you, Walter

• June 17 / 18, 2025: Training in Riva (details will follow soon)
• June 19 – 21, 2025:  European Spring Time Regatta Riva in Riva del Garda, Italy