The Soling was an event on the 2012 Vintage Yachting Games program at Lake Como, Italy. Six out of the nine scheduled race were completed. Seven nations entered 39 sailors in 13 boats.
Igor YUSHKO (l), Sergiy PICHUGIN (m) and Dmitriy YARMOLENKA (r)
Rudy DEN OUTER (l), Gavin LIDLOW (m) and Ramzi SOULI (r)
Peter NEUMANN (r), Rudolf RAGER (m) and Rudolf HUBAUER (l)
Image: 2012 Vintage Yachting Games Poster
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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.
Droop-hiking technique demonstrated by middleman.
Soling in the Boston Harbor Island Race 2012