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'''Ludvig "Ludde" Ingvall''' is a Finnish sailor competing in offshore races.
'''Ludvig "Ludde" Ingvall''' is a Finnish sailor competing in offshore races.



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Ludvig "Ludde" Ingvall is a Finnish sailor competing in offshore races.

Career

In his youth, Ingvall sailed in the Flying Junior, 420 and 505 classes.[1] He participated in the 1985–86 Whitbread Round the World Race as crew and in the 1989–90 Whitbread Round the World Race as skipper.[2]

Ingvall won the 1995 Fastnet Race with the yacht Nicorette.[3] With his second yacht named Nicorette, he broke the record of fastest monohull yacht over the Atlantic.[4] He also won line honours in the 2000 and 2004 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. In 2016 Ingvall returned to the Sydney to Hobart with a rebuilt and lengthened Nicorette now renamed CQS and crossed the line in 7th position with a time of 2:03:13:12. [5]

Personal life

Ingvall was born in Helsinki, Finland.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Adecco World Championship: Skippers". adecco-championship.com. Archived from the original on 7 December 2000.
  2. ^ "Ludde Ingvall: Executive Profile & Biography - Businessweek". Businessweek.com.
  3. ^ "Weather eye brings Ingvall Fastnet win". The Independent.
  4. ^ a b ""Nicorette" vann lätt". DN.SE.
  5. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-13. Retrieved 2015-05-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)