Ludvig "Ludde" Ingvall (born 8 January 1956) is a Finnish-Australian sailor competing in offshore races.[1]

Career

In his youth, Ingvall sailed in the Flying Junior, 420 and 505 classes.[2] 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.[3]

Ingvall won the 1995 Fastnet Race with the yacht Nicorette.[4] With his second yacht named Nicorette, he broke the record of fastest monohull yacht over the Atlantic.[5] 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. [6]

Personal life

Ingvall was born in Helsinki, Finland.[5] He and his South African wife moved to Australia in 2001, and he has dual citizenship of Australia and Finland.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Sjöblom, Petri (14 June 2001). "Ludde Ingvall". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  2. ↑ "Adecco World Championship: Skippers". adecco-championship.com. Archived from the original on 7 December 2000.
  3. ↑ "Ludde Ingvall: Executive Profile & Biography - Businessweek". Businessweek.com.
  4. ↑ "Weather eye brings Ingvall Fastnet win". The Independent. 8 August 1995.
  5. 1 2 ""Nicorette" vann lätt". DN.SE. 29 December 2000.
  6. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 April 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ↑ Khoo, Karen (28 June 2017). "Sailing high and sailing free – a chat with Finnish sailor Ludde Ingvall". Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
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