Ludvig "Ludde" Ingvall (born 8 January 1956) is a Finnish-Australian sailor competing in offshore races.
Career
In his youth, Ingvall sailed in the Flying Junior, 420 and 505 classes. 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.
Ingvall won the 1995 Fastnet Race with the yacht Nicorette. With his second yacht named Nicorette, he broke the record of fastest monohull yacht over the Atlantic. 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.
Personal life
Ingvall was born in Helsinki, Finland. He and his South African wife moved to Australia in 2001, and he has dual citizenship of Australia and Finland.
References
- Sjöblom, Petri (14 June 2001). "Ludde Ingvall". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 17 November 2020.
- "Adecco World Championship: Skippers". adecco-championship.com. Archived from the original on 7 December 2000.
- "Ludde Ingvall: Executive Profile & Biography - Businessweek". Businessweek.com.
- "Weather eye brings Ingvall Fastnet win". The Independent. 8 August 1995.
- ^ ""Nicorette" vann lätt". DN.SE. 29 December 2000.
- "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) - 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.