Margund Schuh (1963-2020)

Today I received the very sad news that our dear friend and Soling sailor Margund Schuh passed away yesterday. Margund had been a passionate and successful sailor since her youth, both as a helmswoman and as a crew member. In the Soling she was Austrian National Champion four times and European Vice-Champion in 2017. On land she was particularly fond of the cosy and social life and she has cultivated many friendships in the Soling community far beyond the borders of A ...  read more

Maintenance tip 1 to perform during COVID 19

The last couple of weeks I was able to spent some time in maintenance on the NED 33. Besides removing obsolete fittings and replacing ropes I did some cleaning. The picture shows that even a 25 years old soling can have showroom shine. In addition to that I am in the process of scanning all old hardcopy material bases like Soling Guides and Soling Sailing. It struck me that every other year a small article was printed about checking and replacing the lifting cables of the boat. read more

NED 37 progress

I found the Soling in the picture NED 27 on May 2012 in a Belgium forest. It was an Elvstrom from 1976. The boat was completely green and full of water. I took the boat home to Krimpen, cleaned it and started to sail with it a little. Because it is a three person boat I needed to find a crew. First I asked Gerben den Hartog, who saw this new type of sailing boat as a challenge as well and so we were with two. From 2013 we started sailing in local evening regatta's on the river with differ ...  read more

The Spanish fleet back in track

Despite de COVID 19 today the Spanish fleet had a virtual meeting and invited the Argentine fleet to join with a total of 35 participants about 20 from the Iberic peninsula, including special guests such as former World champions Luis Doreste (ESP) and Gustavo Warburg(ARG). The meeting promoted by the Spanish Soling Association under control of Carlos Elosegui and Tomas Peuvrel had the intention to start shaking the sailors before their water activities become real again. Starting this Mon ...  read more

Soling Class Letter from the Executive

Hi Everyone, Your executive committee trusts everyone is healthy and safe in their homes. Your health and safety and well being is our priority. The Coronavirus (Covid19) pandemic has impacted all our lives in so many ways in the last two months and may well affect our everyday activities until a vaccine is generally available. Notwithstanding, the Soling Family dreams of Happy Soling Days! Your executive would like to share information about ongoing measures being taken by the Soling  ...  read more

2020 Europeans Late August

The 2020 Soling European Championship was initially scheduled to be held at Warnemunde's traditional sailing week event at the beginning of July.. Due to the COVID-19 situation the whole sailing week was postponed for the year of 2021. Leaving the class with no option than to cancel the event or try to re-schedule it. The UYCAs from lake Attersee, came up to help, jumping in to host the event in case there is a chance to sail the one, as no one at the moment knows what will happ ...  read more

Farewell Mauzi ! (1935-2020)

After a short serious illness, the well known `Soling-mama` Mauzi fell asleep peacefully on April 20th at the age of 84 and is finally together again with her beloved husband Max, who died 2015. She left a daughter Heike twin with son Maxl, and Roman amongst many grandchildren (Katharina, Lisa, Carolina, Mariella, Maxy, Mona & Valentin) and great grandchildren (Jaron, Viktoria and Emilian), which some also enjoy sailing the Soling like Maxl and Roman have done and continue to do  ...  read more