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.
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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]