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==