Popularity....

We get a bit of chat about what sorts of boats are popular. Here's a table based on the 5 year averages in the YY table for class popularity. Precise definitionms of what's a SMOD, what's a one design, what's an open rule are of course difficult. Arguably too the presence of 300ish Oppies (One Design) and 200ish Toppers (SMOD) distorts the numbers in the favour of singlehanders if you consider the youth classes to be another game.

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Average Turnout Last 5 years in boats
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Singlehanded, No trapeze      1314
Two handed, no trapeze, Kite      817
Two handed, one trapeze, kite      516
Two handed, no trapeze, no kite      484
Two handed, two trapeze, kite      194
Singlehanded, Trapeze or seat, no kite      129
Singlehanded, Trapeze or seat, and kite      80
     
One Design      1768
SMOD      1507
Open Rule      259
     
SMOD, Singlehanded, No trapeze      718
One Design, Singlehanded, No trapeze      596
One Design, Two handed, no trapeze, Kite      449
One Design, Two handed, no trapeze, no kite      386
SMOD, Two handed, no trapeze, Kite      305
One Design, Two handed, one trapeze, kite      286
SMOD, Two handed, one trapeze, kite      230
SMOD, Two handed, two trapeze, kite      102
Open Rule, Two handed, two trapeze, kite      92
Open Rule, Two handed, no trapeze, Kite      63
SMOD, Singlehanded, Trapeze or seat, and kite      60
Open Rule, Two handed, no trapeze, no kite      54
One Design, Singlehanded, Trapeze or seat, no kite      51
SMOD, Singlehanded, Trapeze or seat, no kite      48
SMOD, Two handed, no trapeze, no kite      44
Open Rule, Singlehanded, Trapeze or seat, no kite      30
Open Rule, Singlehanded, Trapeze or seat, and kite      20

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Average Turnout Last 5 years in sailors
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(assume 2 sailors per two hander)

Two handed, no trapeze, Kite     1634 Sailors
Singlehanded, No trapeze     1314 Sailors
Two handed, one trapeze, kite     1032 Sailors
Two handed, no trapeze, no kite     968 Sailors
Two handed, two trapeze, kite     388 Sailors
Singlehanded, Trapeze or seat, no kite     129 Sailors
Singlehanded, Trapeze or seat, and kite     80 Sailors
     
One Design     2889 Sailors
SMOD     2188 Sailors
Open Rule     468 Sailors
     
One Design, Two handed, no trapeze, Kite     898 Sailors
One Design, Two handed, no trapeze, no kite     772 Sailors
SMOD, Singlehanded, No trapeze     718 Sailors
SMOD, Two handed, no trapeze, Kite     610 Sailors
One Design, Singlehanded, No trapeze     596 Sailors
One Design, Two handed, one trapeze, kite     572 Sailors
SMOD, Two handed, one trapeze, kite     460 Sailors
SMOD, Two handed, two trapeze, kite     204 Sailors
Open Rule, Two handed, two trapeze, kite     184 Sailors
Open Rule, Two handed, no trapeze, Kite     126 Sailors
Open Rule, Two handed, no trapeze, no kite     108 Sailors
SMOD, Two handed, no trapeze, no kite     88 Sailors
SMOD, Singlehanded, Trapeze or seat, and kite     60 Sailors
One Design, Singlehanded, Trapeze or seat, no kite     51 Sailors
SMOD, Singlehanded, Trapeze or seat, no kite     48 Sailors
Open Rule, Singlehanded, Trapeze or seat, no kite     30 Sailors
Open Rule, Singlehanded, Trapeze or seat, and kite     20 Sailors


The number is the aaverage Nationals turnout over the last 5 years from the YY table for that category.

Edited by JimC

Originally posted by Blobby Sorry Jim - what is the number meant to represent?

That non-smod trapeze boats are not popular.

Edited by m_liddell

It'd be interesting to see what these figures are from different countries...