Saililng anarchy: Most popular class??

[Ken Smith]

Sailing Anarchy surveyed the attendances at National Regattas to determine the most popular one design class in the US.  This may be of interest, because, read further for my post to their bulletin board.

 

DNs do better than Number 1 by a wide margin.  They may recognize us as one design next year.  Hold your breath.

The new corrected list with three year averages is as follows.

1) MC Scow-82.33
2) Thistle-81.33
3) Radial-81.00
4) Laser-80.67
5) Lightning-72.33
6) Sunfish-66.67
7) Flying Scott-65.33
E Scow-63.33
9) J/22-61.00
10) Snipe-59.67
11) Hobie 16-58.00
12) 29er-56.67
13) Star-56.33
14) C Scow-53.67
15) J/2451.67
16) Interlake-49.00
17) Albacore-47.33
18) Lido 14-46.33
19) Melges 24-45.67
20) J/105-45.00
21) Etchells-43.00
21) Butterfly-43.00
21) Vanguard 15-43.00
24) Inter Club-40.33
25) Y Flyer-40.00

For rules on scoring check the link.
http://www.sailinganarchy.com/fringe/2007/...OD%20survey.htm


 

BUT:

Surely sailboats that sail frozen water qualify as one design classes! Certainly a class with a 50+ year history and participation rankings that should be #1 would make your list, one with very active participation in Europe and annual world championship as well as a North American Championship.

If you doubt this is sail racing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SJwn2c4Khk


Recent History or North American Regata Attendance:

2007: 110 Green Bay, Menominee, MI

2006: 85 Elk Lake, MI

2005: 76 Lake Pepin, WI


Three Year Mean: 90.3


2004: 108 Elk Lake MI

2003: 112 Sandusky Bay, OH

2002: 90 Lake Champlain, NY

2001: 122 Saginaw Bay MI

2000: 47 Lake Miltona MN



Source: http://www.idniyra.org/results.htm

[RANDY ROGOSKI]

Jan. 4, I wrote Mr. Roger Jolly, who compiles the "Most Popular" sailing class list. He must be revising away, or ignoring me. I haven't heard from him.

Dear Mr. Jolly,
 
May I bring to your attention participation numbers for the International DN Ice Yacht at its North American Championship in the 2005, 2006 and 2007 seasons.
Also, the DN World Championships were held on Madison, Wisconsin's Lake Mendota in 2005, and offshore Menominee, Mich. on Lake Michigan's Green Bay in 2007.
 
Sometimes sailors register for an event, then don't show up.
Here are the numbers for participants who sailed one or more races in these five world class events:
 
(These figures are available at www.IDNIYRA.org, regatta results)
 
2005 WC    103 
2005 NAC     75
2006 NAC     80
2007 WC    123
2007 NAC   104
 
Total           485
 
Average per regatta:  97
 
With all due respect to the MC Scow, a yacht I raced for 10 years, there may be a case to declare it the second most popular racing class.
 
Summer sailors might argue,"a DN's not a sailboat!"
It most certainly is. It is powered only by a sail.
"But it sails on ice."
Yes, but water and ice are merely different forms of H2O.
"But the total number of DN regatta participants race in two or three fleets!"
Yes, they do; for safety reasons; fleet size is limited to 50. Sailors are seeded by previous race results.
These yachts typically race at speeds from 45 to 55 mph!
"But a DN isn't a one-design!" Yes, but it has a super tight set of specifications, and all participating yachts must comply with the rules.
(It also may be argued that E-Scows, and a number of other boats on the list, are not "truly" one-design).
 
Now that's anarchy.
Please consider revising your list.
 
 
Randy Rogoski,
DN US 4192.
Participant in all five regattas cited above.
Central Lakes Region rear commodore 1997-2001.
Regatta Chairman, 2001 DN world and North American Championships, (participants: 114 WC, 87 NAC, average: 100).
 
 

[4695]

This may seem petty, but if my memory serves, in 2002, there were 90 DNs at the NA's... but we sailed on Mille Lacs Lake... in MINNESOTA!

[DN 805]

The 1993 DN World's came to Lake Geneva, WI when the ice in Montreal was unsuitable.   There were 183 entries.  Jeff Kent won the championship.

...Jane Pegel

[4695]

It probably isn't DN's, last three years at the Opti NA's
2007    185
2006    189
2005    183

averaging about 2X DN NA attendance!