Sailor Demographics & Physique

Ideal physique

• Athletic, lean, good upper body strength, flexible and nimble.
• Height and weight is not important as the boat is easily geared towards a sailors weight, but genaral weight range is 65-85kg.

Number of boats

• +100,000 Moth's built since the 1928
• +340 hydrofoil Moths built since 2003
• +220 Bladerider Moths built since 2006

Number of new sailors/boats in 2007-08

• +200

Average World Championship Fleet Size 2005-08 (entries, nations, continents)

• Hydrofoil Moth numbers have been doubling every year since 2003.
• 2005 Worlds - 47 entries, 6 nations and 3 continents
• 2006 Worlds - 32 entries, 9 nations and 3 continents
• 2007 Worlds - 63 entries, 13 nations and 3 continents
• 2008 Worlds - 99 entries, 19 nations and 4 continents

Bladerider Global Spread (nations, continents) approximately

• Asia - 20
• Australia - 70
• New Zealand - 6
• Pacific Islands - 1
• North America - 30
• South America - 1
• Europe - 200
• Africa - 3
• Middle East - 10