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Netherlands male : 184.8 cm (6' 0.8") female : 168.7 cm (5' 6.4") ages 20–30 Measured 2004

Singapore male : 172.0 cm (5' 7.8") female : 160 cm (5' 3") ages 17–25 2003 [53]


13 cm difference makes a difference of 11.5 kg when using the Body Mass Index formula with factor 25 (= upper clinically healthy limit). When using averages we difference will still be 10 kg per person

In effect, a 2-up Dutch crew will weight 20 kg more then a typical 2-up crew from Singapore. What were the weights of the F16 class and Viper F16 again. 107 to 125 kg ready to sail ?

Coincidence ? <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />


Dutch crew range using BMI index with 20-25 => 135 kg to 170 kg
Singapore crew range using BMI index with 20-25 => 118 to 148 kg

I rest my case !


Wouter


Objection!

As someone who wants facts, that post is extremely skewed and a gross generalisation.

Singapore has a high number of ex-pats who wouldn't be included in the Singapore stats. The sailing community in Singapore also has a higher proportion of expats and over half the fleet I would say is not Singaporean in most sailing events. And this means your above "coincidence" is not really anything but getting 2 sets of data to help your argument but said data not really completely relevant.

How about looking through the people and the nationalities of those who sail F16s in Singapore. That would give you a much more accurate reflection. There are your Dutch, English, German and many other nationalities.

At the recent Western Circuit, 7 of the sailors in the cat fleet were Singaporean and 11 were ex-pat (I am including crews too).