Just checked out two of our events last year.
In our Northern Champs 19 out of 22 cats had either female crews or helms.
At our Nationals,which had a smaller turnout that usual, 17 out of 31 cats had females on board.
The cats were a mixture of Formula 18s, Spitfires, Dart 18s and Hurricane 5.9s. 1st and 2nd helms in the 20ft Hurricane 5.9 fleet were female.
Maybe we are just behind the times !