Good lord that's a lot of boats! That's great.
Are people single handing the 16? Is that why 365 boats equals almost 500 competitors?
The boats are provided by Hobie Cat - there are "only" around 60 physical boats. The entries are restricted because of that.
There are several events being conducted over two weeks - Masters, Grand Masters, Women, Youths and Open. The Open event has three components - qualifying, semi-finals, finals. That's why there are so many entries.
And it's also why you have fewer competitors than 365 x 2. Some competitors are in multiple sub-events.
It's against the class rules to race the 16 in the worlds singlehanded - even if you'd make minimum weight on your own.
