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Table 1 Number of injuries and hours of active sailing in each of the studied competitions

From: Injuries and illnesses related to dinghy-sailing on hydrofoiling boats

Regatta

Participants

Reported conditions

Actual days of regatta

Number of disputed heats

Hours of active sailing

incidence (medical conditions/h)

IC (95%)

Foiling week 2018

61

12

6

18

244

0.04918

0.0284–0.0840

Moth World Championship 2019

15

5

4

12

60

0.08333

0.0361–0.1807

Foiling week 2019

3

0

4

12

18

0.00

0.0000– 0.1759

  1. A mean duration for each strike of 20’ was estimated by the organisers of the regattas