These are more or less ad-hoc: I'm not claiming that they represent a rigorous study. I think the numbers are accurate (otherwise I wouldn't send them out) but the conclusions are just observations, nothing more.
1. Unique boats registered for races as shown in results:
Race boats REC boats ---------- --------- K-1 K-1W C-1 C-1W C-2 C-2W C-2M K-1Rec K-1WRec C-1Rec C-1WRec K-2Rec 1631 754 614 89 164 34 110 529 120 54 5 14
2. Number of race runs completed (e.g. not DNR or DNF or DQ):
Race boats REC boats ---------- --------- K-1 K-1W C-1 C-1W C-2 C-2W C-2M K-1Rec K-1WRec C-1Rec C-1WRec K-2Rec 3105 1430 1132 159 292 62 196 898 188 84 6 14
3. Number of boats ranked in each class:
Race boats REC boats ---------- --------- K-1 K-1W C-1 C-1W C-2 C-2W C-2M K-1Rec K-1WRec C-1Rec C-1WRec K-2Rec 397 159 129 19 50 12 41 328 84 36 3 12
4. Participation (e.g. #1 divided by #3)
Race boats REC boats ---------- --------- K-1 K-1W C-1 C-1W C-2 C-2W C-2M K-1Rec K-1WRec C-1Rec C-1WRec K-2Rec 4.1 4.7 4.7 4.7 3.3 2.8 2.7 1.6 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.1
Year # Races # Results ---- ------- --------- 1997 56 3008 1998 47 2618 1999 72 4171
A few more stats just for fun:
Most appearances in results, single class (top 20):
Count Class Name ----- ----- ---- 26 K-1 Kerrigan, Brian 22 K-1 Palmero, Kurtis 22 C-1 Poindexter, Mark 21 K-1 Carter, Chris 20 K-1W Reeves, Shannon 19 K-1W Jorgensen, Laura 19 C-1 Eichfeld, Casey 18 K-1W Hamilton, Meredith 18 K-1 Hamilton, Ian 18 C-1 Seeley, Will 17 K-1 Powell, Rick 17 K-1 Kurtz, David 17 K-1 Goold, Carleton 16 K-1W Larsen, Joan 16 K-1W Kallman, Maria 16 K-1W Gober, Allison 16 K-1W Beck, Emily 16 K-1 Zimmer, Sebastian 16 K-1 Weldon, Matthew 16 K-1 Scarborough, Kyle
Most appearances in results, all classes combined (top 20):
Count Name Classes ----- ---- ------- 43 Poindexter, Mark C-1,K-1,C-2M,C-2,K-1 Rec,Team 37 Palmero, Kurtis K-1,C-1,C-2,Team 35 Eichfeld, Casey C-1,C-2 34 Powell, Rick K-1,C-1,C-2 31 Reeves, Shannon K-1W,C-2W,C-2M,Team 30 Kulawiec, Rich K-1,C-2M,C-1,C-2,K-1 Rec,Team 27 Kerrigan, Brian K-1,C-1 23 Greeley, Gwen K-1W,C-1W,C-2W,K-1W Rec,Team 22 Ortmann, Caroline C-1W,C-2M,C-2W,Team 22 Harris, Cody K-1,C-1,C-2 22 Gelblat, Renee K-1W,K-1W Rec,C-2M 22 Dennis, Tad K-1,C-1,C-2,K-1 Rec 21 Leon, Jared K-1,C-2,C-2M,Team 21 Kurtz, David K-1,C-2 21 Carter, Chris K-1 20 Seeley, Will C-1,C-2,C-1 Rec 20 Red, Becca K-1W,C-1W,C-2M,C-2W,Team 20 Montague, Sam C-1,C-2M 20 Maloney, Tom K-1,C-1,K-1 Rec,C-1 Rec,Team 20 Jorgensen, Laura K-1W,Team
While I'm not familiar with everyone's name on either of those two lists, one thing kinda jumps out at me: nearly everybody listed there lives in one of two areas: northeast/New England, or Texas. (I'd also like to point out that I guessed Mark Poindexter would be at the top of this list before I even ran the stats. If I have to type his name any more frequently, I'm going to make it an editor macro. ;-) )