| Characteristic | Member proportion |
|---|---|
| Yacht racing | 34.3% |
| Small sail boat racing - dinghies | 32.3% |
| Water skiing / wake-boarding | 30.5% |
| Canoeing / kayaking | 29.4% |
| Small sail boat activities - dinghies | 22.5% |
| Power boating | 21.8% |
| Canal boating | 21.1% |
| Yacht cruising | 19.8% |
| Angling | 19.3% |
| Kitesurfing | 18.2% |
| Rowing / Sculling | 15.3% |
| Motor boating / cruising | 14.9% |
| Windsurfing | 7.9% |
| Leisure sub aqua diving | 6.6% |
| Cliff climbing | 4.7% |
| Outdoor swimming | 4.6% |
| Using personal watercraft - jet-ski / similar | 3.9% |
| Surfboarding | 3.2% |
| Coasteering | 1.6% |
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Release date
March 2015
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Region
United Kingdom
Survey time period
2002 to 2014
Number of respondents
12,000*
Special properties
nationally representative sample.
Method of interview
Omnibus survey
Supplementary notes
* The source adds the following information: "The data on which the 2005 -2014 analyses have been based, come from a nationally representative sample of around
12,000 respondents across the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) via omnibus.
In 2011, in addition to the omnibus survey a bespoke online survey was introduced to ask more detailed questions of a representative sample of watersport participants. In 2014 the sample for this survey was 2,562."
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