Participation in Watersports 

Monitoring participation levels in leisure boating is important for many reasons. The RYA heads up this cross industry group to measure activity rates for the benefit of the industry, user groups and individual interest.

The National Watersports Survey seeks to benchmark participation rates and monitor trends.  This is done by repeating the research year-on-year and 2010 is the ninth year in which this work has been conducted.

The collaborative research group consists of representatives of the RYA, the BMF (British Marine Federation), RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution), MCA (Maritime & Coastguard Agency) and the new partner, the BCU - the British Canoe Union. 

The report downloadable from this page is provided in good faith for your information only. Please do not attempt to manipulate data, as the results are derived from a complex data set and making assumptions about even something as simple as adding two figures together, may well to inaccuracies.

Use of this data for business purposes is solely at the risk of the user. The RYA and partner organisations take no responsibility for the accuracy of the data collected.

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