摘要：The aim of this study is to determine morphological characteristics of U23 Finn sailors and to establishrelations between their morphological characteristics and situational efficacy at the championship. Therefore,18 elite U23 Finn sailors (mean age was 20.80±1.27) were measured in 16 morphological variables duringthe week before the Finn European Championship. It was established that U23 Finn sailors on average had:body height of 188.09±5.80 cm; 92.07±5.66 kg of body mass with 13.01±4.02% of fat mass; and bodymass index of 26.06±1.76. Compared to Laser Standard sailors, U23 Finn sailors had higher values in all theaforementioned morphological characteristics. Independent samples T-test between two groups with differentlevels of situational efficacy (more successful group and less successful group of sailors) yielded statisticallysignificant differences in two variables: body height and sitting height. Sailors from the more successfulgroup were taller than sailors of the less successful group. Multivariate discriminate analysis yielded nostatistically significant difference between these two groups. The results obtained indicate that morphologicalcharacteristics independently do not cause situational efficacy of U23 Finn sailors and that the reasons forsuccess in Finn class could be partially attributed to better physical fitness of sailors. It is recommended torepeat the same measuring on a larger subject sample with additional monitoring of meteorologicalconditions in the sailing area.
关键词：sailing; Finn class; morphological characteristics; U23 sailors; dinghy sailing
