How Many Calories are Burned by Sailing?
For sailing, Sunfish/Laser/Hobby Cat, Keel boats, ocean sailing, yachting, leisure, which is a typical intensity activity under the general description of sailing activities, the average calories burned by a person weighing 190 pounds (86 Kg) in 30 minutes is 142 Calories. In one hour sailing, Sunfish/Laser/Hobby Cat, Keel boats, ocean sailing, yachting, leisure will burn 284 Calories.
Summary of Sailing Information and Charts
To help you find the information you need, we first focus on sailing, Sunfish/Laser/Hobby Cat, Keel boats, ocean sailing, yachting, leisure which is the most common sailing activity. This is followed by the activities with the highest burn rate which is sailing, in competition, and the lowest which is sailing, boat and board sailing, windsurfing, ice sailing, general (Taylor Code 235), giving the average calories burned per minute and per hour, along with food calorie equivalents and our new proprietary calories burned score© and calories burned rank©The calorie score gives an indication of the relative burn rate of the sailing activities measured as a percentage score out of 100 for the different sailing activities, where 100% is the maximum calorie burn which we estimate from running at a pace of 4 minutes per mile which is a world class speed for running for 30 mins.
The calorie rank is the rank of the sailing activity compared with all other 800 activities in our database to give an indication of the percentage of activities which have a higher or lower calorie burn. A rank of 1 means it is the highest ranking activity in terms or calorie burn and a rank of 100 means it is the activity with the lowest carlorie burn compared with all other activities.
Effect of Intensity on the Calorie Calculator
Although the above is a typical example for sailing, the calculator we use to determine the calories burnt depends on the intensity, duration and your body weight. At the bottom of the article we have a variety of different intensities which can be personalized based on your weight and the duration of the activities, using our free calculator.
Calorie Score and Calorie Rank for Sailing
At dietandfitnesstoday we have a new proprietary concept of a Calories Burned Score© and Calories Burned Rank©.
Calories Burned in 30 Minutes for a Typical sailing Activity
As we have previously mentioned Sailing, Sunfish/Laser/Hobby Cat, Keel boats, ocean sailing, yachting, leisure is a moderate and typical level of intensity for sailing and can be used as a general representative approximate measure for calories burnt by sailing. For this activity in 30 minutes an average man weighing 190 pounds (86 kg) burns 142 Calories, while an average woman weighing 163 pounds (74 kg), in 30 minutes burns 122 Calories.
Calories Per Minute
The calories burned per minute for Sailing, Sunfish/Laser/Hobby Cat, Keel boats, ocean sailing, yachting, leisure is 5 Calories per minute, for a typical man and for a typical female is 4 Calories per minute.
Calories Per Hour
The calories lost in one hour is 284 calories for a typical man, and 244 calories in one hour for a typical woman.
How to Burn 100 Calories
To burn 100 calories for a typical male would require 20 minutes of the activity sailing, Sunfish/Laser/Hobby Cat, Keel boats, ocean sailing, yachting, leisure and to burn 100 calories with the same sailing activity for a typical female would take 25 minutes.
Score and Rank
Sailing, Sunfish/Laser/Hobby Cat, Keel boats, ocean sailing, yachting, leisure has a Calorie Burned Score© of 11.60 out of 100 which means it gives a calorie burn of 11.60 % of the highest realistic calorie burn possible. This activity has a Calorie Burned Rank© of 82.00 out of 100 ie it is in the top 82.00 % of activities in terms of calorie burn. There are in fact 541.00 activities that have a higher calorie burn than sailing, Sunfish/Laser/Hobby Cat, Keel boats, ocean sailing, yachting, leisure
Equivalent Activities
The following activities burn the same number of calories as Sailing, Sunfish/Laser/Hobby Cat, Keel boats, ocean sailing, yachting, leisure -
- automobile repair, light or moderate effort
- canoeing, harvesting wild rice, knocking rice off the stalks
- carpentry, finishing or refinishing cabinets or furniture
- carrying, loading or stacking wood, loading/unloading or carrying lumber, light-to-moderate effort
- cleaning church
Comparison with Inactivity
30 mins of inactivity for example just sitting and watching television burns 43 calories for a typical man and 37 calories for a typical woman. Which means Sailing, Sunfish/Laser/Hobby Cat, Keel boats, ocean sailing, yachting, leisure burns 3.6 times more calories than the equivalent time of inactivity for an average man and 3.3 times more calories for an average female.
Food Calorie Equivalents
This level of 142 calories burnt by an average man sailing, Sunfish/Laser/Hobby Cat, Keel boats, ocean sailing, yachting, leisure is equivalent to 0.3 Big Macs, 0.5 snickers bar, 1.2 Starbucks Grande Skinny Lattes, 0.5 cheeseburgers, 0.5 slices of pizza or 0.4 large blueberry muffins.
For an average female burning 122 calories is equivalent to 0.2 Big Macs, 0.4 snickers bar, 1.0 Starbucks Grande Skinny Lattes, 0.4 cheeseburgers, 0.4 slices of pizza or 0.3 large blueberry muffins.
Weight Loss from Sailing
To answer the question how many pounds will I lose from the activity sailing? Taking this example of sailing, Sunfish/Laser/Hobby Cat, Keel boats, ocean sailing, yachting, leisure in 30 minutes, the weight loss for a typical man is a minimum of 0.02 pounds, and a typical woman would lose 0.02 pounds.
Based on 4 sessions per week of sailing, Sunfish/Laser/Hobby Cat, Keel boats, ocean sailing, yachting, leisure for a duration of 30 minutes per session, the approximate time taken to lose one pound is 13 weeks for a man and 13 weeks for a woman, assuming no other changes in lifestyle or eating habits.
The same 4 sessions per week of sailing, Sunfish/Laser/Hobby Cat, Keel boats, ocean sailing, yachting, leisure for a duration of 30 minutes per session, would lose 1kg in 6 weeks for a man and 7 weeks for a woman.
Sailing Activity with the Highest Calorie Burn
The highest number of calories burned for an average person is achieved by sailing, in competition. For this activity in 30 minutes an average man burns 194 Calories, while an average woman in 30 minutes burns 166 Calories.
This activity of sailing, in competition has a Calories Burned Score© of 16.90 out of 100 which means it gives a calorie burn of 16.90 % of the maximum realistic calorie burn possible. This activity has a Calories Burned Rank© of 74.00 out of 100 ie it is in the top 74.00 % of activities in terms of calorie burn. There are in fact 366.00 activities that have a higher calorie burn than sailing, in competition
Sailing Activity with the Lowest Calorie Burn
The sailing activity with the lowest calories burnt is sailing, boat and board sailing, windsurfing, ice sailing, general (Taylor Code 235), which for an average man in 30 minutes burns 129 Calories, and for an average woman burns 111 Calories.
This activity of sailing, boat and board sailing, windsurfing, ice sailing, general (Taylor Code 235) has a Calories Burned Score© of 10.20 out of 100 which means it gives a calorie burn of 10.20 % of the maximum realistic calorie burn possible. This activity has a Calories Burned Rank© of 85.00 out of 100 ie it is in the top 85.00 % of activities in terms of calorie burn. There are in fact 568.00 activities that have a higher calorie burn than sailing, boat and board sailing, windsurfing, ice sailing, general (Taylor Code 235)
Average Calories Burned by Sailing
Based on the the list of 3 sailing activities, shown below, the average calories burned for an average male, weighing 190 pounds (86 kg) is 155 Calories for 30 minutes of sailing. The average burnt for an average female, weighing 163 pounds (74 kg) is 133 Calories for 30 minutes of sailing.
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| Calories Burned in 30 minutes of sailing for Average Male (M) and Female (F) (click to personalise). | |
| sailing, in competition - calories Male=194 kcal, Female=166 kcal. | |
| sailing, Sunfish/Laser/Hobby Cat, Keel boats, ocean sailing, yachting, leisure - calories Male=142 kcal, Female=122 kcal. | |
| sailing, boat and board sailing, windsurfing, ice sailing, general (Taylor Code 235) - calories Male=129 kcal, Female=111 kcal. | |
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