The Austrian ORC Fleet Signature
Austria's fleet is an AEROFORCE-led Alpine collective with international reach. AEROFORCE leads at 33.3% (19 boats) — large platforms with a level posture and a neutral righting reserve, reaching-constrained in banked race evidence — a full step clear of the field. AEROCORE is next at 17.5% (10 boats) — large, upright platforms on a tender reserve, with a measured downwind advantage in banked race evidence — and HEFTLINE follows at 12.3% (7 boats), compact and level on a stiff reserve, reaching-neutral in banked evidence. AEROSTREAM sits at 10.5% (6 boats) with KEELRUN at 10.5% (6 boats) level with it — the first towering, level platforms on a stiff reserve with a measured downwind advantage in banked race evidence, the second compact and upright on a neutral reserve, reaching-neutral in banked evidence. Together the leading three account for 63.2% of the fleet across eight populated archetypes, and the top designer cluster (Judel Vrolijk at 21.1%) anchors the design board. Behind that block the class picture is thin: only the Dehler 38 Sq and the Pogo 12.5 3.0 reach three boats. This is a small fleet with an international footprint out of proportion to its size.
- AEROFORCE 33.3% · 19 boats
- AEROCORE 17.5% · 10 boats
- HEFTLINE 12.3% · 7 boats
Dimension emphasis: Hull Efficiency · Comp & Time
The 2026 Austrian forward path runs Alpine lake first — Attersee, Neusiedlersee, Traunsee through the summer — and Mediterranean championship crossover second, on the international footprint the fleet has already logged: twelve event records across eight regattas and a season points series — the Aegean 600 in its 2025 and 2026 editions, the Rolex Middle Sea Race, the Rolex Fastnet Race, the ORC Double-Handed World Championship, the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup in 2024 and 2025, the RORC Caribbean 600, the Copa del Rey ORC European Championship, the Loro Piana Giraglia, and the 2026 RORC Season's Point Championship.