Canada

119 Canadian boats on Canadian-flagged ORC certificates — a design-led fleet with Farr Design its most-common drawing board, and two Canadian-venue events in FleetEdge’s view, both in British Columbia.

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The hidden shape of the fleet.
The kinds of boat that keep appearing when every hull is measured the same way.

How every Canadian boat clusters, before the results arrive.
119
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National fleet view · as of 2026-11-03

National body: Sail Canada

Canada’s fleet in FleetEdge is its Canadian-flagged ORC certificates. The 119 boats are the Canadian-flagged certificates FleetEdge carries, 115 of them ORC-rated and 4 mapped-IRC, and FleetEdge reads each one the same way it reads every other national fleet; they are not a count of every certificate issued in Canada. The fleet is design-led: what FleetEdge carries for Canada today is mostly the boats themselves, with two Canadian-venue events on the record — the Southern Straits Race 2026, run by West Vancouver Yacht Club, and the 2026 VARC Closer / Star Regatta in Vancouver — rather than a national racing circuit.

Farr Design is the most-common design office in the Canadian fleet. It carries 22 of the 119 boats (18.5%), through the Farr 30, the most-common class at 8 boats, the First 36.7 and the First 40.7. J/Boats — the Rod Johnstone (Johnstone R) drawing board — is next with 18 boats, the J-109 among them.

The archetype distribution opens on a tie: AEROCORE and LEANRUN lead at 18.5% each, 22 boats apiece, with HEFTLINE third at 15.1%. Together the leading three carry 62 of the fleet’s 119 boats (52.1%), and the rest spread across KEELRUN, AEROFORCE and AEROSTREAM, with smaller LEANFORCE and SPARKFLEX groups. Canada therefore reads as an even spread rather than one dominant type.

National fleet view · 119 boats · as of 2026-11-03

At a glance

Canada — structural profile.

Scope
119 boats
115 ORC-rated · 4 mapped-IRC
Top 3 archetypes
  1. AEROCORE — 22 boats (18.5%)
  2. LEANRUN — 22 boats (18.5%)
  3. HEFTLINE — 18 boats (15.1%)
Eight canonical performance archetypes (the fleet’s eight recurring design types) cluster the fleet by dimensional signature. See the full map →
Top designer cluster
Farr Design
22 boats (18.5%) — the most-represented design voice in this fleet.

Counts and archetype assignments above are measured from the current corpus. Commentary below is interpretive.

National fleet view · as of 2026-11-03
Fleet DNA

How the Canadian boats are built.

119 boats in the fleet, all 119 attributed across the archetypes of the 2026 census — AEROCORE and LEANRUN level in the lead at 18.5% each, with HEFTLINE third at 15.1%. Here’s how the fleet clusters, and what the collective signature shows about the boats Canada races.

The Canadian ORC Fleet Signature

AEROCORE and LEANRUN tie for the lead in Canada’s design-led fleet — AEROCORE at 18.5% (22 boats), the large-scale family of the 2026 census. LEANRUN matches it at 18.5% (22 boats), and HEFTLINE holds third at 15.1% (18 boats). Together the leading three carry 62 of the fleet’s 119 boats (52.1%), so Canada reads as an even spread across the large-scale AEROCORE group, the LEANRUN group and the compact HEFTLINE group, with KEELRUN, AEROFORCE and AEROSTREAM close behind.

  • AEROCORE 18.5% · 22 boats
  • LEANRUN 18.5% · 22 boats
  • HEFTLINE 15.1% · 18 boats

Dimension emphasis: Hull Efficiency · Crew Intelligence · Comparative Time

The 2026 VARC Closer / Star Regatta in Vancouver is the newer of the fleet’s two Canadian-venue events — three races in one day. See the selected race result.

Complete data Latest published view

AEROCORE

Large scale · tender reserve — downwind-neutral in race results.

From the physics: neutral upwind · neutral reaching · neutral downwind

Boats 22
Share 18.5%
  • First 36
  • J-120
  • Xr-41

LEANRUN

— upwind-neutral in race results.

From the physics: neutral upwind · neutral reaching · weak downwind

Boats 22
Share 18.5%
  • First 36.7
  • X-35
  • J-109

HEFTLINE

Compact scale · level posture · stiff reserve — measured upwind advantage in race results.

From the physics: moderate upwind · moderate reaching · moderate downwind

Boats 18
Share 15.1%
  • J-105
  • J-111
  • J-99

KEELRUN

Compact scale · upright posture · neutral reserve — upwind-neutral in race results.

From the physics: strong upwind · strong reaching · strong downwind

Boats 17
Share 14.3%
  • Melges 24 OD
  • Fareast 28R
  • Cape 31

AEROFORCE

Large scale · level posture · neutral reserve — measured reaching advantage in race results.

From the physics: weak upwind · weak reaching · weak downwind

Boats 16
Share 13.4%
  • First 40
  • First 45
  • Swan 45

AEROSTREAM

Towering scale · level posture · stiff reserve — downwind-neutral in race results.

From the physics: neutral upwind · weak reaching · weak downwind

Boats 13
Share 10.9%
  • TP-52
  • X-41
  • XP-44

LEANFORCE

Compact scale — measured downwind advantage in race results.

From the physics: neutral upwind · neutral reaching · neutral downwind

Boats 9
Share 7.6%
  • X-332
  • Fortuna 9
  • Miura

SPARKFLEX

Minimal scale · upright posture · tender reserve — downwind-constrained in race results.

From the physics: neutral upwind · moderate reaching · moderate downwind

Boats 2
Share 1.7%
  • J-80 OD
  • J-24
  • First 31.7

Event cohort view · 12 boats · as of 2026-11-03

Selected Race Result

2026 VARC Closer / Star Regatta — the Canadian boats.

Canadian boats raced the 2026 VARC Closer / Star Regatta in Vancouver, B.C., on 17 October 2026: three races in one day, scored in ORC Divisions 0, 1 and 2, PHRF Division 3 and a Star class. The published results list 20 entries. FleetEdge resolves 11 of them to one Canadian boat each and credits one more to 2 candidates; the other eight, the five Star entries among them, resolve to no boat in its view. The archetype view below carries 12 boats, one of those 2 candidates among them.

Headlines

What the Canadian boats did at the VARC Closer / Star Regatta.

The published record for this event is its series standings by division and the per-race class ranks, without points. This event publishes ranks; FleetEdge computes no pace products for it. ORC Division 2 went to Doubletime; ORC Division 1 is carried as facts only, so FleetEdge names no winner for it.

ORC Division 2 — Canadian entries

1. Doubletime · 1st
2. Danu · 3rd
3. ALLONS-Y · 4th
Class 5 entries in the published results · all Canadian

ORC Division 1 — facts only

The division’s results are carried as facts only, so FleetEdge renders no positions and names no winner for it. Five Canadian boats resolve in it: Arietta, Chameleon, Havoc, Volante and 65 Red Roses (II).

Positions are the published series standings as carried in FleetEdge’s current published view, and boat names resolve through FleetEdge boat records. The board shows the three highest-placed Canadian boats in ORC Division 2 that resolve to one boat; the division’s 2nd-placed entry is credited by the published results to 2 candidates, and FleetEdge names no boat for it. Strum (Riptide 50) was the one entry in ORC Division 0, and Rhumb Line (J-29 FR OB) sailed PHRF Division 3. Class sizes are entries in the published results, not the organizer’s published field size.

Stories

What the VARC Closer / Star Regatta shows.

Championship Citation

Doubletime — Event Champion, ORC Division 2

Doubletime (J-109) won ORC Division 2 at the 2026 VARC Closer / Star Regatta — 1st in the division’s series standings and 1st in class in all three races, in a division of five entries, all Canadian. Danu (First 36.7) finished third and ALLONS-Y (First 36.7) fourth; the published results credit the second-placed entry to 2 candidates, so FleetEdge names no boat in second.

  • ORC Division 2: Doubletime 1st
  • 1st in class, Race 1 · Race 2 · Race 3
Complete data 2026 VARC Closer / Star Regatta
Nationality / Class Cluster

The First 36.7 pair in ORC Division 2

The First 36.7 has 4 boats in the Canadian fleet in FleetEdge’s view, level with the J-109 and behind only the Farr 30’s 8, and two of them raced ORC Division 2 in Vancouver. Danu finished third, 3rd in class in all three races, and ALLONS-Y fourth, 4th in class in the two races it has on the record.

  • ORC Division 2: Danu 3rd · ALLONS-Y 4th
  • First 36.7 in the Canadian fleet: 4 boats
Complete data 2026 VARC Closer / Star Regatta
Race Archetypes

12 boats in the archetype view at the 2026 VARC Closer / Star Regatta.

Archetype assignments dated 2026-11-03 — the FleetEdge analysis nearest this event.

The Canadian field, dated 17 October 2026 in the current published view, sorted by archetype. LEANRUN leads with three of the 12 boats, and HEFTLINE, KEELRUN and AEROFORCE have two each. This is the event lens, distinct from the national Fleet DNA.

LEANRUN

— upwind-neutral in race results.

Boats 3
Share 25.0%

HEFTLINE

Compact scale · level posture · stiff reserve — measured upwind advantage in race results.

Boats 2
Share 16.7%

KEELRUN

Compact scale · upright posture · neutral reserve — upwind-neutral in race results.

Boats 2
Share 16.7%

AEROFORCE

Large scale · level posture · neutral reserve — measured reaching advantage in race results.

Boats 2
Share 16.7%

AEROSTREAM

Towering scale · level posture · stiff reserve — downwind-neutral in race results.

Boats 1
Share 8.3%

SPARKFLEX

Minimal scale · upright posture · tender reserve — downwind-constrained in race results.

Boats 1
Share 8.3%

LEANFORCE

Compact scale — measured downwind advantage in race results.

Boats 1
Share 8.3%

Classified fleet view · 119 of 119 classified · as of 2026-11-03

Fleet Stories

The Canadian fleet signature.

Farr Design — Canada’s most-common design office

Farr Design carries 22 of the 119 Canadian boats, 18.5%, the largest single share in the fleet. Its footprint runs through the Farr 30 sportboat and Beneteau’s First 36.7 and First 40.7 racer-cruisers. J/Boats (Johnstone R) follows with 18 boats, so two drawing boards account for 40 of the fleet’s boats.

The Farr 30 at the top of the class table

The Farr 30 is the most-common class in the Canadian fleet at 8 boats, 6.7% of the national fleet, ahead of the First 36.7 and the J-109 at 4 apiece. It is the production-fleet expression of the same Farr Design lead the designer signature shows.

AEROCORE and LEANRUN share the Canadian lead

AEROCORE — large scale and tender reserve, downwind-neutral in race results — and LEANRUN, upwind-neutral in race results, each carry 22 boats, 18.5% of the national fleet. Neither leads the other: the Canadian fleet has a shared top rather than one dominant type, and HEFTLINE follows at 18 boats.

Where the Canadian boats race

The Canadian boats in FleetEdge’s view are linked to 35 events. Two are in Canada: the Southern Straits Race 2026, run by West Vancouver Yacht Club, which has more Canadian boats linked to it than any other event (35), and the 2026 VARC Closer / Star Regatta in Vancouver. The other 33 are outside Canada, the largest of them on the US Great Lakes: the events abroad with the most Canadian boats linked to them are the 102nd Bayview Mackinac Race 2026 (11), the 101st Bayview Mackinac Race 2025 (9), the 116th Chicago to Mackinac Race 2025 (4), the Chicago YC Race to Mackinac 2026, the Mills Trophy Race 2026 and the Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series Detroit 2026 — ORC Great Lakes Championship (3 each).

Popular Classes

The boats that define Canadian racing.

Farr 30 (8)

A Farr Design sportboat — fast reaching, rewarding on the right day.

First 36.7 (4)

Beneteau's mid-size Farr-designed IRC weapon of the 2000s.

J-109 (4)

J/Boats' mid-2000s IRC 35-footer — one-design capable, handicap friendly.

C&c 115 (3)

A racer-cruiser from C&C.

First 40.7 (3)

A Farr Design racer-cruiser — the Beneteau 40-footer that defined a decade.

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ORC World Fleet

How Canada’s fleet sits inside the global ORC fleet.

Fleet Archetypes

The 8 canonical performance archetypes that cluster Canada’s fleet, AEROCORE, LEANRUN and HEFTLINE among them.

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