Poland

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11 archetypes across 31 dimensional features.
How this country's fleet clusters before the results arrive.

How every Polish boat clusters, before the results arrive.
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Thirty-three boats, twelve events, two hundred and five races.

Polish sailors race on the Baltic and campaign internationally across twelve events — a broad-reaching fleet that ships boats from Gdynia and Sopot to the Aegean, Mediterranean, and ORC championships. Trading depth for breadth.

33
boats
12
events
205
races
National cohort · as of 2026-04-21 · build a2e90234

National authority: Polski Związek Żeglarski

Polski Związek Żeglarski governs a fleet whose event footprint exceeds its headcount. Thirty-three boats racing across twelve separate events covers Baltic home waters (Gdynia, Sopot), the Turkish winter series at MIYC, the Garmin ORC World Championships, the Rolex Middle Sea Race, Copa del Rey, the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup, the Aegean Regatta, and the ORC European Championships. Polish teams campaign broadly: HH42, Corel 45, Cape 31, GP 33, Dufour, Dehler and Figaro hulls all carry the POL prefix, and GLIDEFORM leads the platform mix at 25.0% — the low-drag downwind-biased signature of a fleet that learned to carry VMG through variable Baltic pressure.

Baltic conditions produce versatile sailors. Variable winds, cold water and demanding sea states build the seamanship that travels well to international championship events. CHACAL (POL 22511, HH42, KEELFLEX) took Class A at MIYC Kiş Trofesi 3. Ayak in February 2026 from a 12-boat fleet on 7 points — Poland's one class-winning story of the current build on an international scoresheet.

In 2026, this fleet's key Baltic anchor is the ORC European Championship at Klaipeda (August 7–15) — the regional summer title on the Lithuanian coast, the natural forward stage for the broad-reaching Polish programme.

At a glance

Poland — structural snapshot.

Scope
33 boats
33 ORC-rated · 0 IRC-synthetic
Top 3 archetypes
  1. GLIDEFORM — 8 boats (24.2%)
  2. KEELFLEX — 5 boats (15.2%)
  3. STORMLINE — 4 boats (12.1%)
Eleven canonical performance archetypes cluster the fleet by dimensional signature. See the full map →
Top designer cluster
Judel Vrolijk
4 boats (12.1%) — the most-represented design voice in this fleet.

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

National cohort · as of 2026-04-23 · build e775022a
Hidden Shape

The shape of the Polish fleet.

33 ORC-rated Polish boats across 10 archetypes — here's how they cluster, and what the GLIDEFORM-led distribution reveals about a broad-footprint fleet.

The Polish ORC Fleet Signature

Poland's fleet is a GLIDEFORM-led broad-footprint collective. GLIDEFORM leads at 24.2% (8 boats) — the efficient hull-first contingent with low-drag geometry that rewards clean water, the signature that fits variable Baltic pressure where flow efficiency outruns raw power. KEELFLEX follows at 15.2% (5 boats), and STORMLINE and HEADFORCE tie at 12.1% each (4 boats). Ten archetypes populate the 32 classified boats — only DEEPFRAME is absent — confirming a broadly diversified fleet rather than a single-hull-type culture. The fleet's strategy is breadth, not concentration: Polish teams trade depth for footprint.

  • GLIDEFORM 24.2% · 8 boats
  • KEELFLEX 15.2% · 5 boats
  • STORMLINE 12.1% · 4 boats

Dimension emphasis: Hull Efficiency · Sail Performance

In 2026, this fleet's key Baltic anchor is the ORC European Championship at Klaipeda (August 7–15) — the natural forward stage for the broad-reaching Polish programme after the early-season MIYC Kiş winter series.

High confidence Production

Glideform

Low-drag hull with strong downwind bias through efficient waterline-to-beam ratios.

Boats 8
Share 24.2%

Keelflex

Narrow stability window; fast when perfectly balanced, punishing when not.

Boats 5
Share 15.2%

Stormline

Big-rig heel-sensitive platform with the fleet's highest rig-power-to-stability ratio.

Boats 4
Share 12.1%

Headforce

Pressure-driven compact-rig hull that punches through chop at the windward mark.

Boats 4
Share 12.1%

Ironwind

Stiff, stable-drive platform with predictable load behaviour.

Boats 3
Share 9.1%

Aeroblade

Refined-rig platform with sharp heel sensitivity and rapid trim response when sailed flat.

Boats 3
Share 9.1%

Balancecore

Heel-sensitive platform with a wider, more forgiving performance envelope.

Boats 2
Share 6.1%

Gravityrun

Heavy-mode momentum boat with strong downwind power in sustained breeze.

Boats 1
Share 3.0%

Aeromax

Power-efficiency hybrid with strong upwind drive and moderate displacement.

Boats 1
Share 3.0%

Steelform

Compact-rig stiff-platform with the fleet's lowest race-to-race variance.

Boats 1
Share 3.0%

Polish fleet diversity across ten archetypes. GLIDEFORM leads at 25.0% — a low-drag, downwind-biased signature that carries VMG through the variable Baltic pressure and shorter Polish coastal courses. KEELFLEX follows at 15.6% with five boats, pointing to a cluster of narrow-window racing hulls that reward balanced trim. STORMLINE and HEADFORCE tie at 12.5% each. The distribution spans ten archetypes across 32 classified boats — only DEEPFRAME is absent — confirming a broadly diversified fleet rather than a single-hull-type culture.

Archetypes in the Polish fleet, grounded in real platforms.

GLIDEFORM

25.0% · 8

Efficient hull-first contingent with low-drag geometry.

  • GP 33Sam Manuard / GP Yachts
  • Corel 45Dubois / Corel Marine
  • Delphia 47Andrzej Skrzat / Delphia Yachts (Polish build)

Polish GLIDEFORM boats cluster on efficient-hull platforms like these — the low-drag geometry that gives back nothing to the tow, the signature that fits the variable Baltic pressure and shorter Polish coastal courses where clean-water efficiency outruns raw power.

KEELFLEX

15.6% · 5

Stability-forward all-rounders that reward precision trim.

  • HH42Botin / HH Yachts (CHACAL)
  • Mylius 60Vallicelli / Mylius Yachts
  • Cape 31Mark Mills / HH Yachts

Polish KEELFLEX boats cluster on narrow-window platforms like these — CHACAL (POL 22511, HH42) is the Polish flag at the top of the current build's international scoresheet, converting the archetype's precision-trim discipline into a Class A title at MIYC Kiş Trofesi 3. Ayak.

What we saw

From one class win to twelve scoreboards.

Poland's 2026 home-Baltic moment is the ORC European Championship at Klaipeda (August 7–15), and CHACAL's Class A title at MIYC Kiş Trofesi 3. Ayak in February 2026 is the one class-winning story that anchors the current build across a 33-boat 12-event fleet. Three insights from a small fleet with a big event footprint.

Pre-race window · Archetype-Conditions

GLIDEFORM meets the eastern Baltic on efficient flow.

The ORC European Championship runs at Klaipeda, Lithuania on August 7–15, 2026 — the regional summer title on the eastern Baltic coast, across the water from Poland's Gdynia and Sopot home ports. August Baltic pressure typically delivers moderate-air gradient with afternoon thermal shifts. GLIDEFORM's low-drag geometry is the signature that fits this condition envelope, and the Polish fleet's 25.0% GLIDEFORM density is the highest share of any archetype in the national distribution. The archetype rewards clean-water flow efficiency over raw power — the same signal that shapes Polish GLIDEFORM dominance at home. Pre-race speculation — actual conditions and crew execution will arbitrate.

  • Racing: August 7–15, 2026 · Klaipeda
  • POL GLIDEFORM density: 25.0% · 8 boats
Pre-race speculative FE Weather × Archetype (historical)
Championship Citation

CHACAL carried the HH42 to Class A at Marmaris on 7 points.

POL 22511 CHACAL (HH42, KEELFLEX) finished 1st of 12 in Class A at MIYC Kiş Trofesi 3. Ayak on 28 February 2026 — a narrow-stability hull winning the top class on the MIYC winter course from a field of Turkish and international entries over 14 races scored PCS and ToT on a mixed coastal and windward-leeward track. A KEELFLEX platform staying inside its envelope through the prevailing Aegean winter breeze, converting rating room into the lowest points total in the 12-boat Class A fleet. It is Poland's one class-winning story of the current build on an international scoresheet, and the same boat that runs mid-fleet at the 64-boat Garmin ORC Worlds (6th of 8 Class A) wins where the day suits its narrow-window signature.

  • 1st of 12 · Class A, 7 points
  • Cross-event arc: 6th of 8 Class A at Garmin ORC Worlds 2025 · 1st at MIYC Kiş 3
High confidence RR MIYC Kiş Trofesi 3. Ayak 2026
Nationality/Class/Designer Cluster

A thin Polish presence, a broad Polish footprint.

Poland's 33 boats never concentrate — the highest POL presence at any single event is 2 boats at the 2025 Garmin ORC Worlds (CHACAL and Konsal). The fleet trades depth for breadth, carrying the POL ensign to twelve separate scoreboards across the Baltic, Turkey, the Aegean, the Mediterranean, and the ORC world/European championship circuits. On the designer side, Judel Vrolijk carries the largest single share at 12.5% (4 boats), with Farr 9.4% and a long tail of Banaszak, Felci, Mills, Manuard, and Johnstone lines — a fleet designed by committee across four serious design houses, no single board dominates. The Polish strategy surfaces exactly one trophy out of twelve events in the current build.

  • Event footprint: 33 boats · 12 events
  • Max intersection: 2 boats (Garmin Worlds 2025) · Class wins: 1 (CHACAL)
High confidence FE Event-intersection & designer density
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