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GLIDEFORM leads under the Polish flag.

Poland's 68-boat small fleet leads with GLIDEFORM at 19.4% — a low-drag hull-first contingent that carries VMG efficiently through variable Baltic pressure — ahead of a three-way second tier of HEADFORCE, KEELFLEX, and STEELCORE tied at 13.4% each. Read with the small-N caveat: every share moves visibly with a single new boat.

68
boats
12
events
205
races
Domestic competitive fleet · as of 2026-06-21

National authority: Polski Związek Żeglarski

Polski Związek Żeglarski governs a 68-boat small fleet whose event footprint exceeds its headcount. Sixty-eight Polish boats race across twelve separate events — Baltic home waters at Gdynia and 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 across HH42, Corel 45, Cape 31, GP 33, Dufour, Dehler, and Figaro hulls under the POL prefix.

The current platform read is led by a single low-drag contingent ahead of a tied second tier. GLIDEFORM at 19.4% brings a low-drag hull-first signature that carries VMG efficiently through variable Baltic pressure — the clearest single signal in the fleet. Behind it, HEADFORCE, KEELFLEX, and STEELCORE sit tied at 13.4% each: an upwind-biased high-righting-moment contingent, the narrow-stability grand-prix tier, and a stiff beam-rich platform that drives through chop. Ten of the eleven archetypes populate the fleet, framing it as broadly diversified rather than a single-hull-type culture. On the designer side, Farr Design carries the most-represented design voice at 11.8% (8 boats) above a long fragmented tail — no single design house carrying a dominant share.

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 program after the early-season MIYC Kiş winter series. 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.

At a glance

Poland — structural profile.

Scope
68 boats
67 ORC-rated · 1 mapped-IRC
Top 3 archetypes
  1. GLIDEFORM — 13 boats (19.1%)
  2. KEELFLEX — 9 boats (13.2%)
  3. HEADFORCE — 9 boats (13.2%)
Eleven canonical performance archetypes cluster the fleet by dimensional signature. See the full map →
Top designer cluster
Farr Yacht Design
8 boats (11.8%) — 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 2026-06-21
Hidden Shape

The shape of the Polish fleet.

68 Polish boats led by GLIDEFORM at 19.4%, ahead of a three-way HEADFORCE, KEELFLEX, and STEELCORE tie at 13.4% each — here's how they cluster, and what a ten-archetype spread reveals about a small but geographically broad fleet. Read with the small-N caveat: every share moves visibly with a single new boat.

The Polish ORC Fleet Signature

Poland's fleet is a broad-footprint collective led by GLIDEFORM ahead of a tied upwind-and-stability second tier. GLIDEFORM leads at 19.1% (13 boats) — the efficient low-drag hull-first contingent that carries VMG through variable Baltic pressure. HEADFORCE follows at 13.2% (9 boats) — the high-righting-moment upwind-biased contingent that powers through chop at the windward mark. KEELFLEX ties the second tier at 13.2% (9 boats) — the narrow-stability grand-prix tier. All eleven archetypes populate the 68-boat fleet, confirming a broadly diversified fleet rather than a single-hull-type culture. The Polish strategy is breadth, not concentration: teams trade depth for footprint.

  • GLIDEFORM 19.1% · 13 boats
  • HEADFORCE 13.2% · 9 boats
  • KEELFLEX 13.2% · 9 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 program after the early-season MIYC Kiş winter series.

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GLIDEFORM

Low-drag hull with efficient upwind flow and moderate displacement.

weak upwind · moderate reaching · strong downwind

Boats 13
Share 19.1%
  • J/109
  • Dehler 38
  • Italia 11

HEADFORCE

High righting moment, upwind-biased hull that powers through chop.

strong upwind · weak reaching · VMG downwind

Boats 9
Share 13.2%
  • First 34.7
  • Grand Soleil 37
  • Sun Fast 3300

KEELFLEX

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

neutral upwind · moderate reaching · neutral downwind

Boats 9
Share 13.2%
  • First 30
  • X-35
  • J/35

STEELCORE

Stiff, beam-rich platform with a rigid, stable drive through chop.

neutral upwind · neutral reaching · neutral downwind

Boats 9
Share 13.2%
  • First 40
  • Bavaria C42
  • Hanse 388

GRAVITYRUN

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

neutral upwind · moderate reaching · strong downwind

Boats 7
Share 10.3%
  • Swan 47
  • C&C 41
  • Sigma 38

AEROBLADE

Light, agile platform optimized for quick acceleration and flat-water speed.

moderate upwind · moderate reaching · neutral downwind

Boats 6
Share 8.8%
  • Class 40
  • IMOCA derivatives
  • Pogo 30

AEROMAX

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

strong upwind · neutral reaching · neutral downwind

Boats 5
Share 7.4%
  • TP52
  • GP42
  • Melges IC37

STEELFORM

Heavy-displacement hull with strong directional stability.

neutral upwind · neutral reaching · VMG downwind

Boats 3
Share 4.4%
  • J/70
  • Farr 280
  • SB20

STORMLINE

Rough-water specialist with a hull shape optimized for steep, short waves.

moderate upwind · strong reaching · moderate downwind

Boats 3
Share 4.4%
  • J/111
  • J/121
  • Fast 40+

DEEPFRAME

Deep-hull efficiency paired with a stiff platform for drag-optimized flow.

neutral upwind · moderate reaching · VMG downwind

Boats 2
Share 2.9%
  • Swan 60
  • Nautor custom
  • ClubSwan 50

IRONWIND

Stiff, stable-drive platform with predictable load behavior.

moderate upwind · moderate reaching · VMG downwind

Boats 1
Share 1.5%
  • J/122
  • XP-44
  • Swan 45
What we saw

A 68-boat Polish fleet led by GLIDEFORM.

Poland's 68-boat small fleet leads with GLIDEFORM at 19.4% — ahead of a three-way HEADFORCE, KEELFLEX, and STEELCORE tie at 13.4% each — and the designer side shows Farr Design as the most-represented voice at 11.8%. The CHACAL Class A title at MIYC Kiş Trofesi 3. Ayak in February 2026 is the one class-winning story that anchors the current build, and the 2026 ORC European Championship at Klaipeda is the next regional Baltic stage. Three insights from the structural signature of the Polish fleet. Read with the small-N caveat: every share moves visibly with a single new boat.

Nationality/Class/Designer Cluster

Farr Design — Poland's most-common design voice at 11.8%.

Farr Design carries the largest single share of the Polish designer distribution at 11.8% (8 boats) — the most-represented design voice, sitting above a long fragmented tail rather than commanding a dominant share. Behind it, the fleet fragments into a wide diversity of single-design-house presences without any other board crossing into a structural majority. The Polish market reads as committee-designed: a Farr Design plurality at the top, then a broad spread of lines below. With 68 boats across the fleet, the most-common read is real but small-N sensitive — a single new measurement materially moves the ordering, and the honest read of the data is a most-common voice rather than a dominant one.

  • Farr Design: 11.8% · 8 boats, most-common
  • Designer concentration: long tail · no dominant house
Complete data Designer mix
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
Complete data MIYC Kiş Trofesi 3. Ayak 2026
Pre-race window · Archetype-Conditions

GLIDEFORM leads the Polish program into the eastern Baltic.

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. The Polish distribution leads with GLIDEFORM at 19.4% — a low-drag hull-first signature that carries VMG efficiently through variable Baltic pressure — ahead of a three-way HEADFORCE, KEELFLEX, and STEELCORE tie at 13.4% each. That reads cleanly across the Baltic summer: GLIDEFORM where clean-water flow efficiency converts, with the upwind-and-stability second tier covering the windward legs and the chop. Pre-race speculation — actual conditions, weather, and crew execution will arbitrate; small-N caveat applies.

  • Racing: August 7–15, 2026 · Klaipeda
  • GLIDEFORM: 19.4% · lead, ahead of a 13.4% three-way tie
Pre-race context Weather & design profile (historical)
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