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GLIDEFORM leads under the Polish flag.

Poland's 76-boat small fleet leads with GLIDEFORM at 17.1% — a low-drag hull-first contingent that carries VMG efficiently through variable Baltic pressure — ahead of a KEELFLEX and STEELCORE second tier, both at 14.5%. Read with the small-N caveat: every share moves visibly with a single new boat.

76
boats
16
events
219
races
National fleet view · as of 2026-07-10

National authority: Polski Związek Żeglarski

Polski Związek Żeglarski governs a 76-boat small fleet whose event footprint is unusually broad for its size. Seventy-six Polish boats race across sixteen separate events — the Turkish winter series at MIYC, the Garmin ORC World Championships, the Rolex Middle Sea Race, the Loro Piana Giraglia, the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup, the Aegean Regatta, the Italian La Ottanta series, the ORC European Championship, and the double-handed World and European championship circuit. 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 an even second tier. GLIDEFORM at 17.1% brings a low-drag hull-first signature that carries VMG efficiently through variable Baltic pressure — the clearest single signal in the fleet. Behind it, KEELFLEX and STEELCORE both at 14.5% form a close second tier: the narrow-stability grand-prix tier alongside a stiff, beam-rich platform that drives through chop. All 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 10.5% (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, AEROBLADE) 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
76 boats
75 ORC-rated · 1 mapped-IRC
Top 3 archetypes
  1. GLIDEFORM — 13 boats (17.1%)
  2. KEELFLEX — 11 boats (14.5%)
  3. STEELCORE — 11 boats (14.5%)
Eleven canonical performance archetypes cluster the fleet by dimensional signature. See the full map →
Top designer cluster
Farr Yacht Design
8 boats (10.5%) — 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 2026-07-10
Hidden Shape

The shape of the Polish fleet.

76 Polish boats led by GLIDEFORM at 17.1%, ahead of a KEELFLEX and STEELCORE second tier, both at 14.5% — here's how they cluster, and what an eleven-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 an even stability-and-platform second tier. GLIDEFORM leads at 17.1% (13 boats) — the efficient low-drag hull-first contingent that carries VMG through variable Baltic pressure. KEELFLEX follows at 14.5% (11 boats) — the narrow-stability grand-prix tier. STEELCORE sits level with it at 14.5% (11 boats) — the stiff, beam-rich rigid-platform contingent that drives through chop. All eleven archetypes populate the 76-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 17.1% · 13 boats
  • KEELFLEX 14.5% · 11 boats
  • STEELCORE 14.5% · 11 boats

Dimension emphasis: Hull Efficiency · Stability

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 delivering smooth, efficient downwind acceleration.

weak upwind · moderate reaching · strong downwind

Boats 13
Share 17.1%
  • J-105
  • J-99
  • Farr 30

HEADFORCE

Upwind-biased pressure boat driving compact rigs through higher-drag hull forms.

strong upwind · weak reaching · VMG downwind

Boats 9
Share 11.8%
  • Fortuna 9
  • Miura
  • Elan 333

KEELFLEX

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

neutral upwind · moderate reaching · neutral downwind

Boats 11
Share 14.5%
  • First 31.7
  • Express
  • First 31.7 LR

STEELCORE

Central, stiff rigid-platform hull — stability-positive, hull-form-dominant, low heel-sensitivity.

neutral upwind · neutral reaching · neutral downwind

Boats 11
Share 14.5%
  • Sunfast 37
  • Dufour 40
  • Grand Soleil 37 BC

GRAVITYRUN

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

neutral upwind · moderate reaching · strong downwind

Boats 8
Share 10.5%
  • First 36.7
  • First 34.7
  • X-332

AEROBLADE

High-efficiency rig with sharp heel sensitivity and rapid trim response.

moderate upwind · moderate reaching · neutral downwind

Boats 7
Share 9.2%
  • TP-52
  • Farr 40
  • XP-44

AEROMAX

Upwind-power specialist with the fleet's strongest rig-driven VMG.

strong upwind · neutral reaching · neutral downwind

Boats 5
Share 6.6%
  • First 40.7
  • First 40
  • Grand Soleil 40

STEELFORM

Compact-rig, rigid platform delivering consistent, low-variance results.

neutral upwind · neutral reaching · VMG downwind

Boats 2
Share 2.6%
  • Bavaria CR 46
  • Dufour 41 Performance
  • Hanse 400 E

STORMLINE

High-power, heel-sensitive platform with explosive potential when sailed flat.

moderate upwind · strong reaching · moderate downwind

Boats 6
Share 7.9%
  • Comfortina 32
  • Fenix
  • Aphrodite 101

DEEPFRAME

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

neutral upwind · moderate reaching · VMG downwind

Boats 2
Share 2.6%
  • J-109
  • First 36
  • J-120

IRONWIND

Stiff, stable-drive platform with predictable load behavior.

moderate upwind · moderate reaching · VMG downwind

Boats 1
Share 1.3%
  • J-80 OD
  • J-24
  • Melges 24 OD
What we saw

A 76-boat Polish fleet led by GLIDEFORM.

Poland's 76-boat small fleet leads with GLIDEFORM at 17.1% — ahead of a KEELFLEX and STEELCORE second tier, both at 14.5% — and the designer side shows Farr Design as the most-represented voice at 10.5%. 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 10.5%.

Farr Design carries the largest single share of the Polish designer distribution at 10.5% (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 76 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: 10.5% · 8 boats, most-common
  • Designer concentration: long tail · no dominant house
Complete data Designer mix
Championship Citation

CHACAL — MIYC Kiş Trofesi 3. Ayak Champion, Class A.

POL 22511 CHACAL (HH42, AEROBLADE) finished 1st of 12 in Class A at MIYC Kiş Trofesi 3. Ayak on 28 February 2026 — a high-efficiency, quick-trimming 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. An AEROBLADE platform sailed flat through the prevailing Aegean winter breeze, its rapid trim response 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 heel-sensitive, quick-trim 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 17.1% — a low-drag hull-first signature that carries VMG efficiently through variable Baltic pressure — ahead of a KEELFLEX and STEELCORE second tier, both at 14.5%. That reads cleanly across the Baltic summer: GLIDEFORM where clean-water flow efficiency converts, with the stability-and-platform 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: 17.1% · lead, ahead of KEELFLEX at 14.5%
Pre-race context Weather & design profile (historical)
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