ORC Superyacht

ORCsy superyacht fleet racing under ORC PCS corrected-time scoring

Mediterranean Caribbean New Zealand
103 boats 35 events 338 races 175 obs Global fleet view · as of 2026-07-10
Kinship

Every fleet’s waters hold their own story.

Grand-prix superyacht circuits across the Mediterranean and Caribbean — find their waters.

 Hidden Shape

11 archetypes.
How this fleet clusters before the results arrive.

How the ORC Superyacht fleet races, before the results arrive.
Character

Professional crews. Extreme parameters. ORCsy — a class apart.

ORC Superyacht racing is where 24-meter hulls, professional crews of 20 or more, and extreme sail inventories create a competitive dynamic that exists nowhere else in rated racing — centered on the Mediterranean superyacht circuit and measured through ORCsy, the rating innovation built specifically for the largest yachts. The fleet numbers 103 boats worldwide, concentrated in major maritime centers and classic race locations from Porto Cervo to the Caribbean and New Zealand. Superyachts range from 60 to 100+ feet and represent a cross-section of contemporary yacht design — modern high-performance platforms, classic yachts restored and refit for competitive racing, Swan racer-cruisers across the full hull-form lineage.

The Superyacht fleet is characterized by technical sophistication, professional crew training, and substantial resource investment. Superyacht racing demands expertise in large-boat sail handling, advanced navigation systems, optimized rig configurations, and crew coordination at scale. The boats themselves often incorporate leading-edge materials, advanced electronics, and custom design features. Superyacht ownership is split between professional racing programs and owner-operated campaigns, often with hybrid crew models. The quality of racing data is very high due to professional measurement standards, experienced crew consistency, and the significance of competitive outcomes.

FleetEdge tracks the ORC Superyacht fleet across 8 of the 11 archetypes, with 98 of 103 boats classified on the current publication. AEROBLADE leads at 41.7% (43 boats) — the light, agile platform that reads as the lineage's racier, more responsive hull forms — with GRAVITYRUN at 19.4% (20 boats) and AEROMAX completing the top three at 16.5% (17 boats). Together the top two carry 61.1% of the fleet, one of the more concentrated archetype signatures FleetEdge tracks. German Frers anchors the designer signature at 26.2% (27 boats) — the house design board of the Nautor's Swan lineage is the single largest cluster in the membership, with Farr Design (7 boats), then Dykstra and Sparkman & Stephens (6 apiece) behind.

Key 2026 anchors include the next Rolex Swan Cup (Porto Cervo, biennial) and the Mediterranean superyacht circuit through the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup, the Giorgio Armani Superyacht Regatta, and the Superyacht Challenge. The Swan Cup 2024 at Porto Cervo is the regatta ORC built ORCsy around and remains the fleet's deepest data event — 28 fleet boats across 24 races — and on the current published view its race group concentrates AEROMAX at 67.9%, the power-efficiency hybrid that reads as the Swan lineage's upwind-driving cruiser-racer hulls.

Fleet DNA

How the ORC Superyacht fleet is built.

103 boats in the fleet. 95 ORC-rated and 8 mapped IRC entries, 98 attributed across 8 of the 11 archetypes; 5 remain unclassified on the current publication.

The ORC Superyacht Fleet Signature

The ORCsy fleet is an agility-led collective spanning 60 to 100+ feet of LOA inside a single rating membership. AEROBLADE leads at 41.7% (43 boats) — the light, agile platform optimized for quick acceleration and flat-water speed, the lineage's racier, more responsive hull forms. GRAVITYRUN follows at 19.4% (20 boats), the heavy-mode momentum boat with strong downwind power in sustained breeze — the natural home of superyacht displacement scale. AEROMAX completes the top three at 16.5% (17 boats), the power-efficiency hybrid with strong upwind drive. Together those three carry 77.6% of the fleet — one of the most concentrated archetype signatures FleetEdge tracks.

  • AEROBLADE 41.7% · 43 boats
  • GRAVITYRUN 19.4% · 20 boats
  • AEROMAX 16.5% · 17 boats

Dimension emphasis: Comparative Time · Crew Residual · Upwind VMG

German Frers anchors the designer signature at 26.2% (27 boats) — the Swan house lineage — with Farr Design (7 boats), then Dykstra and Sparkman & Stephens (6 apiece) behind. Top classes: Superyacht (4), Maxi 72 (3), Super Maxi (3), Swan 45 (3), Swan 53 (3). The next Rolex Swan Cup runs in Porto Cervo on the ORC biennial schedule.

Complete data Latest published view

The full 8-archetype distribution.

AEROBLADE

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

moderate upwind · moderate reaching · neutral downwind

Boats 43
Share 41.7%
  • TP-52
  • Farr 40
  • XP-44

GRAVITYRUN

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

neutral upwind · moderate reaching · strong downwind

Boats 20
Share 19.4%
  • First 36.7
  • First 34.7
  • X-332

AEROMAX

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

strong upwind · neutral reaching · neutral downwind

Boats 17
Share 16.5%
  • 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 11
Share 10.7%
  • 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 3
Share 2.9%
  • 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 1
Share 1.0%
  • J-109
  • First 36
  • J-120

GLIDEFORM

Low-drag hull delivering smooth, efficient downwind acceleration.

weak upwind · moderate reaching · strong downwind

Boats 2
Share 1.9%
  • 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 1
Share 1.0%
  • Fortuna 9
  • Miura
  • Elan 333

AEROBLADE and GRAVITYRUN account for 61.1% of the fleet — an agility-plus-momentum pairing that covers everything from Swan cruiser-racers to modern maxi campaigns inside the same ORCsy membership.

Fleet Stories

The superyacht fleet signature.

German Frers lines define the superyacht fleet

27 of the fleet's 103 boats — 26.2% — come off the German Frers design board, the house designer of the Nautor's Swan lineage that anchors ORCsy membership. No other board is close: Farr Design carries 7 boats, with Dykstra and Sparkman & Stephens at 6 apiece. Better than a quarter of the world's rated superyacht fleet traces to a single design office.

An Aeroblade plurality

AEROBLADE — the light, agile platform optimized for quick acceleration and flat-water speed — carries 43 of the fleet's 103 boats, 41.7% of the fleet. It is the read on the ORCsy lineage's racier, more responsive hull forms: over two-fifths of the rated superyacht fleet clusters into a single agility-led family. GRAVITYRUN follows at 19.4% (20 boats) and AEROMAX at 16.5% (17 boats); STEELFORM is the only other family to clear a tenth of the fleet, and the tail thins to a handful of boats each.

Selected Race Result

ROLEX SWAN CUP 2024 — ORCsy Classes

28 of 103 fleet boats competed. 24 races under PCS Constructed Course windward-leeward scoring, September 17–21, 2024, Porto Cervo — the regatta ORC built ORCsy around.

Headlines

The dimensional leaderboards.

Comparative Time: negative = faster than the rating expects — the boat beat its rating; positive = slower. Crew Residual: negative = the crew beat the boat's archetype-expected pace; positive = below that baseline. "Obs" are boat-event pairs.

Comparative Time vs ORC

1. ELAN · −145.13 sec/nm
2. DREAM · −143.83 sec/nm
3. ISABELLA · −128.14 sec/nm
Board 25 boats

Crew Residual

1. ISABELLA · −233.66 sec/nm
2. ELAN · −225.21 sec/nm
3. DREAM · −214.69 sec/nm
Board 25 boats

Upwind VMG (12 kt)

1. UMIKO · 7.31 kn
2. DEFIANCE · 6.94 kn
3. MARLIN II · 6.61 kn
Board 26 boats
Stories

What the Swan Cup told us.

FROM NOW ON — Rolex Swan Cup Champion, Class 7C GP

FROM NOW ON (ARG-5835, Swan 45, AEROBLADE) took Class 7C GP at the 2024 Rolex Swan Cup — 1st of 7 with 3 points, clear of Dutch sister-ship TENGHER (5 points) and CLEM PRIMERO (ESP, Swan 56-5, 10 points). A Frers-drawn Swan 45 converting class-deep racing into a decisive series win at the regatta ORC built ORCsy around.

Four class titles inside one membership

Fleet boats took four of the Swan Cup's class series: FROM NOW ON (Class 7C GP, 1st of 7), KATIMA (GER 6593, Swan 45, Class 6C C, 1st of 8 on 3 points), MARLIN II (ITA-65101, Swan 65, Class 2 MM, 1st of 3), and ISABELLA (GER-8510, Swan 36, Class 3SS C, 1st of 3). All four are Swan hulls — three Frers boards and one Sparkman & Stephens — the Swan lineage sweeping its own invitational.

ISABELLA: the smallest hull, the deepest crew signal

The 10.9-meter Swan 36 — the smallest boat in the 28-boat field — posted the regatta's best Crew Residual at −233.66 sec/nm, ahead of ELAN (−225.21) and DREAM (−214.69), while also running 3rd on Comparative Time at −128.14 sec/nm. The platform is a Sparkman & Stephens STORMLINE hull; the result is crew-carried — execution, not waterline, drove the Swan 36 up both allowance boards and to the Class 3SS C title.

DEFIANCE: physics pace, scoring tailender

USA 52575 DEFIANCE (JV-66, AEROBLADE) ran 2nd of 26 on Upwind VMG at 6.94 kn — maxi-scale raw pace — and finished 25th of 25 on both Comparative Time (+173.59 sec/nm) and Crew Residual (+174.03 sec/nm). The widest under-conversion in the regatta: the physics lens puts the 66-foot Judel/Vrolijk hull near the top of the field, and the corrected-time lens puts it last. Pace alone does not close an ORC allowance gap.

Race Archetypes

28 boats classified in ROLEX SWAN CUP 2024.

Archetypes reflect the current fleet view — no published view near this event yet.

AEROMAX carries the largest share of the race group at 67.9% — 19 of the 28 classified boats, the power-efficiency hybrid with strong upwind drive — with AEROBLADE holding 21.4% and the tail of the field thinning to a single boat each across DEEPFRAME, STEELFORM, and STORMLINE.

AEROMAX

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

Boats 19
Share 67.9%

AEROBLADE

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

Boats 6
Share 21.4%

DEEPFRAME

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

Boats 1
Share 3.6%

STEELFORM

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

Boats 1
Share 3.6%

STORMLINE

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

Boats 1
Share 3.6%
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