ORC World Fleet

The international championship-circuit fleet — Worlds, Continental, and Double-Handed championships.

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515 boats 191 events 764 races 1,237 obs International event fleet · as of 2026-09-02
Kinship

Every fleet’s waters hold their own story.

From Sorrento to Tallinn, Annapolis to Capri — find your championship waters.

 Hidden Shape

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

How the ORC World Fleet races, before the results arrive.
Character

The world-traveling fleet. 515 boats that pack passports.

The ORC World Fleet is FleetEdge’s international-travelers fleet — 515 boats that contest the global ORC championship circuit beyond their home nationals. The Worlds, the European Championship, the Double-Handed World and European Championships, the Mediterranean Championship — this is the fleet that shows up when a title is on the line and the entry list crosses borders. One hundred and eighty-eight events and 764 races let you compare boats across countries and events on this hub.

The world fleet is broad-spectrum by archetype — no single hull family commands the circuit. AEROSTREAM leads at 23.3% (120 boats), LEANRUN follows at 21.4% (110), and AEROCORE sits third at 12.8% (66). The lead is real — just under two points over second — but even the leader holds under a third of the fleet, and the archetypes behind the leading trio run from 11.5% down to 3.9%, three of them within two points of one another. That is the shape worth noticing: no long thin tail, but a graded field where seven of the eight archetypes carry meaningful weight. The trophy hunters of the international circuit do not all look the same: towering-rig upwind-power platforms, large upright hulls carrying generous proportion at the tender end of the stiffness range, low-proportion large platforms that trade sail-carrying power for waterline efficiency, compact stiff-reserve hulls, and high-efficiency running specialists all earn entries beside one another. The geographic backbone is Mediterranean — Italy carries the largest single national share — but the Nordic countries together (Norway, Finland, Estonia, and Sweden) form the structural counterweight that defines the fleet’s split personality between warm-water Med racing and Baltic championship summers.

The marquee outcome of the current published data is the 2026 ORC World Championship at Sorrento (Bay of Naples, 8–14 May 2026). Four championship classes, four trophies: AEROSTREAM took Classes 0 (SUMMER STORM, TP-52) and A (RAN, Carkeek 40+); AEROCORE took Classes B (KATARA, Pg-390) and C (ROBE DA MAT, Mat-11). RAN’s Class A win is the second in a row — the Swedish Carkeek 40+ also won Class A at Tallinn 2025. This page sets out the macro identity above, then drops into the Selected Race Result lens for the fleet’s most recent championship, the ORC European Championships 2026, in detail.

Global fleet view · 515 boats · as of 2026-09-02

Fleet DNA

How the ORC World Fleet is built.

515 boats in the fleet. 512 ORC-rated and 3 mapped IRC entries attributed across 8 performance archetypes.

The ORC World Fleet Signature

The ORC World Fleet is a broad-spectrum collective — eight archetypes carry structural weight, and no single hull family commands the circuit. AEROSTREAM leads at 23.3% (120 boats) — the towering-scale, level-trimming upwind-power family that brings TP-52s, Farr 40s, and grand-prix rig drive to the international circuit. LEANRUN follows at 21.4% (110 boats) — the family of the First 36.7 and J-109 lineage that fills championship entry lists, upwind-neutral in race results. AEROCORE sits third at 12.8% (66 boats) — the large-platform school at the tender end of the stiffness range, the shape that rewards crews willing to sail a powerful hull on its ear. Together the top three carry 57.5% of the fleet, but the leader is still short of a third on its own — a broad leading band rather than the two-archetype concentration seen in narrower national fleets. Behind them the field is unusually even: AEROFORCE at 11.5% (59 boats), LEANFORCE at 9.5% (49 boats), and HEFTLINE at 10.5% (54 boats) sit within 2.0 points of one another, with KEELRUN at 7.2% (37 boats) and SPARKFLEX at 3.9% (20 boats) closing the distribution. There is no thin tail here — every hull family on the platform arrives at the international circuit in numbers.

  • AEROSTREAM 23.3% · 120 boats
  • LEANRUN 21.4% · 110 boats
  • AEROCORE 12.8% · 66 boats

Dimension emphasis: Comparative Time · Hull Efficiency · Sail Drive · Upwind VMG

Farr Design leads the designer signature at 13.0% (67 boats), ahead of the X-Yachts drawing board at 11.4% (55 boats). Judel-Vrolijk heads the second rank, with Polli next and Frers, Johnstone, and Mills level behind them, and the long tail spreads across Humphreys, Carkeek, Botin, and Cossutti drawing boards. Top classes: X-41 (18), TP-52 (15), First 40.7 (11), First 34.7 (10), Italia 11.98 (9). The marquee event of the current published data is the 2026 ORC World Championship at Sorrento (101 fleet boats in the race group).

Complete data Latest published view

The full distribution across all 11 measured slots.

AEROSTREAM

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

neutral upwind · weak reaching · weak downwind

Boats 120
Share 23.3%
  • TP-52
  • XP-44
  • Farr 40

LEANRUN

— upwind-neutral in race results.

neutral upwind · neutral reaching · weak downwind

Boats 110
Share 21.4%
  • First 36.7
  • J-109
  • First 35

AEROCORE

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

neutral upwind · neutral reaching · neutral downwind

Boats 66
Share 12.8%
  • First 36
  • Bavaria CR 46
  • J-120

AEROFORCE

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

weak upwind · weak reaching · weak downwind

Boats 59
Share 11.5%
  • First 40.7
  • X-43
  • Grand Soleil 40

HEFTLINE

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

moderate upwind · moderate reaching · moderate downwind

Boats 54
Share 10.5%
  • J-111
  • Farr 30
  • Cape 31

LEANFORCE

Compact scale — measured downwind advantage in race results.

neutral upwind · neutral reaching · neutral downwind

Boats 49
Share 9.5%
  • Fortuna 9
  • Mat 10.10
  • Aphrodite 101

KEELRUN

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

strong upwind · strong reaching · strong downwind

Boats 37
Share 7.2%
  • First 31.7
  • J-105
  • Sunfast 3200

SPARKFLEX

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

neutral upwind · moderate reaching · moderate downwind

Boats 20
Share 3.9%
  • J-80 OD
  • J-24
  • J-70 ONE DESIGN

AEROSTREAM, LEANRUN, and AEROCORE — the leading trio — together carry 57.5% in a broad leading band, but the fleet spreads across all eight archetypes — the international championship circuit attracts a wider hull range than any single national fleet because each venue rewards a different condition mix. Upwind-biased championship courses bring AEROSTREAM, AEROCORE, and AEROFORCE forward; rough-water legs where stiffness reserve pays elevate HEFTLINE and LEANFORCE; KEELRUN, LEANRUN, and SPARKFLEX hold their share wherever the course mix evens out.

The eight archetype names are the current census; the grid above resolves them across the eleven measured slots, which is why two cards can carry the same name. How eleven resolved into eight →

Event cohort view · 34 boats · as of 2026-09-02

Featured Events

The championships the world fleet contests.

Across the 188-event international circuit, six championships anchor the fleet’s annual rhythm — the Worlds, the Continentals, and the Double-Handed Worlds and Europeans.

ORC World Championship 2026 — Sorrento

101 fleet boats · 8–14 May 2026 · Bay of Naples, Italy. The marquee outcome of the current published data — four championship classes, four trophies split between AEROSTREAM and AEROCORE. The result presented below is the fleet’s more recent championship, the ORC European Championships 2026.

Garmin ORC World Championships 2025 — Tallinn

61 fleet boats · 11–16 August 2025 · Baltic Sea, Estonia. Two class titles stand in the current published standings: RAN (AEROSTREAM) took Class A and FORMULA X (AEROCORE) took Class B — archetypes read at the FleetEdge view published nearest the event.

ORC Double Handed World Championship 2024

59 fleet boats · June 2024. The biennial shorthanded-offshore championship, central to the Sunfast 3300, JPK 1030, and Dehler 30 OD lineage in the fleet.

ORC DH World Championships 2025

53 fleet boats · September 2025. The 2025 edition of the Double-Handed Worlds — the second shorthanded marquee in the fleet’s annual rhythm.

ORC European Championship 2024

52 fleet boats · 12–17 August 2024. The continental championship for the broader European fleet — the bridge event between national programs and the Worlds.

ORC DH European Championship 2025

33 fleet boats · July 2025. The Double-Handed European Championship — the regional shorthanded title between the biennial DH Worlds editions.

Selected Race Result

ORC European Championships 2026 — Classes AB and C.

34 of 515 fleet boats competed across nine races in the two classes with published series standings (AB and C) — an offshore opener of up to 240 nm and a short offshore of up to 48 nm under time-on-time weather-routing scoring, and seven windward-leeward races under PCS constructed-course scoring. 10–15 August 2026. The fleet’s most recent championship after the Worlds in May: a 35-entry regatta drawn almost entirely from the Baltic nations — Lithuania (13 fleet boats), Estonia (8), Latvia (4), Germany (3), Sweden (3), Denmark (2), Norway (1). Class AB went to DIXI 5 (Xr-41, AEROCORE); no Class C winner is resolved in FleetEdge’s view, so that class reads here from second place down.

Headlines

Dimension leaders — the fleet’s entries at the ORC European Championships 2026 (10–15 August 2026).

Comparative time (the race-record dimension family — corrected time and rank) is read here in sec/nm against the rating: negative = faster than the rating expects (the boat beat its rating); positive = slower. Crew residual (what remains after the boat’s evaluated pace is accounted for — negative is faster, in s/nm): negative = the crew beat the boat’s archetype-expected pace; positive = below that baseline — and the read that separates crews is each boat’s distance from the field’s crew median, which every named row carries beside its raw figure. 33 of the 34 fleet boats carry both products at this event; 16 of the 33 scored crews sat ahead of the field’s crew median, one sat on it and 16 sat behind it. The four certificate boards read the 34 fleet boats’ own measurements.

Comparative Time — sec/nm vs rating

1. Lumi · −167.07
2. ADELE · −154.46
3. SUGAR · −151.96
Median Field · −132.19
Cohort 33 boats scored

Crew Residual — sec/nm against the evaluated pace

1. Lumi · −85.29 sec/nm · 25.36 sec/nm ahead of the field’s crew median
2. TANGO 2 · −82.86 sec/nm · 22.93 sec/nm ahead of the field’s crew median
3. SUGAR · −79.17 sec/nm · 19.24 sec/nm ahead of the field’s crew median
Median Field crew median · −59.93 sec/nm
Cohort 33 boats scored · 16 ahead of the median

Sail Drive — 0–100

1. TOJANA · 25
2. AJA & LA CALMA · 22
3. Sons of Hurricanes · 22
Cohort 34 boats

Upwind VMG (12 kt) — kn

1. Nemo Rosso · 5.91
2. PURE · 5.79
3. Clean Energy · 5.78
Cohort 34 boats

Downwind VMG (12 kt) — kn

1. Nemo Rosso · 7.43
2. Clean Energy · 7.37
3. PURE · 7.20
Cohort 34 boats

Stability (RM/Disp) — ratio

1. Nemo Rosso · 39.01
2. PURE · 32.96
3. Clean Energy · 32.30
Cohort 34 boats

Every one of the 33 scored boats finished faster than its rating expects, so the field median of −132.19 sec/nm, not zero, is the reference on the Comparative Time board. Lumi, ADELE and SUGAR read on six of the nine races; TANGO 2’s crew figure rests on three of the nine, a small sample. No Class C winner is resolved in FleetEdge’s view for this event.

Stories

What the Europeans tell us.

Championship Citation

DIXI 5 — ORC European Champion, Class AB.

DEN 4100 DIXI 5 AEROCORE (Xr-41, AEROCORE) won Class AB at the ORC European Championships 2026 with 9 points — 1st in Class AB on series points, 14 boats resolved in FleetEdge’s view, in a 35-entry regatta. The X-Yachts racer reads AEROCORE at the FleetEdge analysis nearest the event — the large-platform family at the tender end of the stiffness range, downwind-neutral in race results. Behind it the class podium stayed in the Baltic: KETURI VĖJAI AEROSTREAM (X-41 Mod, AEROSTREAM) took 2nd on 26 points and RHINO AEROCORE (Italia 11.98, AEROCORE) 3rd on 28 — two of the three steps to Lithuanian programs. The champion also carried a strong execution read: its crew sat 13.41 sec/nm ahead of the field’s crew median (−73.34 sec/nm against the evaluated pace), and on comparative time the boat finished 138.95 sec/nm faster than its rating expects, 6.77 sec/nm better than the field median of −132.19.

  • DIXI 5 Class AB: 1st · 9 pts · 14 boats resolved in FleetEdge’s view
  • KETURI VĖJAI 2nd · 26 pts · RHINO 3rd · 28 pts
  • Archetype: AEROCORE · Xr-41
Complete data ORC European Championships 2026
Crew-Carried

Lumi: the crew ran 25 sec/nm ahead of the field’s crew median.

Lumi LEANFORCE (First 34.7, LEANFORCE) carries the strongest execution read among the fleet’s entries at the Europeans — a crew residual of −85.29 sec/nm against the evaluated pace (the pace the certificate physics say the boat should hold), 25.36 sec/nm ahead of the field’s crew median of −59.93, the top of the 33-boat scored field on a full seven-record sample. The platform alone does not explain it: on comparative time the Estonian First 34.7 finished 167.07 sec/nm faster than its rating expects — 34.88 sec/nm better than the field median of −132.19 and again the top of the scored field, though on six of the nine races. Fifth in Class C on series points (41.5) beside a top-of-field execution read is the crew-versus-platform contrast in plain sight: a compact LEANFORCE hull, measured downwind advantage in race results, whose crew converted more from it than its physics pace alone would earn. Across the scored field, 16 of the 33 crews sat ahead of the field’s crew median and 16 behind it, with one on it.

Partial data ORC European Championships 2026
Magnitude Gap

MATCHBOX: 10 sec/nm clear of the field median on the fullest sample in the field.

Every one of the 33 scored fleet boats finished the Europeans faster than its rating expects — the field median sits at −132.19 sec/nm — so the gap that matters is the distance from that median, and on the fullest reads, seven of the nine races, it is MATCHBOX LEANFORCE (Mat 10.10, LEANFORCE) that carries the widest: −142.41 sec/nm, 10.23 sec/nm better than the field median. Lumi (−167.07), ADELE (−154.46) and SUGAR (−151.96) sit further out, but on six-race samples; the German Mills-designed Mat 10.10 is the boat whose margin rests on the fullest sample the field offers. A 13th place in Class C on series points (71) beside the field’s widest fully-sampled comparative margin is the reminder this championship offers: nine races under PCS and time-on-time scoring rewarded consistency, and the single-dimension pace leaders were not the trophy winners.

  • MATCHBOX: −142.41 sec/nm · 10.23 sec/nm better than the field median · seven of nine races
  • Field median: −132.19 sec/nm · 33 boats scored · all 33 faster than their rating expects
  • Archetype: LEANFORCE · Mat 10.10
Complete data ORC European Championships 2026
Composition Shift

A Baltic entry list that leaned toward AEROCORE and LEANRUN.

AEROCORE carries 12.8% of the 515-boat world fleet — but 23.5% of the fleet’s Europeans entries (8 of 34 classified boats), nearly double its baseline. LEANRUN led the race group outright at 26.5% (9 boats) against 21.4% of the fleet, so the two large-platform families behind the fleet leader took the first two places in the entry list, and AEROSTREAM — 23.3% of the fleet — slipped to third at 20.6% (7 boats). LEANFORCE also gained, 9.5% to 11.8% (4 boats). The thinning came further down: AEROFORCE fell from 11.5% to 5.9% (2 boats), HEFTLINE from 10.5% to 5.9% (2 boats), KEELRUN from 7.2% to 2.9% (1 boat) and SPARKFLEX from 3.9% to 2.9% (1 boat). A Baltic August championship of windward-leeward and offshore racing drew a large-scale, tender-reserve field — the Mat-11 and First 35 lineage — rather than the towering-scale, stiff-reserve platforms that filled the Sorrento Worlds; the entry list is itself a read on who travels to which championship.

  • AEROCORE: 12.8% fleet → 23.5% race (8 of 34)
  • LEANRUN: 21.4% → 26.5% · AEROSTREAM: 23.3% → 20.6% · LEANFORCE: 9.5% → 11.8%
  • AEROFORCE: 11.5% → 5.9% · HEFTLINE: 10.5% → 5.9% · KEELRUN: 7.2% → 2.9% · SPARKFLEX: 3.9% → 2.9%
Complete data ORC European Championships 2026
Race Archetypes

34 boats classified in the ORC European Championships 2026.

Archetype assignments dated 2026-09-02 — the FleetEdge analysis nearest this event.

Of the 34 fleet boats that contested the Europeans, all 34 carry a FleetEdge archetype assignment at this vintage. LEANRUN holds the leading share of the race group, with AEROCORE second and AEROSTREAM third — the fleet’s leading family pushed to third by the two large-platform families that usually sit behind it. The distribution below is the FleetEdge view published nearest the championship.

LEANRUN

— upwind-neutral in race results.

Boats 9
Share 26.5%

AEROCORE

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

Boats 8
Share 23.5%

AEROSTREAM

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

Boats 7
Share 20.6%

LEANFORCE

Compact scale — measured downwind advantage in race results.

Boats 4
Share 11.8%

HEFTLINE

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

Boats 2
Share 5.9%

AEROFORCE

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

Boats 2
Share 5.9%

KEELRUN

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

Boats 1
Share 2.9%

SPARKFLEX

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

Boats 1
Share 2.9%

Classified fleet view · 515 of 515 classified · as of 2026-09-02

Fleet Stories

World-fleet signature.

Designer Density

Farr Design — the ORC World Fleet’s most-common drawing board.

Farr Design leads the world-fleet designer signature at 13.0% (67 boats), ahead of the X-Yachts drawing board at 11.4% (55 boats). The 13.0% share sits inside the 8–15% “most-common” band — a real signal that the Farr drawing board carries the largest single share of championship-level entries, but not a leading-share pattern. The X-Yachts board sits within striking distance, barely two points behind, and the second rank (Judel-Vrolijk, then Polli, with Frers, Johnstone, and Mills exactly level behind them) is unusually deep. The world fleet is one of the most designer-diverse fleets on the platform — no single drawing board owns the international championship circuit.

  • Farr Design: 67 boats · 13.0%
  • X-Yachts drawing board: 55 boats · 11.4%
  • Deep second rank: Judel-Vrolijk, Polli, then Frers, Johnstone, and Mills level
Complete data FleetEdge fleet-wide data
Archetype Density

AEROSTREAM leads the world fleet — but the bench runs eight deep.

AEROSTREAM leads the world fleet at 23.3% (120 of 515 classified boats), with LEANRUN second at 21.4% (110) and AEROCORE third at 12.8% (66). AEROSTREAM is the towering-scale upwind-power family — the TP-52, Farr 40, and grand-prix rig-drive lineage that anchors championship entry lists. The lead is real but far from commanding: the top three carry 57.5% combined, the leader holds under a third of the fleet on its own, and the field behind them runs from 11.5% down to 3.9% with no thin tail beneath. The world fleet is one of the most archetype-diverse fleets on the platform — the trophy hunters at Sorrento, Tallinn, and the Mediterranean Championship venues do not look the same from one venue to the next, because each venue rewards a different condition mix.

  • AEROSTREAM: 120 boats · 23.3%
  • LEANRUN: 110 boats · 21.4%
  • AEROCORE: 66 boats · 12.8%
Complete data FleetEdge fleet-wide data
Popular Classes

The boats that define ORC world-championship racing.

X-41 (18)

The X-Yachts grand-prix racer-cruiser from Jeppesen-Nielsen — a Class B mainstay across European and World championships, frequently sub-classified as Mod or One Design.

TP-52 (15)

The grand-prix 52-footer — Botin and Judel-Vrolijk designs that anchor the big-boat classes of the championship circuit, including the Class 0 winner at Sorrento.

First 40.7 (11)

The larger Beneteau Farr-First sister — a Class A staple that bridges club-level offshore racing and championship-level entry.

First 34.7 (10)

The Beneteau Farr-penned racer-cruiser — the most popular sub-12m offshore class on the international circuit, with strong Mediterranean and Baltic representation.

Italia 11.98 (9)

The Cossutti-designed Italian mid-size racer — built by Italia Yachts, often sub-classified as Fuoriserie, and a Class B/C contender at Mediterranean ORC events.

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ORC Worlds 2026 — Sorrento

The marquee event of the current published data — four championship classes.

ORC Worlds 2025 — Tallinn

The 2025 edition on the Baltic — where RAN’s Class A run began.

Baltic Offshore

The Nordic championship feeder fleet — the structural counterweight to the Mediterranean half of the world fleet.

Italy ORC

The Mediterranean center of gravity — the largest national contingent in the world fleet flies Italian sail prefixes.

Fleet Archetypes

The FleetEdge archetype framework — how the hull families are defined, and how eleven measured slots resolved into the current census.

All Countries

The 29-country index — explore each national contingent that feeds the international championship circuit.

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