Why ORC?
The real-world problem ...
- Racing different boats together!
- Boats don’t perform the same way in all conditions
- Light-air, heavy air, upwind and downwind all favour different designs
- Yet we usually rate boats with a single “average” number
- Which means results can feel… odd, depending on the day
Local Issues
- Fleet numbers decreasing throughout Ireland.
- Minority of boats winning everything in single handicap systems.
- Competitive Spinnaker fleets much reduced.
- Disillusionment with lack of transparency and imbalance in single-number handicaps.
- Older boats becoming very uncompetitive
How ORC Works
- ORC starts by measuring your boat and sails in detai
– 000’s of boats measurements already there
– Sail data via IRC Cert / sails tag / sailmaker
- ORC builds a performance model of how your boat really sails
- It predicts how your boat sails in different winds and angles
- It uses that model to calculate race corrections for real conditions