SailEdge™ by SailrScience quantifies the performance edge between your current sail plan and your next one — anchored to your ORC certificate, computed with inspectable physics, and delivered as a portable file you control.
Moving from the world of high tech, software design, and data analytics to live on a boat and cruise the Atlantic, we thought about what boat and what sail plan would optimize fun and peace of mind — if not downright safety.
Buying a comfortable cruising boat was the right decision. But we added a Solent rig and two heavy-weather headsails the first year. And we needed them in the spring bluster on the Chesapeake — going out in 25–35 kts to get ready for the even blustier Atlantic.
Then we added a Code 0 and an A-2 rigged on a Harken Reflex furler — and they made a big difference on those light-wind summer days.
But in the process we could see that sail plans were not well understood. SailrScience fills that gap.
Built on ORC, not around it. The certificate isn’t the starting point because it’s convenient — it’s the starting point because it’s the most rigorous, independently verified performance baseline in offshore racing. We don’t compete with ORC. We make the certificate more valuable.
Science confirms gut instinct.
Every delta comes from inspectable physics signals — drive, side force, drag, heel, rudder correction. No black box. You see the math.
Every computation starts from your ORC certificate, your sail dimensions, your wind condition. The view sends the full input set every time. The physics engine retains nothing between requests. Every computation starts fresh from your inputs.
Apples-to-apples comparison, regime by regime. A hull-speed fence enforces physical limits. Diagnostic flags warn when inputs push beyond validated boundaries.
SailrScience has been demonstrated to leading sail lofts and naval architects. The conversations that follow are different from anything they’ve had before.
20+ ORC boats validated across the fleet — from club racers to a Cape 31 that won Key West Race Week. Active conversations with US sail lofts. International interest from performance analysts in Europe and Scandinavia.
Kevin brings decades of commercial software design and data analytics to solving customer experience challenges. Evaluating sail plans and engaging with sail lofts was just such an opportunity. He lives aboard in Annapolis and builds SailrScience from the same sailing community he serves. Edge Maps were always his mental model. Now Edge Maps come to life for all SailrScience users.
SailrScience is built in Annapolis, Maryland — one of the most concentrated sailing communities on the East Coast. The Chesapeake Bay is the testing ground. The sailors here are the first users. The sailmakers down the road are the first partners.
This isn’t remote. The product is built where the conversations happen — at the dock, at the loft, on the water.
SailrScience is in active evaluation with established US sail lofts and has drawn interest from international performance analysts and naval architects. The platform has been validated across 20+ ORC-rated boats ranging from Cape 31s to J/42s, with real race data from Key West and Annapolis fleets.