Consulting
Performance analysis, design review, and technical consulting from the office behind 500+ yacht designs. Objective, rigorous, and grounded in five decades of real-world racing data.
VPP Analysis
Independent Velocity Prediction Program analysis of your design or existing boat. Identify where performance is being left on the table — rig, keel, hull form, or sail plan — with quantified improvement pathways.
Performance vs Handicap Optimization
Rating rule optimization from the office with more IRC and ORC race wins than any other. Whether you’re targeting a specific rating band or trying to understand why your boat isn’t correcting out, Farr’s measurement expertise is unmatched.
Certificate Consultations
What would a change do — a smaller jib, more crew weight, a sail added or cut? We read the answer off your ORC certificate as a performance change, in seconds per mile, alongside our VPP and our judgment.
Cohort Studies
Where does your boat sit in its fleet — and why? We place it among its measured peers — cohort, design family, conditions — and show what the fleet record suggests about the choices in front of you.
Technical Audit
Structural and hydrodynamic review of proposed or existing designs. Useful before a refit, a purchase, or a campaign launch. Farr’s team has reviewed hundreds of designs across every class and rule.
Race Program Strategy
Strategic input on boat selection, class choice, and campaign structure for owners planning a serious race program. The office that designed the Whitbread race winners has a perspective on what actually wins races that no other consulting firm can match.
One-Design Rule Writing
Consulting on one-design class rules, measurement systems, and class management. Farr designed the Volvo Ocean 65 one-design class from scratch — the experience of building a class that works is directly applicable to new class development.
Technical Evidence
Expert witness and technical evidence services for maritime legal proceedings, insurance disputes, and protest hearings. Farr’s combination of design authority and documentation depth makes the office a credible and authoritative technical voice.
Consulting Track Record
Farr’s consulting practice draws on the same analytical rigor and competitive experience behind 500+ designs and 50+ world championship victories. Our results speak for themselves — 20 year old designs optimized by our team continue to sit on top of World Championship podiums. Recent and notable engagements include:
We are always ready to support our owners from supplying access to drawings to help in repairs or restoration through to design of modifications and updates to suit your requirements.
From writing One Design Rules to analyzing boats for compliance against ISO stability or structural standards we can help.
Ongoing rating optimization for owners competing at local, national and world championship level regattas.
Performance and ORCsy handicap consulting and campaign strategy for premier Superyacht Regattas worldwide.
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