Shared Foundation
Every layer starts from the same anchor.
Regardless of layer, every computation starts from the same anchor: your ORC
certificate, its certified polar baseline, (the certificate’s polar performance grid — the official ORC speeds at each wind speed and angle that every Edge Map delta is measured against) and the same R16 boat runtime built on the
DSYHS calm-water backbone with bounded follow-on lanes. Every delta is computed from
that certified baseline. Every output carries provenance tags showing where each
value came from. The model is stateless and deterministic — same inputs, same
outputs, every time.
What we publish: equations, pipeline, assumptions, provenance. What we don’t:
exact tuning coefficients, calibration data, or protected partner-specific model
parameters. The methodology is inspectable. The competitive advantage of our partners stays private.
The certificate supplies four categories of binding input: certified hull dimensions
and
rated stability (the boat’s righting behavior — rated on the certificate, then computed by the R16 stability layer for each sailing state), rig measurements,
polar performance data, and sail inventory dimensions. These are the
contract — immutable inputs that anchor every computation. Crew weight is a
separate analysis dimension — available at the
subscriber tier (the tier a SailEdge license unlocks — your own certificate and the physics it earns), no
Expert Mode required — and handled as a bounded
what-if, not a certificate override.