BIRBA3 — ITA 17899
Model: Italia 9.98
Updated
BIRBA3 (ITA 17899) is a Italia 9.98 designed by Matteo Polli and built by Italia Yachts. She has been racing since 2025. She sails close to a typical Italia 9.98 at every angle.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats5
Race starts
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Wins
0%
Podiums
80
Race Edge
Italia 9.98: 90
550.3s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
10.30 m
33′ 10″
Beam
3.54 m
Draft
1.91 m
Displacement
4.6 t
Sail area
69 m²
On the podium
Where BIRBA3 finishes when she goes racing.
0
Wins
0
Seconds
0
Thirds
5
Starts
Not enough races yet for a percentage — these are the counts so far. We keep collecting results, so this will fill in.
Regattas
Every regatta we found with BIRBA3 on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Campionato Nazionale Medio e Basso Tirreno20252324231823
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Report a regattaRound the buoys, or offshore
A short windward-leeward and a night at sea ask different things of a boat.
Round the buoys
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Not enough data yet: 5 races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: no races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The boats BIRBA3 meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Other competitors (27)
Met too few times for a figure.
BLUE MOON (TP 52 (Judel/Vrolijk), 5 meetings), DJANGO (Wallyrocket 51, 5 meetings), MASCALZONE LATINO (Farr 40, 5 meetings), TO BE (Italia 11.98, 5 meetings), SELENE (Swan 42, 5 meetings), LISA R (Ker 46, 5 meetings), MUSICA (TP 52 (Carkeek), 5 meetings), CAVALLO PAZZO (X-35, 5 meetings), SAYANN (First 40, 5 meetings), COSIXTY 8 (IMX 38, 5 meetings), ATHYRIS & C (Grand Soleil 43 (Carkeek), 5 meetings), SOUTH KENSINGTON (First 35 (Farr), 5 meetings), GUARDAMAGO 3 (Italia 11.98, 5 meetings), GIULIA (Italia 9.98, 5 meetings), ULIKA (Swan 45, 5 meetings), NEOMIND (Neo 430, 5 meetings), REBEL (First 40, 5 meetings), WANAX (X-37, 5 meetings), NIENTEMALE (First 40, 5 meetings), PITTILANTO (Solaris 44, 5 meetings), LEA (X-372, 5 meetings), RAFFICA (DK 46, 5 meetings), ANOUK (Cookson 50, 5 meetings), EXCALIBUR (X-35, 5 meetings), GEEX (Italia 11.98, 5 meetings), TARANTELLA (Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini), 5 meetings), TES (M 37, 5 meetings)
How BIRBA3 compares with a typical Italia 9.98
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Italia 9.98s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical Italia 9.98; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.
Full width is 0.4 kn either way.
At 10 knots she sails level with a typical Italia 9.98 across the course.
Speed at every angle
BIRBA3 in blue, a typical Italia 9.98 dashed.
BIRBA3 in blue, a typical Italia 9.98 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other Italia 9.98s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the Italia 9.98
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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