FARFALLINA 3
Class CDisplacementCruiser/Racer

FARFALLINA 3 — ITA 247

Model: Italia 9.98

Italia YachtsMatteo Polli

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FARFALLINA 3 (ITA 247) is a Italia 9.98 designed by Matteo Polli and built by Italia Yachts. She has been racing since 2025 and has won 1 race. Against a typical Italia 9.98 she is quicker upwind in light air.

FARFALLINA 3 ITA 247 - Matteo Polli - Italia Yachts

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

7

Race starts

1

Win

29%

Podiums

88

Race Edge

Italia 9.98: 90

548.1s/mile

Rating 2025

Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.

Under 10 kn90
10–16 kn41
Over 16 kn78
FARFALLINA 3A typical Italia 9.98How Race Edge works
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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 FARFALLINA 3 finishes when she goes racing.

1

Wins

1

Seconds

0

Thirds

7

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 FARFALLINA 3 on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.

  • ItalyCampionato Invernale del Ponente2025–261021071010
  • ItalyGiraglia20251

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Round 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: 6 races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.

Offshore & coastal

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Not enough data yet: 1 race over 10 NM carry a published distance.

Who she races against

The boats FARFALLINA 3 meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.

Other competitors (22)

Met too few times for a figure.

VELASQUEZ (Ridas 37, 6 meetings), RACHISTAR (X-41, 6 meetings), T2 (Dehler 36 (Stadt), 6 meetings), NUVOLA ROSSA (J/24, 6 meetings), BLACK BULL (First 36.7, 6 meetings), VITAMINA (Dehler 39 (Judel/Vrolijk), 6 meetings), HYPNOTIC (T 34, 6 meetings), TRAMONTO ROSSO (Bonin 34, 6 meetings), TARANTELLA (Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini), 6 meetings), BLU (Corby 25, 6 meetings), SANGRIA (Elan 31 (Humphreys), 1 meeting), TEKNO (First 31.7, 1 meeting), CAPRICCIO II (First 36.7, 1 meeting), J LAB (J/99, 1 meeting), FREMITO D'ARJA (J/109, 1 meeting), X-WAVE (X-332, 1 meeting), ASKEW (Comet 38 (Vallicelli), 1 meeting), L'ESCARGOT (First 34.7, 1 meeting), MIRAN (Bavaria Cruiser 39, 1 meeting), GIANBURRASCA (First 36.7, 1 meeting), CIRCE (First 36.7, 1 meeting), IMXTINENTE (X-35, 1 meeting)

How FARFALLINA 3 compares with a typical Italia 9.98

Her main 2025 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.

True wind
Upwind+0.04 kn
Beam reach+0.00 kn
Broad reach+0.04 kn
Downwind+0.04 kn

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

FARFALLINA 3 in blue, a typical Italia 9.98 dashed.

30°60°90°120°150°WIND

FARFALLINA 3 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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