GAP 5
Class BDisplacementCruiser/Racer

GAP 5 — ITA 59245

Model: Italia 11.98

Italia YachtsMatteo Polli

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GAP 5 (ITA 59245) is a Italia 11.98 designed by Matteo Polli and built by Italia Yachts. She has been racing since 2024. Against a typical Italia 11.98 she is slower on a beam reach.

GAP 5 ITA 59245 - Matteo Polli - Italia Yachts

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

5

Race starts

0

Wins

0%

Podiums

87

Race Edge

Italia 11.98: 84

525.6s/mile

Rating 2026

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

Under 10 kn91
10–16 kn36
Over 16 kn51
GAP 5A typical Italia 11.98How Race Edge works
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Length

11.65 m

38′ 3″

Beam

3.97 m

Draft

2.12 m

Displacement

6.5 t

Sail area

88 m²

On the podium

Where GAP 5 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 GAP 5 on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.

  • ItalyCoppa dei Campioni VIII Zona20248712149

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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: 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 GAP 5 meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.

Other competitors (17)

Met too few times for a figure.

GUARDAMAGO 3 (Italia 11.98, 5 meetings), MORGAN V (Swan 42, 5 meetings), LADY DAY 998 (Italia 9.98, 5 meetings), TROTTOLINA BELLIKOSA (X-35, 5 meetings), UNPOPERGIOCO (Italia 9.98, 5 meetings), REVE DE VIE (Grand Soleil 43 (Maletto), 5 meetings), SARCHIAPONE (Italia 9.98, 5 meetings), EURISTICA 2 (X-43, 5 meetings), CANOPUS (First 36.7, 5 meetings), DUO (Salona 37, 5 meetings), GRACE (Grand Soleil 40 (Polli), 5 meetings), HYDRA (Comet 36, 5 meetings), GIULIA (Italia 9.98, 5 meetings), L'OTTAVO PECCATO (M 37, 5 meetings), BIBA (Bavaria Match 35, 5 meetings), FURIA (Italia 14.98, 5 meetings), ECCLEVI (Italia 9.98, 5 meetings)

How GAP 5 compares with a typical Italia 11.98

Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Italia 11.98s measured since 2025.

Above the line she is quicker than a typical Italia 11.98; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.

True wind
Upwind-0.01 kn
Beam reach-0.10 kn
Broad reach+0.01 kn
Downwind+0.01 kn

Full width is 0.4 kn either way.

At 10 knots she gives away time to a typical Italia 11.98 on the beam reach.

Speed at every angle

GAP 5 in blue, a typical Italia 11.98 dashed.

30°60°90°120°150°WIND

GAP 5 in blue, a typical Italia 11.98 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.

Other Italia 11.98s racing

Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.

More about the Italia 11.98

Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.

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