HOPE — ROU 998
Model: Italia 9.98
Updated
HOPE (ROU 998) is a Italia 9.98 designed by Matteo Polli and built by Italia Yachts. She has been racing since 2021 and has won two races. She sails with a larger sail plan than most Italia 9.98s. Against a typical Italia 9.98 she is quicker upwind in light air.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats4
Race starts
2
Wins
100%
Podiums
83
Race Edge
Italia 9.98: 90
549.8s/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 HOPE finishes when she goes racing.
2
Wins
2
Seconds
0
Thirds
4
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 HOPE on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Seanergya Regatta20211221
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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: 4 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 HOPE meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Other competitors (14)
Met too few times for a figure.
NEMO (First 40.7, 4 meetings), SIMINA (Elan 410, 4 meetings), INCITATUS II (Farr 40, 4 meetings), IRONY (First 40.7, 4 meetings), DANEZU (X-35, 4 meetings), MOJO (First 40.7, 4 meetings), TETRAKTYS (Figaro 2, 4 meetings), EROS (First 40.7, 4 meetings), SANTA MAGICA (First 40.7, 4 meetings), JOY (Sun Odyssey 49, 4 meetings), SANTA LUCIA (Dufour 412, 4 meetings), MELX (Sinergia 40, 4 meetings), FLYING CLOUD (Milenium 40, 4 meetings), SETSAIL (Swan 42, 4 meetings)
How HOPE 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
HOPE in blue, a typical Italia 9.98 dashed.
HOPE 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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