MARIO 50^2
Class BDisplacementCruiser/Racer

MARIO 50^2 — ITA 17218

Model: Italia 12.98 (Polli)

Italia YachtsMatteo Polli

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MARIO 50^2 (ITA 17218) is a Italia 12.98 designed by Matteo Polli and built by Italia Yachts. She has been racing since 2026. She sails with a smaller sail plan than most Italia 12.98s. Against a typical Italia 12.98 she is slower downwind.

MARIO 50^2 ITA 17218 - Matteo Polli - Italia Yachts

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

9

Race starts

0

Wins

0%

Podiums

48

Race Edge

516.7s/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 kn36
10–16 kn61
Over 16 kn53
MARIO 50^2How Race Edge works
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Length

12.60 m

41′ 4″

Beam

4.15 m

Draft

2.26 m

Displacement

8.3 t

Sail area

96 m²

On the podium

Where MARIO 50^2 finishes when she goes racing.

0

Wins

0

Seconds

0

Thirds

9

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 MARIO 50^2 on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.

  • ItalyCampionato Invernale Marina di Loano2026644445677

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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: 9 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 MARIO 50^2 meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.

MARIO 50^2 aheadRival ahead
PRENDIFIATO 2 · Grand Soleil 34 (Skyron)0%ahead in 0 of 9 meetings
J BLU · J/9211%ahead in 1 of 9 meetings
RAYA · Italia 12.98 (Cossutti)11%ahead in 1 of 9 meetings
CORTO MALTESE · First 34.70%ahead in 0 of 9 meetings
NOTTE DI STELLE · Italia 12.98 (Cossutti)33%ahead in 3 of 9 meetings
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GAMBALUNGA · Etchells0%ahead in 0 of 9 meetings
ACCIUGA · Comet 4144%ahead in 4 of 9 meetings
LIBERAMENTE · Comet 38 (Finot)22%ahead in 2 of 9 meetings
TWIN SOUL · First 45 (Briand)11%ahead in 1 of 9 meetings
L'ESCARGOT · First 34.744%ahead in 4 of 9 meetings
CIRCE · First 36.756%ahead in 5 of 9 meetings
ZIGGY · Grand Soleil 39 (Maletto)78%ahead in 7 of 9 meetings
SHARDANA · T 3489%ahead in 8 of 9 meetings
OPHE'LIE · Hanse 34267%ahead in 6 of 9 meetings
PICCOLA · Grand Soleil 37 (Carkeek)100%ahead in 9 of 9 meetings
GALATEE VA · First 30 (Kouyoumdjian)100%ahead in 9 of 9 meetings
MIRAN · Bavaria Cruiser 39100%ahead in 9 of 9 meetings
LIMA GOLF 5 · Platu 25100%ahead in 9 of 9 meetings

How MARIO 50^2 compares with a typical Italia 12.98

Her main 2025 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Italia 12.98s measured since 2025.

Above the line she is quicker than a typical Italia 12.98; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.

True wind
Upwind-0.02 kn
Beam reach-0.04 kn
Broad reach-0.10 kn
Downwind-0.09 kn

Full width is 0.4 kn either way.

At 10 knots she gives away time to a typical Italia 12.98 on the broad reach.

Speed at every angle

MARIO 50^2 in blue, a typical Italia 12.98 dashed.

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MARIO 50^2 in blue, a typical Italia 12.98 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.

Other Italia 12.98s racing

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

PAX TIBI · ITA 1298 · last raced 2025FURIA · ITA 20 · last raced 2017

More about the Italia 12.98 (Polli)

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

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