NEXT GEN — ITA 18266
Model: Italia 9.98
Updated
NEXT GEN (ITA 18266) is a Italia 9.98 designed by Matteo Polli and built by Italia Yachts. She has been racing since 2026 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 and downwind.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats16
Race starts
2
Wins
44%
Podiums
92
Race Edge
Italia 9.98: 90
542.8s/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 NEXT GEN finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
44%
of 16 starts · Italia 9.98 fleet: 38%
Wins
13%
Regattas
Every regatta we found with NEXT GEN on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Edison Next Italian Offshore Sailing Championship - Campionato Italiano Assoluto d’Altura2026634212110- ORC World Championship2026115123282034
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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
46%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: 3 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The boats NEXT GEN meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Show more rivals (22)
Other competitors (11)
Met too few times for a figure.
MELAGODO (First 34.7, 7 meetings), GLOBULO ROSSO (Este 31, 7 meetings), ATHENA PIRNAR (X-35, 7 meetings), MOXIE (X-35, 7 meetings), NITRO (Saffier 36, 7 meetings), DUFFY (Dufour 34, 6 meetings), MISS LILLI (First 34.7, 5 meetings), SEKELES (M 37, 5 meetings), KUNDALINI (Cobra 33, 3 meetings), ASELL (Vismara 34, 2 meetings), PATRICIA (First 34.7, 2 meetings)
How NEXT GEN 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 0.6 kn either way.
At 10 knots she is quicker than a typical Italia 9.98 on the broad reach.
Speed at every angle
NEXT GEN in blue, a typical Italia 9.98 dashed.
NEXT GEN 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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