NORTHERN LIGHT ADR
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NORTHERN LIGHT ADR — ITA 298

Model: Sportboat 30

NL CompMatteo Polli

With the same sail number: ADRIATICA · Ecoracer 30 · 2024

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NORTHERN LIGHT ADR (ITA 298) is a Sportboat 30 designed by Matteo Polli and built by NL Comp. She has been racing since 2025. She sails with a smaller sail plan than most Sportboat 30s. Against a typical Sportboat 30 she is quicker on a beam reach, and slower upwind in light air.

NORTHERN LIGHT ADR ITA 298 - Matteo Polli - NL Comp

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

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Race start

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Wins

0%

Podiums

97

Race Edge

519.7s/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 kn88
10–16 kn97
Over 16 kn98
NORTHERN LIGHT ADRHow Race Edge works

Not verified. On planing hulls this score has no match in the race results we hold. Read it as what the measurements say, not as a ranking.

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Length

9.15 m

30′ 0″

Beam

3.03 m

Draft

2.29 m

Displacement

2.0 t

Sail area

58 m²

On the podium

Where NORTHERN LIGHT ADR finishes when she goes racing.

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Wins

0

Seconds

0

Thirds

1

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 NORTHERN LIGHT ADR on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.

  • World championshipORC DH World Championship20258

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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: no 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 NORTHERN LIGHT ADR meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.

Other competitors (27)

Met too few times for a figure.

COLOMBRE (JPK 10.80, 1 meeting), RELEASE (Salona 41, 1 meeting), MARY S (JPK 10.30, 1 meeting), ANEMOX (X-35, 1 meeting), TASMANIA (First 40.7, 1 meeting), SONIA (Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini), 1 meeting), LUNATIKA (Sun Fast 3600, 1 meeting), CUNI (Canard 41, 1 meeting), ELAYA (Elan E5, 1 meeting), JOY (J/99, 1 meeting), DEMON X (X-35, 1 meeting), TOKIO (J/99, 1 meeting), GARBIN II (First 40.7, 1 meeting), FLAY (First 40.7, 1 meeting), KEY-GO (V 34, 1 meeting), ANDREBORAH (Solaris 36, 1 meeting), AXTEROPE (X-35, 1 meeting), WILD AT HEART (JOD 35, 1 meeting), BOOMERANG (Farr 30, 1 meeting), MUNJEK RS (Sun Fast 3300, 1 meeting), SKIP...INTRO (Elan S5, 1 meeting), RAPTOR (Elan E4, 1 meeting), JOKER (J/109, 1 meeting), VERTIGO (Elan 350, 1 meeting), IAIAI (Elan 37, 1 meeting), GLENFIELD (Evolution 10, 1 meeting), FREEDOM (First 36.7, 1 meeting)

How NORTHERN LIGHT ADR compares with a typical Sportboat 30

Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Sportboat 30s measured since 2025.

Above the line she is quicker than a typical Sportboat 30; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.

True wind
Upwind-0.03 kn
Beam reach+0.11 kn
Broad reach-0.04 kn
Downwind-0.03 kn

Full width is 0.4 kn either way.

At 10 knots she is quicker than a typical Sportboat 30 on the beam reach.

Speed at every angle

NORTHERN LIGHT ADR in blue, a typical Sportboat 30 dashed.

30°60°90°120°150°WIND

NORTHERN LIGHT ADR in blue, a typical Sportboat 30 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.

More about the Sportboat 30

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

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