PATENT 4 — GER 7498
Model: Italia 9.98
Updated
PATENT 4 (GER 7498) is a Italia 9.98 designed by Matteo Polli and built by Italia Yachts. She has been racing since 2017 and has won five races. She sails close to a typical Italia 9.98 at every angle.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats31
Race starts
5
Wins
55%
Podiums
88
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 PATENT 4 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
55%
of 31 starts · Italia 9.98 fleet: 38%
Wins
16%
Regattas
Every regatta we found with PATENT 4 on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Marstrand Big Boat Race2026342332
MaiOR - Mai Offshore Regatta2026535111258
Hotel Melfarhus DH-DM2026437615- Fehmarn Rund20261
- Ærø Rund20263843
- Deutsche Bestenermittlung Seesegeln Inshore20241223112
- Go4Speed - Praxistraining201785423
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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: 6 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.
25 more races without a published distance count in the podium figures, not in this split.
Who she races against
The boats PATENT 4 meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Other competitors (48)
Met too few times for a figure.
ELLI (Corby 29, 7 meetings), XENIA (Xp 44, 7 meetings), NEMO (J/88, 7 meetings), ATOMIC BLUE (Melges 20, 7 meetings), HALBTROCKEN (Dehler 39 (Judel/Vrolijk), 7 meetings), LOEWE VON BREMEN (Sun Fast 3600, 7 meetings), KWANZA (Fareast 28, 6 meetings), BLUR (J/99, 6 meetings), FIREFLY (X-35, 6 meetings), LA PRIMERA (Sun Fast 3600, 6 meetings), VINDRUS (Xp 33, 6 meetings), FARRARI (Farr 30, 6 meetings), BELLATRIX (X-35, 6 meetings), ALSYDBANK (X-35, 6 meetings), XENIA (X-372, 6 meetings), DIVA (Sun Fast 36, 6 meetings), ADAMAS (Luffe 43, 5 meetings), STONY X (Mat 11, 5 meetings), VENTOUX (X-37, 5 meetings), ANDREA (X-362, 5 meetings), RELAX (X-41, 4 meetings), HANSEN (X-37, 4 meetings), GOODSPEED (Dufour 34, 4 meetings), QUATTRO (X-332, 4 meetings), QUIRON (J/97, 4 meetings), XTORTION (X-332, 4 meetings), RUBIX (X-332, 4 meetings), HALBTROCKEN (First 36.7, 3 meetings), IMMAC FRAM (Italia 9.98, 3 meetings), ONE GROUP (Italia 9.98, 3 meetings), SYDBANK (X-41, 1 meeting), X-DAY (Xp 44, 1 meeting), INTERMEZZO (Dehler 42, 1 meeting), TUTIMA (DK 46, 1 meeting), MOANA (Marten 49, 1 meeting), RESOLUTE (Bavaria Match 42, 1 meeting), PASSION X (Xp 38, 1 meeting), SOLCONIA (Salona 37, 1 meeting), AVENTURA (Dehler 41 (Judel/Vrolijk), 1 meeting), FRU HANSEN (Hanse 371, 1 meeting), SEA LOUNGE (Grand Soleil 39 (Maletto), 1 meeting), PEGGY-X (X-362, 1 meeting), BONA TEMPORA (First 34.7, 1 meeting), CEDO NULLI (Corby 33, 1 meeting), AQUILON (Grand Surprise, 1 meeting), SMILLA (Luffe 43, 1 meeting), BALTIC PEARL (J/112, 1 meeting), HAPPY HOUR (Italia 9.98, 1 meeting)
How PATENT 4 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 is quicker than a typical Italia 9.98 on the broad reach.
Speed at every angle
PATENT 4 in blue, a typical Italia 9.98 dashed.
PATENT 4 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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