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Class ASemi-displacementCruiser/Racer

RAYA — ITA 18130

Model: Italia 12.98 (Cossutti)

Italia YachtsMaurizio Cossutti

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RAYA (ITA 18130) is a Italia 12.98 designed by Maurizio Cossutti and built by Italia Yachts. She has been racing since 2025 and has won three races. Against a typical Italia 12.98 she is slower upwind in light air and downwind.

RAYA ITA 18130 - Maurizio Cossutti - Italia Yachts

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

10

Race starts

3

Wins

80%

Podiums

58

Race Edge

Italia 12.98: 82

496.4s/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 kn82
10–16 kn4
Over 16 kn11
RAYAA typical Italia 12.98How Race Edge works
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Length

13.17 m

43′ 3″

Beam

3.94 m

Draft

2.41 m

Displacement

9.9 t

Sail area

112 m²

On the podium

Where RAYA finishes when she goes racing.

On the podium

80%

of 10 starts · Italia 12.98 fleet: 23%

Wins

30%

Wins30%3
Seconds40%4
Thirds10%1
Off the podium20%2

Regattas

Every regatta we found with RAYA on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.

  • ItalyCampionato Invernale Marina di Loano2026232271121
  • ItalyCampionato Invernale West Liguria20256

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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

80%

of these races end on the podium

10 races of 10 NM or less

Offshore & coastal

—

Not enough data yet: no races over 10 NM carry a published distance.

Who she races against

The boats RAYA meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.

RAYA aheadRival ahead
NOTTE DI STELLE · Italia 12.98 (Cossutti)80%ahead in 8 of 10 meetings
ACCIUGA · Comet 4190%ahead in 9 of 10 meetings
J BLU · J/9244%ahead in 4 of 9 meetings
CORTO MALTESE · First 34.733%ahead in 3 of 9 meetings
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GAMBALUNGA · Etchells56%ahead in 5 of 9 meetings
LIBERAMENTE · Comet 38 (Finot)67%ahead in 6 of 9 meetings
TWIN SOUL · First 45 (Briand)89%ahead in 8 of 9 meetings
L'ESCARGOT · First 34.7100%ahead in 9 of 9 meetings
MARIO 50^2 · Italia 12.98 (Polli)89%ahead in 8 of 9 meetings
CIRCE · First 36.789%ahead in 8 of 9 meetings
ZIGGY · Grand Soleil 39 (Maletto)89%ahead in 8 of 9 meetings
SHARDANA · T 3489%ahead in 8 of 9 meetings
OPHE'LIE · Hanse 342100%ahead in 9 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
Other competitors (10)

Met too few times for a figure.

CHANGE TRASPARENT (Swan 45, 1 meeting), FREE SPIRIT (First 44.7, 1 meeting), GORILLA GANG XL (Comet 45, 1 meeting), MATADOR (First 44.7, 1 meeting), EMOTIONS (Grand Soleil 56, 1 meeting), HARU (Comet 41, 1 meeting), IREAL (Comet 45, 1 meeting), ASPRA (Uldb 65, 1 meeting), BIBA (Elan 410, 1 meeting), BLUE SCORPION (Eleva 50, 1 meeting)

How RAYA compares with a typical Italia 12.98

Her main 2026 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+0.00 kn
Beam reach+0.01 kn
Broad reach-0.09 kn
Downwind-0.05 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

RAYA in blue, a typical Italia 12.98 dashed.

30°60°90°120°150°WIND

RAYA 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.

More about the Italia 12.98 (Cossutti)

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

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