SUGAR — EST 774
Model: Italia 9.98
Updated
SUGAR (EST 774) is a Italia 9.98 designed by Matteo Polli and built by Italia Yachts. She has been racing since 2019 and has won 21 races, three of them in a row in 2023. Against a typical Italia 9.98 she is quicker downwind.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats72
Race starts
21
Wins
65%
Podiums
88
Race Edge
Italia 9.98: 90
547.9s/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 SUGAR finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
65%
of 72 starts · Italia 9.98 fleet: 38%
Wins
29%
Regattas
Every regatta we found with SUGAR on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Klaipėda ORC European Championship202663122227
Baltic Offshore Week 2026 - ORC A & B EST and FIN Championship2026134323
E4 Karikavõistlus - KJK Avamerepurjetamise Karikasari 2026 II etapp202654344
Terra Feminarum - KJK Avamerepurjetamise Karikasari 2026 III etapp20265
2. KJK Kolmapäevaregatt 13.0520262
1. KJK Kolmapäevaregatt 06.05.2026 - KJK Avamerepurjetamise Karikasarja I etapp20261
- Garmin ORC World Championship202514231017
ORC European Championship202412511411
Baltic Offshore Week 2024 - ORC EST and FIN Championship20242121132
ORC EST and FIN Championship - Baltic Offshore Week202334111
- Alexela ORC World Championship2021972111017215
A.Le Coq 64. Muhu Vaina Regatt / Moonsund Regatta 2021 - offshore20211112752
A.Le Coq 64. Muhu Vaina Regatt - Parnu lyhirada / inshore2021311
ORC European Championship2019362521125
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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
71%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
47%
of these races end on the podium
Sharper round the buoys. Short courses reward acceleration and manoeuvring, and that is where this design makes its money.
10 more races without a published distance count in the podium figures, not in this split.
Who she races against
The boats SUGAR meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Show more rivals (55)
Other competitors (51)
Met too few times for a figure.
POSTIMEES SAILING TEAM (Ridas 37, 7 meetings), OLD JUG (Melges 32, 7 meetings), IMMAC FRAM (Italia 9.98, 7 meetings), FARRGO (Farr 30, 7 meetings), BIANCO (First 35 (Farr), 7 meetings), REVAL CAFE (Salona 38, 7 meetings), H.E.A.T (Farr 30, 7 meetings), COOL WATER (X-35, 7 meetings), JAZZ (First 34.7, 7 meetings), XPLORER (X-332, 7 meetings), SUSI SEEPFERDCHEN (First 36.7, 7 meetings), SHAKIRA (Dehler 36 (Judel/Vrolijk), 7 meetings), EXTREME (X-35, 7 meetings), FARRARI (Farr 30, 7 meetings), TEGU (X-35, 7 meetings), IMBRUGLIA (Arcona 340, 7 meetings), FINESSE (Esse 990, 7 meetings), ONECORNER (Farr 30, 7 meetings), MIZAR (Arcona 340, 7 meetings), GOODSPEED (Dufour 34, 7 meetings), EX & HOPP (X-362, 7 meetings), PERFECT EXCUSE TOO (X-362, 7 meetings), TØSEN (Maxfun 35, 7 meetings), SUGAR 3 (Italia 11.98, 7 meetings), FLYING DOLPHIN (Dufour 40, 7 meetings), MIA (Corsa 915, 7 meetings), TEGU (J/99, 7 meetings), DE LUNA (First 36.7, 7 meetings), KIND OF MAGIC (IMX 38, 7 meetings), VIPSTAAK (Neo 350, 7 meetings), ENELI (Cross 31, 7 meetings), NAUTI 'N' NOLLA (Arcona 340, 7 meetings), SUSANNA (First 27 (Manuard), 7 meetings), RTS BALTIC (Fareast 28, 7 meetings), ADELANTE (J/112, 6 meetings), RAMDATA (Salona 37, 5 meetings), STONY VIII (Italia 11.98, 5 meetings), ANGEL-ROSE II (Ridas 37, 5 meetings), JOLLY (J/97, 4 meetings), HEDAA (Dufour 390, 3 meetings), CREDIT 24 SAILING (Salona 38, 3 meetings), MACH 1 (Dehler 33, 3 meetings), THETIS (First 31.7, 2 meetings), VENTUS (Melges 32, 2 meetings), HAPPY HOUR (Italia 9.98, 1 meeting), TEGU (Dehler 30 OD, 1 meeting), PARUSNIK-IV (Farr 30, 1 meeting), JOINT VENTURE (Farr 40, 1 meeting), WIZARD (Waarschip 36, 1 meeting), XELINA (X-332, 1 meeting), CASSANDRA (X-35, 1 meeting)
How SUGAR 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 downwind.
Speed at every angle
SUGAR in blue, a typical Italia 9.98 dashed.
SUGAR 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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