WE TRY — ITA 18156
Model: Italia 11.98
Updated
WE TRY (ITA 18156) is a Italia 11.98 designed by Matteo Polli and built by Italia Yachts. She has been racing since 2025 and has won five races, three of them in a row in 2026. She sails close to a typical Italia 11.98 at every angle.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats36
Race starts
5
Wins
31%
Podiums
87
Race Edge
Italia 11.98: 84
522.7s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
11.65 m
38′ 3″
Beam
3.97 m
Draft
2.12 m
Displacement
6.5 t
Sail area
88 m²
On the podium
Where WE TRY finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
31%
of 36 starts · Italia 11.98 fleet: 40%
Wins
14%
Regattas
Every regatta we found with WE TRY on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Edison Next Italian Offshore Sailing Championship - Campionato Italiano Assoluto d’Altura202686116101367- ORC World Championship2026111716151418129
- Trofeo TARAS2026112111
- Edison Next Italian Offshore Sailing Championship - Campionato Italiano Assoluto d’Altura20251395426
- Coppa dei Campioni VIII Zona2025263255
- Jonica 6520253
- Jonica 13020258
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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
28%
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.
8 more races without a published distance count in the podium figures, not in this split.
Who she races against
The boats WE TRY meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Show more rivals (35)
Other competitors (32)
Met too few times for a figure.
SUGAR 3 (Italia 11.98, 6 meetings), REVE DE VIE (Grand Soleil 43 (Maletto), 6 meetings), FOREVER K (Cookson 50, 6 meetings), EXTRA 1 (X-41, 6 meetings), VARENNE (Italia 11.98, 6 meetings), TETTA (IMX 45, 6 meetings), EGOISTA (Farr 40, 6 meetings), BLUETTE (Comet 41, 6 meetings), QUATTROGATTI (Comet 45, 6 meetings), SKIN (First 50, 6 meetings), LOUP SOLITAIRE (Sly 42, 6 meetings), NAMBAWAN (Comet 41, 6 meetings), ARIEL (Dehler 34 (Judel/Vrolijk), 6 meetings), CANOPUS (First 36.7, 6 meetings), AQUILANTE (Grand Soleil 343, 6 meetings), UNPOPERGIOCO (Italia 9.98, 6 meetings), VERVE - CAMER (Comet 50, 6 meetings), BUENA VISTA (Fy 61, 6 meetings), SHAULA (Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini), 6 meetings), L'OTTAVO PECCATO (M 37, 6 meetings), 2 ALFA 2 (Grand Soleil 341, 6 meetings), HYDRA (Comet 36, 6 meetings), ANDA YA (J/105, 2 meetings), BLU RAY (Grand Soleil 37 (Carkeek), 2 meetings), FOLLIA BLU (, 2 meetings), RAFFICA II (Dehler 39 (Judel/Vrolijk), 2 meetings), STROPOLO (Elan 333, 2 meetings), CINCIN (Bavaria 40 Cruiser, 2 meetings), TACHI (Grand Soleil 39 (Jézéquel), 2 meetings), AMETA (Dufour 405, 2 meetings), ERIFAD (Sun Odyssey 31, 2 meetings), IRON (Cyclades 43.3, 1 meeting)
How WE TRY compares with a typical Italia 11.98
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Italia 11.98s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical Italia 11.98; 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 sails level with a typical Italia 11.98 across the course.
Speed at every angle
WE TRY in blue, a typical Italia 11.98 dashed.
WE TRY in blue, a typical Italia 11.98 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other Italia 11.98s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the Italia 11.98
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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