Italia 10.98
BARUFFALDI · Maurizio Cossutti · 2011
Updated
The Italia 10.98 is a 10.89 m semi-displacement racing yacht designed by Maurizio Cossutti and built by BARUFFALDI, first launched in 2011. It races in Class C.
Length
10.89 m
35′ 9″
Beam
3.65 m
Draft
1.92 m
Displacement
4.7 t
Sail area
69 m²
On the podium
Where a Italia 10.98 finishes when she goes racing.
0
Wins
0
Seconds
0
Thirds
9
Starts
Not enough races yet for a percentage — these are the counts so far. We keep collecting results, so this will fill in.
Read from 9 starts by 3 boats between 2022 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Italia 10.98 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Round Aeolian Race 2026 - Campionato Italiano Offshore ORC2026- 3G2024
- 151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar2023
- Pasquavela2023
- Round Aeolian Race2022
Raced one we are missing?
Report a regattaRound the buoys, or offshore
A short windward-leeward and a night at sea ask different things of a boat. Here is how this one does in each.
Round the buoys
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Not enough data yet: 1 race of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: 8 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Italia 10.98 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Sun Fast 3600 (5 meetings), Comet 38 (Vallicelli) (4 meetings), First 35 (Farr) (4 meetings), First 31.7 (5 meetings), JPK 10.10 (4 meetings), Dufour 34 (6 meetings), J/122 (4 meetings), Italia 11.98 (7 meetings), Grand Soleil 48 (3 meetings), Swan 44 (Stephens) (3 meetings), Elan 310 (3 meetings), First 30 (Kouyoumdjian) (6 meetings), Sun Odyssey 409 (3 meetings), Comet 45 (3 meetings), Farr 45 (3 meetings), Vismara 40 (3 meetings), First 36.7 (3 meetings), Sun Fast 3300 (Andrieu) (3 meetings), First 34.7 (3 meetings), Ker 46 (3 meetings), Oceanis 31 (2 meetings), Pogo 10.50 (2 meetings), X-35 (2 meetings), IMX 45 (2 meetings), Grand Soleil 43 (Maletto) (2 meetings), Este 39 (2 meetings), Elan 410 (2 meetings), Rimar 44.3 (2 meetings), Solaris 44 (3 meetings), First 50 (5 meetings), First 45 (Briand) (2 meetings), More 40 (2 meetings), First 40.7 (2 meetings), Italia 9.98 (2 meetings), Italia 13.98 (4 meetings), X-332 (2 meetings), Grand Soleil 43 (Carkeek) (3 meetings), Queen 34 (1 meeting)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Italia 10.98 has fared against each of them, boat against boat on corrected time. Ordered by how often the two meet, not by who wins.
Speed at every angle
The shape of this design's speed, drawn from the measured fleet. Pick a wind and watch it stretch.
Upwind VMG
5.09
41°
Beam reach
8.75
90°
Broad reach
10.00
135°
Downwind VMG
8.00
170°
Speed in knots at 20 knots of true wind. Green marks the angles that pay: the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Where it wins and where it pays
Every boat is judged against its own measurements — length, weight, sail area. The quicker those say it should be, the more it has to deliver just to break even. Going fast is not enough: it has to go faster than its own numbers promised.
The stronger it blows, the better this design looks. On a windy coastal course it is in its element; on a light-air windward-leeward it has to be sailed well to hold on.
Where it gains
Its best ground is cracked off in a strong breeze, where it goes better than its measurements say it should, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage on a reach as well, so the gain is not down to one leg of the course.
Where it pays
It falls short to windward once it pipes up, giving away time it never gets back. That is a hull that will lift and run given enough breeze.
Above the line it delivers more than promised and gains on the fleet. Below, it falls short. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.
Full width is 0.8 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the beam reach.
How fast is a Italia 10.98
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.34 | 4.66 | 5.07 | 5.09 |
| 52° | 5.15 | 6.81 | 7.30 | 7.42 |
| 60° | 5.46 | 7.04 | 7.55 | 7.71 |
| 75° | 5.70 | 7.24 | 7.87 | 8.25 |
| 90° | 5.75 | 7.39 | 8.02 | 8.75 |
| 110° | 5.75 | 7.55 | 8.52 | 9.37 |
| 120° | 5.54 | 7.44 | 8.50 | 10.01 |
| 135° | 4.94 | 7.02 | 8.12 | 10.00 |
| 150° | 4.15 | 6.29 | 7.55 | 9.00 |
| Run VMG | 3.59 | 5.45 | 6.72 | 8.00 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Roughly half carry a folding propeller. Crew weight is declared around 420 kg.
Rigging
Italia 10.98 rig and sail dimensions
A Italia 10.98 carries 13.14 m of mainsail hoist on a 5.00 m boom, a forestay 13.98 m above the deck and a 4.72 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 6 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 74 to 91 m² depending on bowsprit and set-up. Before ordering a sail, read the figure on your own measurement record rather than the typical one for the design.