Italia 12.98 (Polli)
Italia Yachts · Matteo Polli · 2016
Updated
The Italia 12.98 (Polli) is a 12.60 m displacement racing yacht designed by Matteo Polli and built by Italia Yachts, first launched in 2016. It races in Class B.
Length
12.60 m
41′ 4″
Beam
4.15 m
Draft
2.26 m
Displacement
8.3 t
Sail area
96 m²
On the podium
Where a Italia 12.98 (Polli) 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 1 boat between 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Italia 12.98 (Polli) was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Campionato Invernale Marina di Loano2026
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: 9 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.
Who she races against
The designs a Italia 12.98 (Polli) actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Some of the boats it races against
How the Italia 12.98 (Polli) 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
5.69
39°
Beam reach
9.20
90°
Broad reach
10.42
135°
Downwind VMG
8.28
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.
It does most things without giving much away. It rewards preparation and crew work more than it rewards picking the right day.
Where it gains
Its best ground is on a broad reach once it pipes up, where it outruns what it looks like on paper, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage across the wind as well, so the gain is not down to one leg of the course.
Where it pays
It falls short downwind once it pipes up, giving away time it never gets back. That is a displacement hull working to its designed speed.
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 0.4 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the beam reach.
How fast is a Italia 12.98 (Polli)
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.56 | 4.97 | 5.52 | 5.69 |
| 52° | 5.50 | 7.26 | 7.87 | 8.07 |
| 60° | 5.83 | 7.50 | 8.10 | 8.35 |
| 75° | 6.06 | 7.68 | 8.34 | 8.81 |
| 90° | 6.19 | 7.96 | 8.54 | 9.20 |
| 110° | 6.22 | 8.13 | 9.00 | 9.93 |
| 120° | 6.09 | 8.04 | 9.06 | 10.36 |
| 135° | 5.46 | 7.65 | 8.73 | 10.42 |
| 150° | 4.60 | 6.83 | 8.13 | 9.43 |
| Run VMG | 3.98 | 5.92 | 7.11 | 8.28 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Nearly all carry a folding propeller. A bowsprit is standard across the fleet. Crew weight is declared around 810 kg.
Rigging
Italia 12.98 (Polli) rig and sail dimensions
A Italia 12.98 (Polli) carries 16.05 m of mainsail hoist on a 5.82 m boom, a forestay 16.47 m above the deck and a 6.36 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 2 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 125 to 163 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.
Other designs under the same name
The name has been carried by more than one design. They are different boats.