Mat 118
MAT · Mark Mills · 2015
Updated
The Mat 118 is a 11.80 m planing racing yacht designed by Mark Mills and built by MAT, first launched in 2015. It races in Class B.
Length
11.80 m
38′ 9″
Beam
3.99 m
Draft
2.76 m
Displacement
4.5 t
Sail area
94 m²
On the podium
Where a Mat 118 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
0%
of 22 starts by 3 boats
Wins
0%
Read from 22 starts by 3 boats between 2024 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Mat 118 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
73° Loro Piana Giraglia2026
Int. Deutsche Meisterschaft Offshore Seesegeln2026
ORC European Championship 2025 / 43rd Copa del Rey MAPFRE2025- ORC World Championship2024
- Int. Deutsche Meisterschaft Offshore Seesegeln2024
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
0%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
—
Not enough data yet: 4 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Mat 118 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Swan 46 (4 meetings), Sun Fast 3600 (3 meetings), X-35 (2 meetings), JPK 10.50 (2 meetings), Carkeek 47 (2 meetings), Millenium 40 (2 meetings), X-43 (2 meetings), Pogo 44 (2 meetings), X-482 (1 meeting), Pogo 10.50 (1 meeting), TP 52 (Judel/Vrolijk) (2 meetings), Wallyrocket 51 (3 meetings), TP 52 (Carkeek) (1 meeting), Irc 52 (1 meeting), Vor 60 (1 meeting), Ker 46 (1 meeting), JPK 11.80 (2 meetings), Dufour 40 (1 meeting), J/122 (1 meeting)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Mat 118 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
6.03
37°
Beam reach
10.36
90°
Broad reach
13.62
135°
Downwind VMG
10.82
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.
This is a boat that wants breeze. Give it a fresh day and long legs and it delivers more than it promised; in a drifter it is working uphill.
Where it gains
Its best ground is running deep in a strong breeze, where it outruns what it looks like on paper, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage on a broad reach as well, so the gain is not down to one leg of the course.
Where it pays
There is no condition where it falls away badly, which is worth something over a season of mixed weather.
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 2.0 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the broad reach.
How fast is a Mat 118
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 4.21 | 5.56 | 5.89 | 6.03 |
| 52° | 6.39 | 7.90 | 8.25 | 8.47 |
| 60° | 6.72 | 8.12 | 8.55 | 8.85 |
| 75° | 6.97 | 8.33 | 9.04 | 9.55 |
| 90° | 7.07 | 8.54 | 9.32 | 10.36 |
| 110° | 6.96 | 8.75 | 9.99 | 11.59 |
| 120° | 6.83 | 8.81 | 10.21 | 12.69 |
| 135° | 6.11 | 8.41 | 10.12 | 13.62 |
| 150° | 5.11 | 7.53 | 9.04 | 12.50 |
| Run VMG | 4.42 | 6.52 | 7.83 | 10.82 |
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 780 kg.
Rigging
Mat 118 rig and sail dimensions
A Mat 118 carries 16.05 m of mainsail hoist on a 5.16 m boom, a forestay 15.95 m above the deck and a 6.76 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 2 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails