Italia Yachts IY 11.98

Name: Italia Yachts IY 11.98
Brand: Italia Yachts

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IY 11.98 Bellissima under sail — Italia Yachts

Design

Naval architect: Polli – IY Design Team

Summary

Sailing MonohullSail

Length overall: 38.2 ft
Beam: 13.1 ft
Draft: 6.9–7.5 ft
Sail area (upwind): 969 ft²
Cabins: 3
Steering wheels: 2

* A standard reference image, not the actual boat — shown to help visualise this model's published dimensions.

Best Suited For

Performance Cruising
From the published figures: performance cruiser · 3 cabins
Short-Handed
From the published figures: LOA 11.65 m · upwind 90 m²
Liveaboard
From the published figures: LOA 11.65 m · 3 cabins

Tags are derived from certified class, length, sail area, accommodation and tankage using the criteria described on the Sources page; an editor may add or remove one.

Sailing Ratios

Classic yacht-design ratios worked out from the builder's published figures, each shown against the bands designers read it by.

Sail area / displacement

How much sail the boat carries for its weight — its power in light air.

not published: displacement

How it is worked out

sail area (ft²) ÷ (displacement as ft³ of seawater)^⅔

Displacement / length

How heavy the boat is for its waterline length. Lower is lighter and quicker; higher is steadier and roomier.

not published: displacement, waterline length

How it is worked out

displacement (long tons) ÷ (0.01 × waterline length in ft)³

Ballast ratio

The share of the weight carried in the keel — a rough guide to stiffness, though how deep that weight sits matters as much.

not published: ballast, displacement

How it is worked out

ballast ÷ displacement × 100

Comfort ratio

Ted Brewer's measure of how gently a boat moves in a seaway. Higher means a slower, easier motion.

not published: displacement, waterline length

How it is worked out

displacement (lb) ÷ (0.65 × (0.7 × LWL + 0.3 × LOA) × beam^1.333), lengths in ft

Capsize screening

A guide from the inquiry after the 1979 Fastnet race: below 2 was taken as suited to ocean passages. It ignores hull shape and where the ballast sits.

not published: displacement

How it is worked out

beam (ft) ÷ (displacement as ft³ of seawater)^⅓

Hull speed

Roughly the speed a displacement hull reaches before it has to climb its own bow wave.

not published: waterline length

How it is worked out

1.34 × √(waterline length in ft), in knots

Most builders publish a light displacement. The ratios were defined on a loaded boat, so every boat here reads a little lighter than a surveyor's figure would — all alike, which keeps them comparable.

Show the builders' own words

A figure marked with a quote mark was read from the builder's page. Open it for the exact line, the page and the date.

Dimensions

LOA: 38.2 ft (11.65 m)
Hull length: —
LWL: —
Beam: 13.1 ft (3.98 m)
Draft (min): 6.9 ft (2.1 m)
Draft (max): 7.5 ft (2.3 m)
Air draft: —
Displacement: —
Ballast: —
Cabins: 3
Heads: —
Berths: —

Sail Plan

Main sail: 517 ft² (48 m²)
Jib: 452 ft² (42 m²)
Genoa: —
Sail area: 969 ft² (90 m²)
Downwind sail area: 1,184 ft² (110 m²)
Rig type: —

Engine and Tanks

Engine: —
Engine count: —
Engine manufacturer: —
Propulsion type: —
Fuel capacity: —
Fresh water capacity: —
Black water capacity: —

Construction

Mast material: —
Hull material: sandwich construction with biaxial and unidirectional fiberglass fabrics, vinylester resin, and carbon reinforcements
Deck material: —
Keel type: —
Rudder type: —
Steering wheels: 2

Builder's Own Figures

Sail area basis: upwind = main + jib as printed
Draft basis: standard OPTIONAL 2,30 m; optional 2,30 m

Figures read fromitaliayachtsinternational.com/en/bellissima-series/iy-11-98/· data gridread 9/20/2026

About Italia Yachts

Premium production

Italian builder of high-performance sailing monohulls, headquartered in Molfetta with its production shipyard in Castelvecchio, whose first model was the Italia 10.98 of 2010.

Italia Yachts began with the Italia Yachts 10.98 and has built high-performance boats since, drawn by a team of sailors whose aim is a hull, deck and sail plan that agree with one another. The yard's stated ambition is to hold together two things usually opposed: the efficiency of industrial production and the hand knowledge of the craftsman, with checks rigorous enough to keep quality even across the range. A new production yard opened in 2022, bringing every stage in-house, and in 2023 the IY 43 Veloce arrived -- the first motorboat Italia Yachts has signed, and one drawn, it says, with the soul of a sailing boat.

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