Italia Yachts 11.98 Dominates at ORC Worlds Event

05 Jun

Italia Yachts 11.98 Dominates at ORC Worlds Event

BY Erik Haaland - 0 COMMENTS

Just months after being introduced, the Italia Yacht 11.98, the latest Sport model by Italia Yachts took home the bullet for the first event of the 2019 D-Mann ORC World Championship, a 126NM distance race on the waters of Sibenik, Croatia. The boat and her crew battled challenging conditions including variable winds and constantly changing velocity.

The designer of the Italia Yachts 11.98 attributed their success to the skilled use of their headsail-set flying sail tacked on the bowsprit, a masthead specialty sail designed for legal use in ORC competition that has a midgirth dimension of <75% but >55%. This sail is designed and rated for use at close reaching angles between an asymmetric spinnaker and a non-overlapping job.

For more information on the Italia Yachts 11.98 Sport or other moodels, please contact Erik Haaland at erik@davidwaltersyachts.co

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Erik Haaland

Erik learned to sale on the Hudson River before his family moved to Annapolis, where his fondness for the Chesapeake grew through sailboat racing, fishing, and more. Erik has an exemplary record since becoming a Certified Professional Yacht Broker in 2017, and was awarded Top Yacht Broker in 2020 and 2021. Erik is our Sales Director for Italia Yachts in the United States. He remains active on the water, racing with clients, and cruising the bay on his Regulator center console.

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