X-Yachting - X-Yachts

When Xp 38 hull #1 took to the water in August 2011 on
the Haderslev Fjord, at X-Yachts’ annual ‘open house’
floating boat show, it marked the consolidation of
the exciting new Xperformance range. The second
member in the fourth generation of X-Yachts’ world-famous
performance cruisers, the Xp 38 follows on from the hugely successful
Xp 44, which has been nominated for the European Yacht of the Year
Award after great acclaim by the international yachting press. The
Xp 38 looks set to continue the success story, with 30 boats on order
by autumn of 2011, establishing an international fleet of Xp 38s
across the globe from Japan to Hungary, Switzerland to Australia.
Like her bigger sisters, the Xp 38 has been designed for ultimate
dual-purpose performance. A high ballast to weight ratio offers high
stability under a generous sail plan to deliver sparkling performance,
while superb sail-handling design ensures she is as enjoyable to sail
with a full crew or short-handed, as demonstrated on her maiden sail
in moderate westerly winds.
Head of design and development Niels Jeppesen commented at
the time:
“She is exactly as we hoped for, stiff, fast and
very easy to manage. She felt very slippery,
accelerated quickly out of tacks and was just
a delight to steer and sail.”
Initial indications are that the Xp 38 will earn an IRC rating of
between 1.075 (standard draft and alloy rig) and 1.090 (deep draft
and carbon) making it highly competitive against 40-footers and
even faster than the world-beating IMX 40.
“ When lying in her berth, everyone walking along the dock stops and takes quite
a while to have a good look at her, with what looks like a touch of envy. But once
under sail, very few people are able to pay attention to her, for the simple reason
that nearly every other sailboat is far behind! Bernard Evain, owner of ‘Vixen’ (FRA)
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