X-Yachts
The Xcruising Range
The Xcruising range was designed for sailors who want to cover sea miles in style and comfort, yet retaining the same design and build qualities that X-Yachts performance designs are renowned for.
The first in the family, the Xc 45, was awarded the 2009 European Yacht of the Year the year of its launch. It was soon joined by the Xc 42 and in 2010, the range was doubled by the introduction of the Xc 50 and the Xc 38.
Only a couple of months after the launch of the Xc 38, it was awarded the 2011 European Yacht of the Year.
Every model in the Xc range offers the same enjoyable sailing experience that X-Yachts owners are familiar with, but with deeper, more ‘V’-shaped hulls that give greater interior volume and high stability, with only a marginal reduction in light airs performance.
The Xperformance Range
“We started work on the new Xp 44 models back in the spring of 2010” explained Niels Jeppesen, Director of Design. “We decided to begin a new Xperformance generation because our existing performance range was originally developed back in 2002 and 2003”.
The new Xp models – until now under development the Xp 44 and the Xp 38 – were created to build on X-Yachts’ winning heritage, but to take the designs forward by incorporating the latest technology as well as optimising for the increasingly popular IRC handicap rules and latest version of the ORC rule.
“Our aims for the Xp 44 and the Xp 38 were to offer what X-Yachts is expected to offer – and which we originally became known for – namely yachts which both give a sailing experience second to none, and at the same time also offer an ideal instrument on which to entertain family”, Niels Jeppesens explains.
The New Ownership
The majority (84%) of X-Yachts is owned by Ib Kunøe’s holding company Consolidated Holdings which conducts business through a number of fully or partly owned companies . The overall turnover of these companies is 25 billion DKK and has around 8.000 employees primarily in Europe. Consolidated Holdings had an equity of 2.2 billion DKK.
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