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X-Yachts X4

Fractional Sloop · Fin w/bulb & Spade Rudder · First built 2018

A 14-meter performance cruiser with a 2.3-meter bulb keel and spade rudder, optimized for speed and stability

Designed by Niels Jeppesen.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin w/bulb & Spade Rudder

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The X-Yachts X4, on the water

The fleet's own footage — the truest look at how she really moves.

Footage from 59° North Sailing

Is it for you?

Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

LivelySea-kindly

Her light displacement on a moderate beam gives 26 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.

Comfort ratio 26
CoastalBluewater

1.95 — just under the 2.0 offshore line; her beam is modest for her weight.

Capsize screening 1.95
LightHeavy

162 — light for her waterline, so she is easily driven and quick to accelerate.

Displacement / length 162
EasygoingPowered-up

21.6 — plenty of sail for her weight; lively and quick to respond.

Sail area / displacement 21.6
TenderStiff

41% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 41%

Light and lively — happiest day-sailing and coastal-hopping in settled weather.

  • Draws more than ~84% of boats her size on file
  • Beamier than ~79% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2209 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The X-Yachts X4, as the fleet has seen it

Derived from the videos the fleet has analysed of this model. ▶ marks open the moment aboard.

The X-Yachts X4 is a fractional sloop with a fin bulb and spade rudder hull, built by X-Yachts since 2018. Designed by Niels Jeppesen, the 14.1-meter (46.2-foot) sailboat has a 4.3-meter beam, a 2.3-meter draft, and displaces 10,899 kg. It features an 88% self-tacking jib, a 64 sqm mainsail, and a 50 sqm 106% genoa. An optional deep draft keel extends to 2.5 meters. The X4.9 Mark II Electric, a larger variant, launched in June 2025 with an electric drivetrain featuring two motors and two servo props for regenerative charging and precise harbor maneuvering.0:59

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

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On the water

The X-Yachts X4 on video

Who's been looking

Market signal

Crews the fleet has filmed weighing this model up — no sale seen, and no asking price.

1channel looked into buying

From the fleet's own footage — our observed signal, not broker listings.

The record

Full specifications

The complete reference set — tap any figure to switch between metric and imperial.

Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
41.3%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
21.6
Displacement / length
162.1
Comfort ratio
26.2
Capsize screening
1.95
Hull speed
8.5 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
2025
Hull
Hull type
Fin w/bulb & spade rudder
Construction
Epoxy/foam sand. w/E-glass
Ballast type
Lead Bulb
Production
Years built
First built 2018
Designer
Niels Jeppesen
Builder
X-Yachts

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