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Xquisite Yachts X5

Catamaran, twin keels · Fractional Sloop · 2015–2020

A Rudolf Jonker-designed catamaran built in Cape Town, offering a high sail area-to-displacement ratio for performance

Designed by Rudolf Jonker.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Hull type
Catamaran Twin Keel

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The Xquisite Yachts X5, on the water

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

Footage from Sailing Nandji - Frothlyfe

Is it for you?

Character

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

LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 144
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 21.1
  • Heavier than ~86% of boats her size on file

Compared with 254 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen 2 times across 2 channels of the fleet.

Basemap © Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

On the water

The Xquisite Yachts X5 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

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The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
21.1
Displacement / length
144.3
Hull
Hull type
Catamaran Twin Keel
Construction
E Glass, Divinicel Composite foam infused with Vinylester resins
Production
Years built
2015–2020
Units built
14
Designer
Rudolf Jonker
Builder
Xquisite Yachts, Phoenix Marine (South Africa)

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