BoatsX Yachts Imx-40

X Yachts Imx-40

Fractional Sloop · Fin w/bulb & Spade Rudder · 2000–2004

A high-performance fractional sloop by Niels Jeppesen, built for offshore racing with CE Category A certification

Designed by Niels Jeppesen.

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

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The X Yachts Imx-40, on the water

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

Footage from SEILmagasinet

Is it for you?

Character

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

CoastalBluewater

2.02 — right around the 2.0 line, the edge between coastal and offshore.

Capsize screening 2.02
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 165
EasygoingPowered-up

22.1 — a lot of sail for her weight; powered-up and eager, a real performer.

Sail area / displacement 22.1
TenderStiff

35% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 35%

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

What the fleet has seen

The X Yachts Imx-40, as the fleet has seen it

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The X Yachts Imx-40 is a fractional sloop designed by Niels Jeppesen and built by X Yachts from 2000 to 2004. It features a fin with bulb and spade rudder hull, a 3.8-meter beam, a 2.5-meter draft, and a displacement of 6830 kg. The model carries CE Category A certification. Sail options include a 150% genoa, a 145% genoa, a 112% genoa, an 85% jib, and a spinnaker. The Imx-40 was succeeded by the X-40 in 2004.

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

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The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
35.1%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
22.1
Displacement / length
164.8
Capsize screening
2.02
Hull speed
7.9 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1534
Hull
Hull type
Fin w/bulb & spade rudder
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Lead
Production
Years built
2000–2004
Units built
99
Designer
Niels Jeppesen
Builder
X Yachts

The family

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