BoatsX-Yachts X-35

X-Yachts X-35

Fractional Sloop · Fin w/bulb & Spade Rudder · First built 2005

A 10.6-metre racer with a 25.18 sail area-to-displacement ratio, built for high-speed, competitive one-design sailing

Designed by Niels Jeppesen.

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

See her sail

The X-Yachts X-35, 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.

LivelySea-kindly

Her light displacement on a moderate beam gives 20 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 20
CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 2.03
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 158
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 25.2
TenderStiff

40% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 40%

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

  • Draws more than ~92% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2977 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The X-Yachts X-35, 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 X-35 is a 10.6-meter fractional sloop designed by Niels Jeppesen and built by X-Yachts since 2005, featuring a fin with bulb and spade rudder hull. With a displacement of 4300 kg, the X-35 has a sail area to displacement ratio of 25.2 and a comfort ratio of 19.8. Aboard SEILmagasinet, a two-person crew prepared their X-Yachts X-35 for the Race to the Arctic, a regatta starting in Lofoten, by installing Starlink for connectivity, adding a storm jib, and upgrading life vests with spray hoods and MOB AIS units.2:49 The crew planned to reef early to compensate for the X-35's typical requirement for a larger crew for stability.2:32 The X-35 was among over 60 boats, including production cruiser-racers and performance one-designs, gathered at Mandal for the Race to the Arctic.watch

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

Basemap © Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

On the water

The X-Yachts X-35 on video

What broke, what changed

Gear aboard, as the crews told it

Moments from individual boats of this model that the fleet has filmed — one crew, one piece of kit, one day on the water. Not a review of the class, and not a count of anything.

Each line is one crew's account of their own boat. Another X-Yachts X-35 may be fitted out entirely differently.

The record

Full specifications

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

Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
39.5%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
25.2
Displacement / length
158.0
Comfort ratio
19.8
Capsize screening
2.03
Hull speed
7.3 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1147
Hull
Hull type
Fin w/bulb & spade rudder
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Lead
Production
Years built
First built 2005
Designer
Niels Jeppesen
Builder
X-Yachts

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The family

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