BoatsX Yachts X-442

X Yachts X-442

Masthead Sloop · Fin w/bulb & Spade Rudder · 1993–2003

A masthead sloop with a 44% ballast ratio and a 13.5-metre hull, produced by X-Yachts for a decade starting in 1993

Designed by Niels Jeppesen.

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

See her sail

The X Yachts X-442, on the water

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

Footage from Berthon International

Is it for you?

Character

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

LivelySea-kindly

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

Comfort ratio 26
CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 1.96
LightHeavy

192 — moderately heavy for her waterline, a balanced cruising weight.

Displacement / length 192
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 20.0
TenderStiff

45% of her weight is ballast — stiff, standing up well to her sails.

Ballast 45%

Powered-up and quick to accelerate — this one likes to sail.

  • Draws more than ~86% of boats her size on file
  • Beamier than ~76% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2399 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The X Yachts X-442, 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-442 is a Masthead Sloop designed by Niels Jeppesen and built by X Yachts from 1993 to 2003. It features a fin keel with a bulb and a spade rudder, measuring 13.5 meters LOA, with a 4.1-meter beam, 2.3-meter draft, and 9661 kg displacement. Aboard the 2003 X-442 *Texa*, the hull was repainted blue in 2019, and the teak decks were replaced in 2015. *Texa* carries a three-spreader aluminum Spa Craft mast, with standing rigging replaced in 2013 and inspected in 2019.0:18 Its sail inventory includes 2015 Sanders racing sails and 2014 One Sails cruising sails.1:44 Deck hardware includes a Lofrans windlass, electric Harken mainsheet winches, and an aluminum spinnaker pole.0:25 Navigation electronics, installed in 2018, consist of four Raymarine i70 multifunction displays and a Raymarine Axiom Pro plotter.2:21 The interior features teak joinery and a teak-and-holly sole.3:19 Propulsion is provided by a 57-horsepower Yanmar engine installed in 2019.5:39

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

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-442 may be fitted out entirely differently.

What they go for

Market signal

Where the fleet has seen this model come up for sale.

1seen for sale

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
44.5%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
20.0
Displacement / length
191.6
Comfort ratio
26.2
Capsize screening
1.96
Hull speed
8.1 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1779
Hull
Hull type
Fin w/bulb & spade rudder
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
1993–2003
Units built
127
Designer
Niels Jeppesen
Builder
X Yachts

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The family

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Nearby designs by size, type, and era — worth a look alongside her.

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