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X-Yachts X-95

Fractional Sloop · Fin keel, spade rudder · 1982–1988

A Niels Jeppesen-designed IOR half-tonner with a high sail-area-to-displacement ratio and an optional taller rig

Designed by Niels Jeppesen.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin w/spade Rudder

See her sail

The X-Yachts X-95, 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 16 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 16
CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 2.23
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 166
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 20.3
TenderStiff

48% of her weight is ballast — stiff, standing up well to her sails.

Ballast 48%

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

What the fleet has seen

The X-Yachts X-95, 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-95 is a 9.2-meter fractional sloop designed by Niels Jeppesen and built by X-Yachts from 1982 to 1988. This fin-keel, spade-rudder sailboat was designed as an IOR 1/2 ton racer, with a taller rig available as an option. The model displaces 3043 kg with a 1.7-meter draft and 3.2-meter beam. In Norway, an X-95 is part of a fleet of 13 Half Tonner sailboats being restored and raced by Martin Kamperaug, who acquires boats from Norway and Sweden for dedicated sailors.11:08 This initiative aims to host a 40-year reunion regatta at Hankø, commemorating the 1983 Half Ton World Championship.1:45

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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The record

Full specifications

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

Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
47.5%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
20.3
Displacement / length
165.6
Comfort ratio
16.5
Capsize screening
2.23
Hull speed
6.9 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
985
Hull
Hull type
Fin w/spade rudder
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
1982–1988
Units built
153
Designer
Niels Jeppesen
Builder
X-Yachts

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The family

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