ABACUS
Class BDisplacementCruiser/Racer

ABACUS — GER 7143

Model: X-43

X-YachtsNiels Jeppesen

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ABACUS (GER 7143) is a X-43 designed by Niels Jeppesen and built by X-Yachts. She has been racing since 2024. Against a typical X-43 she is slower upwind in light air and on a beam reach.

ABACUS GER 7143 - Niels Jeppesen - X-Yachts

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

2

Race starts

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Wins

0%

Podiums

49

Race Edge

X-43: 43

522.6s/mile

Rating 2026

Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.

Under 10 kn40
10–16 kn62
Over 16 kn35
ABACUSA typical X-43How Race Edge works
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Length

12.90 m

42′ 4″

Beam

3.95 m

Draft

2.20 m

Displacement

8.9 t

Sail area

98 m²

On the podium

Where ABACUS finishes when she goes racing.

0

Wins

0

Seconds

0

Thirds

2

Starts

Not enough races yet for a percentage — these are the counts so far. We keep collecting results, so this will fill in.

Regattas

Every regatta we found with ABACUS on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.

  • GermanyInt. Deutsche Meisterschaft Offshore Seesegeln2024911

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Who she races against

The boats ABACUS meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.

Other competitors (10)

Met too few times for a figure.

CALYPSO (Maxi 75, 2 meetings), GINKGO (H 39, 2 meetings), DESNA (Knierim 49, 2 meetings), HASPA HAMBURG (J/52, 2 meetings), EDELWEISS (Millenium 40, 2 meetings), TØSEN 2 (Mat 118, 2 meetings), RAROTONGA (Swan 46, 2 meetings), HOTTE (Pogo 44, 2 meetings), ALBATROS (X-482, 1 meeting), GALAHAD (Pogo 10.50, 1 meeting)

How ABACUS compares with a typical X-43

Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, X-43s measured since 2025.

Above the line she is quicker than a typical X-43; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.

True wind
Upwind-0.05 kn
Beam reach-0.12 kn
Broad reach-0.04 kn
Downwind-0.01 kn

Full width is 0.4 kn either way.

At 10 knots she gives away time to a typical X-43 on the beam reach.

Speed at every angle

ABACUS in blue, a typical X-43 dashed.

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ABACUS in blue, a typical X-43 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.

Other X-43s racing

Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.

More about the X-43

Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.

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