BARBA BRANKO
Class BDisplacementCruiser/Racer

BARBA BRANKO — CRO 4311

Model: IMX 45

X-YachtsNiels Jeppesen

Also raced as BRANKO

Updated

BARBA BRANKO (CRO 4311) is a IMX 45 designed by Niels Jeppesen and built by X-Yachts. She has been racing since 2019. She sails with a larger sail plan than most IMX 45s. Against a typical IMX 45 she is quicker upwind in light air, on a beam reach and downwind.

BARBA BRANKO CRO 4311 - Niels Jeppesen - X-Yachts

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

7

Race starts

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Wins

0%

Podiums

97

Race Edge

IMX 45: 55

494.3s/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 kn99
10–16 kn65
Over 16 kn10
BARBA BRANKOA typical IMX 45How Race Edge works
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Length

13.73 m

45′ 1″

Beam

4.13 m

Draft

2.75 m

Displacement

9.6 t

Sail area

115 m²

On the podium

Where BARBA BRANKO finishes when she goes racing.

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Wins

0

Seconds

0

Thirds

7

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 BARBA BRANKO on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.

  • World championshipORC World Championship201924342437272214

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Round the buoys, or offshore

A short windward-leeward and a night at sea ask different things of a boat.

Round the buoys

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Not enough data yet: 5 races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.

Offshore & coastal

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Not enough data yet: 2 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.

Who she races against

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

Other competitors (44)

Met too few times for a figure.

SELENE (Swan 42, 7 meetings), DIGITAL BRAVO (Swan 42, 7 meetings), CODE ZERO (Grand Soleil 42 (Carkeek), 7 meetings), NUBE (X-41, 7 meetings), MAN (Grand Soleil 42 (Carkeek), 7 meetings), HORUS (M 45, 7 meetings), BLUE SKY (Grand Soleil 43 (Carkeek), 7 meetings), KIXX ME (IMX 45, 7 meetings), MP30+10 (Farr 40, 7 meetings), MELA (Swan 42, 7 meetings), DARING SISTERS (Swan 42, 7 meetings), VOLA VOLA ENDEAVOUR (Millenium 40, 7 meetings), PAZZA IDEA (Arya 415, 7 meetings), SETSAIL (Farr 40, 7 meetings), TAIA 2 & WHITE GOOSE (Arya 415, 7 meetings), REBEL (First 40, 7 meetings), DUE R ... NEL VENTO (First 40, 7 meetings), GIVE ME FIVE (Arya 415, 7 meetings), ADRENALINA (Xp 44, 7 meetings), PETE (Grand Soleil 42 (Carkeek), 7 meetings), MORGAN IV (Grand Soleil 39 (Maletto), 7 meetings), ORCA (First 40.7, 7 meetings), MY WAY (Rodman 42, 7 meetings), SAGOLA (Grand Soleil 39 (Maletto), 7 meetings), TASMANIA (First 40.7, 7 meetings), VENTO CADELA (Dc 120, 7 meetings), STRIBOR (Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini), 7 meetings), GRINGO 2 (Archambault 40, 7 meetings), TOTO TRAVEL (Farr 40, 7 meetings), POLAR 2 (First 40, 7 meetings), FURIETTA (Solaris 36, 7 meetings), KARPO (Elan 450, 7 meetings), ENRIBET (First 40.7, 7 meetings), SKY (Elan 450, 7 meetings), JONATHAN III (First 40.7, 7 meetings), RELEASE (Salona 41, 7 meetings), X-CITE (X-41, 7 meetings), CHEBOTTA (Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini), 7 meetings), TECHNONICOL (X-41, 7 meetings), IRONY (First 40.7, 7 meetings), X AMORE (X-40, 7 meetings), KRKA (Elan 410, 7 meetings), KUJAVNIK (Xp 38, 7 meetings), REVE DE VIE (Grand Soleil 43 (Maletto), 7 meetings)

How BARBA BRANKO compares with a typical IMX 45

Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, IMX 45s measured since 2025.

Above the line she is quicker than a typical IMX 45; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.

True wind
Upwind-0.17 kn
Beam reach+0.24 kn
Broad reach+0.08 kn
Downwind+0.08 kn

Full width is 0.8 kn either way.

At 10 knots she is quicker than a typical IMX 45 on the beam reach.

Speed at every angle

BARBA BRANKO in blue, a typical IMX 45 dashed.

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BARBA BRANKO in blue, a typical IMX 45 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.

Other IMX 45s racing

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

More about the IMX 45

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

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