EXCITER — GER 8696
Model: XR 41
Updated
EXCITER (GER 8696) is a XR 41 designed by Niels Jeppesen and built by X-Yachts. She has been racing since 2025 and has won two races. She sails close to a typical XR 41 at every angle.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats20
Race starts
2
Wins
70%
Podiums
90
Race Edge
XR 41: 91
489.6s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
12.75 m
41′ 10″
Beam
4.18 m
Draft
2.40 m
Displacement
7.1 t
Sail area
109 m²
On the podium
Where EXCITER finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
70%
of 20 starts · XR 41 fleet: 51%
Wins
10%
Regattas
Every regatta we found with EXCITER on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
MaiOR - Mai Offshore Regatta202621322212
Hotel Melfarhus DH-DM202664534- Garmin ORC World Championship202539310232
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Report a regattaRound 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.
13 more races without a published distance count in the podium figures, not in this split.
Who she races against
The boats EXCITER meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Show more rivals (4)
Other competitors (22)
Met too few times for a figure.
FORMULA X (XR 41, 7 meetings), WINDWHISPER44 (Grand Soleil 44 (Polli), 7 meetings), XINI FREEDOM (X-41, 7 meetings), ARABELA (Italia 11.98, 7 meetings), RHINO (Italia 11.98, 7 meetings), SHADOW (J/112, 7 meetings), FANATIC 2 (Italia 11.98, 7 meetings), FORTE (X-41, 7 meetings), OLYMPIC (X-41, 7 meetings), KETURI VĖJAI (J/112, 7 meetings), THORA (J/112, 7 meetings), NEXUS (X-41, 7 meetings), STORMTROOPER (Farr 40, 7 meetings), JOINT VENTURE 4.0 (X-41, 7 meetings), ALMAVIVA (First 40, 7 meetings), SLEEPER (J/11, 7 meetings), RUSH (Sydney 40, 7 meetings), PIRANHA (J/111, 7 meetings), LYNX (X-50, 7 meetings), UCA XX (X-41, 7 meetings), ESBERN SNARE (Landmark 43, 5 meetings), FORMULA X (XR 41, 5 meetings)
How EXCITER compares with a typical XR 41
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, XR 41s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical XR 41; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.
Full width is 0.4 kn either way.
At 10 knots she sails level with a typical XR 41 across the course.
Speed at every angle
EXCITER in blue, a typical XR 41 dashed.
EXCITER in blue, a typical XR 41 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other XR 41s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the XR 41
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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