FORMULA X
Class BSemi-displacementPerformance

FORMULA X — DEN 1

Model: XR 41

X-YachtsNiels Jeppesen

Updated

FORMULA X (DEN 1) is a XR 41 designed by Niels Jeppesen and built by X-Yachts. She has been racing since 2025 and has won four races, three of them in a row in 2025. Against a typical XR 41 she is quicker upwind in light air, and slower on a beam reach.

FORMULA X DEN 1 - Niels Jeppesen - X-Yachts

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

7

Race starts

4

Wins

100%

Podiums

92

Race Edge

XR 41: 91

493.7s/mile

Rating 2025

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

Under 10 kn90
10–16 kn85
Over 16 kn87
FORMULA XA typical XR 41How Race Edge works
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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 FORMULA X finishes when she goes racing.

4

Wins

2

Seconds

1

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 FORMULA X on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.

  • World championshipGarmin ORC World Championship20251112321

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

Other competitors (20)

Met too few times for a figure.

DIXI 5 (XR 41, 7 meetings), EXCITER (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), XBOX (XR 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), AJA (X-41, 7 meetings), SLEEPER (J/11, 7 meetings), RUSH (Sydney 40, 7 meetings)

How FORMULA X compares with a typical XR 41

Her main 2025 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.

True wind
Upwind-0.01 kn
Beam reach-0.07 kn
Broad reach-0.04 kn
Downwind-0.03 kn

Full width is 0.4 kn either way.

At 10 knots she gives away time to a typical XR 41 on the beam reach.

Speed at every angle

FORMULA X in blue, a typical XR 41 dashed.

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FORMULA X 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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