JOINT VENTURE 4.0
Class BDisplacementCruiser/Racer

JOINT VENTURE 4.0 — SWE 4991

Model: X-41

X-YachtsNiels Jeppesen

Updated

JOINT VENTURE 4.0 (SWE 4991) is a X-41 designed by Niels Jeppesen and built by X-Yachts. She has been racing since 2025. She sails with a shallower keel than most X-41s. Against a typical X-41 she is quicker downwind, and slower upwind in light air.

JOINT VENTURE 4.0 SWE 4991 - Niels Jeppesen - X-Yachts

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

20

Race starts

0

Wins

0%

Podiums

71

Race Edge

X-41: 67

504.6s/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 kn84
10–16 kn22
Over 16 kn62
JOINT VENTURE 4.0A typical X-41How Race Edge works
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Length

12.35 m

40′ 6″

Beam

3.65 m

Draft

2.50 m

Displacement

7.0 t

Sail area

99 m²

On the podium

Where JOINT VENTURE 4.0 finishes when she goes racing.

On the podium

0%

of 20 starts · X-41 fleet: 30%

Wins

0%

Wins0%0
Seconds0%0
Thirds0%0
Off the podium100%20

Regattas

Every regatta we found with JOINT VENTURE 4.0 on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.

  • LithuaniaKlaipėda ORC European Championship20261310127131147
  • SwedenSandhamn Open 2026 - Swedish Championship in Offshore Racing (ORCi)202655101010
  • World championshipGarmin ORC World Championship202517162018162016

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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

0%

of these races end on the podium

15 races of 10 NM or less

Offshore & coastal

—

Not enough data yet: 4 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.

1 more race without a published distance count in the podium figures, not in this split.

Who she races against

The boats JOINT VENTURE 4.0 meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.

JOINT VENTURE 4.0 aheadRival ahead
DIXI 5 · XR 410%ahead in 0 of 15 meetings
RHINO · Italia 11.9813%ahead in 2 of 15 meetings
AJA · X-4133%ahead in 5 of 15 meetings
THORA · J/11227%ahead in 4 of 15 meetings
NEMO ROSSO · Ker 4038%ahead in 5 of 13 meetings
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OXYGEN · X-4138%ahead in 5 of 13 meetings
ALMAVIVA · First 4042%ahead in 5 of 12 meetings
CLEAN ENERGY · E 4425%ahead in 2 of 8 meetings
PURE · Mat 12225%ahead in 2 of 8 meetings
KETURI VĖJAI · X-4125%ahead in 2 of 8 meetings
NICOLE · X-4125%ahead in 2 of 8 meetings
SONS OF HURRICANES · Sinergia 4013%ahead in 1 of 8 meetings
BALTAS · Dehler 39 (Judel/Vrolijk)88%ahead in 7 of 8 meetings
NEXT · NM 3838%ahead in 3 of 8 meetings
Other competitors (23)

Met too few times for a figure.

FORMULA X (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), 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), NEXUS (X-41, 7 meetings), STORMTROOPER (Farr 40, 7 meetings), SLEEPER (J/11, 7 meetings), RUSH (Sydney 40, 7 meetings), KWANZA (Fareast 28, 5 meetings), PANDION (XR 41, 5 meetings), BLUR (J/99, 5 meetings), ANDIAMO (Farr 30, 5 meetings), YRSA (Arcona 340, 5 meetings), HEIST (Ker 40, 5 meetings), THE TROOPER (Farr 30, 5 meetings), MATADOR (Elliott 44, 5 meetings)

How JOINT VENTURE 4.0 compares with a typical X-41

Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, X-41s measured since 2025.

Above the line she is quicker than a typical X-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-0.04 kn
Beam reach+0.04 kn
Broad reach+0.14 kn
Downwind+0.07 kn

Full width is 0.6 kn either way.

At 10 knots she is quicker than a typical X-41 on the broad reach.

Speed at every angle

JOINT VENTURE 4.0 in blue, a typical X-41 dashed.

30°60°90°120°150°WIND

JOINT VENTURE 4.0 in blue, a typical X-41 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.

Other X-41s racing

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

More about the X-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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