SHADOWFAX
Class CDisplacementCruiser/Racer

SHADOWFAX — NOR 164

Model: X-35

X-YachtsNiels Jeppesen

With the same sail number: BIG BROTHER · J/80 · 2022–2026

Updated

SHADOWFAX (NOR 164) is a X-35 designed by Niels Jeppesen and built by X-Yachts. She has been racing since 2021 and has won 18 races, eight of them in a row in 2025. She sails close to a typical X-35 at every angle.

SHADOWFAX NOR 164 - Niels Jeppesen - X-Yachts

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

22

Race starts

18

Wins

91%

Podiums

82

Race Edge

X-35: 78

541.6s/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 kn88
10–16 kn35
Over 16 kn48
SHADOWFAXA typical X-35How Race Edge works
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Length

10.60 m

34′ 9″

Beam

3.25 m

Draft

2.16 m

Displacement

4.5 t

Sail area

75 m²

On the podium

Where SHADOWFAX finishes when she goes racing.

On the podium

91%

of 22 starts · X-35 fleet: 24%

Wins

82%

Wins82%18
Seconds5%1
Thirds5%1
Off the podium8%2

Regattas

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

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Who she races against

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

SHADOWFAX aheadRival ahead
TELLA · Sun Fast 3786%ahead in 19 of 22 meetings
SGT. PEPPER · X-9991%ahead in 20 of 22 meetings
PEPITA · First 40.782%ahead in 18 of 22 meetings
OCTARINE · Finngulf 2891%ahead in 20 of 22 meetings
MARISSA · Oceanis 3195%ahead in 21 of 22 meetings
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STEINBITEN III · Hanse 37086%ahead in 12 of 14 meetings
NJORD VI · Nessy 94100%ahead in 8 of 8 meetings

How SHADOWFAX compares with a typical X-35

Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, X-35s measured since 2025.

Above the line she is quicker than a typical X-35; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.

True wind
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Broad reach+0.00 kn
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Full width is 0.4 kn either way.

At 10 knots she sails level with a typical X-35 across the course.

Speed at every angle

SHADOWFAX in blue, a typical X-35 dashed.

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SHADOWFAX in blue, a typical X-35 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.

Other X-35s racing

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

More about the X-35

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

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