VANISHING POINT
Class CDisplacementCruiser/Racer

VANISHING POINT — EST 31

Model: X-99

X-YachtsNiels Jeppesen

Updated

VANISHING POINT (EST 31) is a X-99 designed by Niels Jeppesen and built by X-Yachts. She has been racing since 2021. She sails with a smaller sail plan than most X-99s. Against a typical X-99 she is slower upwind in light air, on a beam reach and downwind.

VANISHING POINT EST 31 - Niels Jeppesen - X-Yachts

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

9

Race starts

0

Wins

33%

Podiums

46

Race Edge

X-99: 74

573.2s/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 kn61
10–16 kn22
Over 16 kn78
VANISHING POINTA typical X-99How Race Edge works
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Length

9.96 m

32′ 8″

Beam

2.99 m

Draft

1.80 m

Displacement

3.1 t

Sail area

61 m²

On the podium

Where VANISHING POINT finishes when she goes racing.

0

Wins

2

Seconds

1

Thirds

9

Starts

Not enough races yet for a percentage — these are the counts so far. We keep collecting results, so this will fill in.

In one-design racing: 1 podium in 3 starts, counted apart: against identical boats a podium means something else.

Regattas

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

  • EstoniaA.Le Coq 64. Muhu Vaina Regatt / Moonsund Regatta 2021 - offshore202110113211018
  • EstoniaA.Le Coq 64. Muhu Vaina Regatt - Parnu lyhirada / inshore202124221323

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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: no races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.

Offshore & coastal

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Not enough data yet: 5 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.

4 more races without a published distance count in the podium figures, not in this split.

Who she races against

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

VANISHING POINT aheadRival ahead
DEJA VU · Dufour 38256%ahead in 5 of 9 meetings
HILJA · Bavaria 3256%ahead in 5 of 9 meetings
TEMPER · Finnflyer 3133%ahead in 3 of 9 meetings
PÕHJATÄHT · Bavaria 3044%ahead in 4 of 9 meetings
SEABIRD · First 31.767%ahead in 6 of 9 meetings
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CELIA · Inferno 2933%ahead in 3 of 9 meetings
ATLANDI VÕLG X · X-9956%ahead in 5 of 9 meetings
ELLA · Elan 29544%ahead in 4 of 9 meetings
NEW DEAL · Maxi 3567%ahead in 6 of 9 meetings
LILY · Bavaria 3467%ahead in 6 of 9 meetings
SINILIND · Bavaria 3367%ahead in 6 of 9 meetings
CENTAUR · First 31.767%ahead in 6 of 9 meetings
CHILI · Mak Seven56%ahead in 5 of 9 meetings
AZZURRA · Inferno 2967%ahead in 6 of 9 meetings
WINDWALKER · Bavaria 3767%ahead in 6 of 9 meetings
RTS BALTIC · Fareast 2878%ahead in 7 of 9 meetings
Other competitors (1)

Met too few times for a figure.

MINNI (X-35, 3 meetings)

How VANISHING POINT compares with a typical X-99

Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, X-99s measured since 2025.

Above the line she is quicker than a typical X-99; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.

True wind
Upwind-0.06 kn
Beam reach-0.06 kn
Broad reach-0.08 kn
Downwind-0.09 kn

Full width is 0.4 kn either way.

At 10 knots she gives away time to a typical X-99 on the downwind.

Speed at every angle

VANISHING POINT in blue, a typical X-99 dashed.

30°60°90°120°150°WIND

VANISHING POINT in blue, a typical X-99 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.

Other X-99s racing

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

More about the X-99

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

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