VENUS
Class BDisplacementCruiser/Racer

VENUS — NOR 14538

Model: Xp 38

X-YachtsNiels Jeppesen

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VENUS (NOR 14538) is a Xp 38 designed by Niels Jeppesen and built by X-Yachts. She has been racing since 2015. Against a typical Xp 38 she is quicker upwind in light air and on a beam reach, and slower downwind.

VENUS NOR 14538 - Niels Jeppesen - X-Yachts

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

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Race start

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Wins

0%

Podiums

84

Race Edge

Xp 38: 74

527.5s/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 kn87
10–16 kn55
Over 16 kn22
VENUSA typical Xp 38How Race Edge works
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Length

11.58 m

38′ 0″

Beam

3.67 m

Draft

2.12 m

Displacement

7.2 t

Sail area

86 m²

On the podium

Where VENUS finishes when she goes racing.

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Wins

0

Seconds

0

Thirds

1

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 VENUS on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.

  • NorwayHollænderseilasen20156

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Who she races against

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

Other competitors (24)

Met too few times for a figure.

WINDMACHINE (X-442, 1 meeting), MILLIWAYS (Seaquest 36, 1 meeting), GARANTI (Dynamic 43, 1 meeting), FLASH V (First 40, 1 meeting), MOMENTUM (Elan 350, 1 meeting), FRITT FRAM (First 40.7, 1 meeting), X´EST LA VIE (X-40, 1 meeting), BALOO (X-412, 1 meeting), FIRST TRACKS (First 40.7, 1 meeting), FIRST SPIRIT (First 40.7, 1 meeting), LUFELIA (Luffe 43, 1 meeting), TANGO (Mumm 36, 1 meeting), TRIMAR 2 (Bavaria Match 42, 1 meeting), DIVA (Hanse 430, 1 meeting), AIR FORCE ONE (11 Metre, 1 meeting), PAKALOLO (Mumm 36, 1 meeting), MASITO (Hanse 430, 1 meeting), BJØRNSTJERNE (X-43, 1 meeting), SNEHVIT (N-yachts 41, 1 meeting), VILL VAKKER VAT (11 Metre, 1 meeting), VINDFANG (Hp 103, 1 meeting), SNAXY (X-40, 1 meeting), XPRONTO (Xp 38, 1 meeting), ESCAPE (Hanse 400, 1 meeting)

How VENUS compares with a typical Xp 38

Her main 2025 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Xp 38s measured since 2025.

Above the line she is quicker than a typical Xp 38; 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+0.20 kn
Broad reach-0.14 kn
Downwind-0.05 kn

Full width is 0.6 kn either way.

At 10 knots she is quicker than a typical Xp 38 on the beam reach.

Speed at every angle

VENUS in blue, a typical Xp 38 dashed.

30°60°90°120°150°WIND

VENUS in blue, a typical Xp 38 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.

Other Xp 38s racing

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

More about the Xp 38

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

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