ZETA
Class CHeavy displacementCruiser/Racer

ZETA — ESP 2972_C

Model: X-372

X-YachtsNiels Jeppesen

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ZETA (ESP 2972_C) is a X-372 designed by Niels Jeppesen and built by X-Yachts. She has been racing since 2024. She sails with a smaller sail plan than most X-372s. Against a typical X-372 she is quicker on a beam reach and downwind.

ZETA ESP 2972_C - Niels Jeppesen - X-Yachts

Racing record

85

Race Edge

X-372: 55

573.5s/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 kn86
10–16 kn49
Over 16 kn17
ZETAA typical X-372How Race Edge works
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Length

11.05 m

36′ 3″

Beam

3.59 m

Draft

2.03 m

Displacement

5.2 t

Sail area

69 m²

On the podium

Where ZETA finishes when she goes racing.

Not enough data yet for her podiums: we have not found her in a race with six boats or more, measured on handicap.

Regattas

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

  • SpainTrofeu Vila de Blanes Creuer202441

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How ZETA compares with a typical X-372

Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, X-372s measured since 2025.

Above the line she is quicker than a typical X-372; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.

True wind
Upwind-0.12 kn
Beam reach+0.07 kn
Broad reach+0.04 kn
Downwind+0.09 kn

Full width is 0.4 kn either way.

At 10 knots she gives away time to a typical X-372 on the upwind.

Speed at every angle

ZETA in blue, a typical X-372 dashed.

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ZETA in blue, a typical X-372 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.

Other X-372s racing

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

More about the X-372

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

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