X-102
X-Yachts · Niels Jeppesen · 1981
Updated
The X-102 is a 9.99 m heavy displacement racing yacht designed by Niels Jeppesen and built by X-Yachts, first launched in 1981. It races in Class C.
Length
9.99 m
32′ 9″
Beam
3.35 m
Draft
1.89 m
Displacement
4.0 t
Sail area
65 m²
On the podium
Where a X-102 finishes when she goes racing.
0
Wins
0
Seconds
0
Thirds
3
Starts
Not enough races yet for a percentage — these are the counts so far. We keep collecting results, so this will fill in.
Read from 3 starts by 1 boat between 2022, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a X-102 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
"Poros 2022"2022
Raced one we are missing?
Report a regattaRound the buoys, or offshore
A short windward-leeward and a night at sea ask different things of a boat. Here is how this one does in each.
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: 3 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a X-102 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Met too few times for a figure:
Sun Fast 37 (3 meetings), Nek 26 (3 meetings), Elan 410 (3 meetings), First 32 (3 meetings), Sun Odyssey 35 (3 meetings), First 41 (3 meetings), First 45 (Farr) (3 meetings), Dufour 30 (3 meetings), Sun Odyssey 32 (3 meetings), Sun Odyssey 37.1 (3 meetings), Dromor 26 (6 meetings), First 31.7 (3 meetings), Oceanis 393 (3 meetings), Elan 45 (3 meetings), Dufour 325 (3 meetings), Sun Odyssey 36.2 (3 meetings), Comet 850 (3 meetings), Sigma 33 (3 meetings), Bavaria 37 (3 meetings), Dufour 38 (3 meetings), Carter 33 (3 meetings), First 38 (3 meetings), Oceanis 423 (3 meetings), Elan 40 (3 meetings)
Speed at every angle
The shape of this design's speed, drawn from the measured fleet. Pick a wind and watch it stretch.
Upwind VMG
4.84
39°
Beam reach
7.67
90°
Broad reach
8.43
135°
Downwind VMG
7.42
170°
Speed in knots at 20 knots of true wind. Green marks the angles that pay: the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Where it wins and where it pays
Every boat is judged against its own measurements — length, weight, sail area. The quicker those say it should be, the more it has to deliver just to break even. Going fast is not enough: it has to go faster than its own numbers promised.
There is no obvious weak spot here. It rewards preparation and crew work more than it rewards picking the right day.
Where it gains
Its best ground is upwind in the light stuff, where it does more than its size and sail area promise, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage on the beam as well, so the gain is not down to one leg of the course.
Where it pays
It falls short off the wind when it blows, giving away time it never gets back. That is weight that has to be driven rather than released.
Above the line it delivers more than promised and gains on the fleet. Below, it falls short. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.
Full width is 0.4 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the upwind.
How fast is a X-102
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.41 | 4.56 | 4.78 | 4.84 |
| 52° | 5.17 | 6.48 | 6.71 | 6.83 |
| 60° | 5.43 | 6.64 | 6.89 | 7.03 |
| 75° | 5.59 | 6.76 | 7.13 | 7.36 |
| 90° | 5.49 | 6.80 | 7.27 | 7.67 |
| 110° | 5.33 | 6.84 | 7.52 | 8.23 |
| 120° | 5.12 | 6.73 | 7.46 | 8.57 |
| 135° | 4.57 | 6.39 | 7.22 | 8.43 |
| 150° | 3.87 | 5.82 | 6.90 | 7.98 |
| Run VMG | 3.35 | 5.07 | 6.34 | 7.42 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Roughly half carry a folding propeller. Crew weight is declared around 450 kg.
Rigging
X-102 rig and sail dimensions
A X-102 carries 12.83 m of mainsail hoist on a 4.50 m boom, a forestay 11.60 m above the deck and a 3.68 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 7 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 54 to 63 m² depending on bowsprit and set-up. Before ordering a sail, read the figure on your own measurement record rather than the typical one for the design.