X-302
X-Yachts · Niels Jeppesen · 1994
Updated
The X-302 is a 9.12 m displacement racing yacht designed by Niels Jeppesen and built by X-Yachts, first launched in 1994. It races in Class C. Across the measured fleet it goes better than its own numbers promise, ahead of 7% of the designs it races against.
Goes better than its own measurements promise, and does it better than 7% of the boats it races against.
148th of 159 in its class.
This design has been found in real race results — 63 starts across 14 events — not only in measurement files.
Length
9.12 m
29′ 11″
Beam
3.00 m
Draft
1.73 m
Displacement
3.7 t
Sail area
52 m²
On the podium
Where a X-302 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
44%
of 63 starts by 6 boats
Wins
11%
Read from 63 starts by 6 boats between 2016 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a X-302 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Lliga Creuers2026- XXX Lliga Social CMPO2026
MIYC Winter Trophy 2026 - Act 62026- MIYC Winter Trophy 2026 - Act 52026
- Campus Cup2026
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
47%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
45%
of these races end on the podium
Level across both. Plenty of designs fall away once the course gets long — a light hull that thrives round the cans can struggle through a night at sea. This one does not.
Who she races against
The designs a X-302 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
First 36.7 (7 meetings), Dufour 40 (6 meetings), Azuree 33 (6 meetings), Gib Sea 33 (6 meetings), Bavaria Vision 42 (6 meetings), Dufour 36 (6 meetings), Tofinou 950 (6 meetings), Bavaria 38 (5 meetings), Elan 340 (5 meetings), Albin Nova (4 meetings), Figaro 2 (4 meetings), J/121 (4 meetings), J/99 (4 meetings), Arcona 380 (4 meetings), JPK 10.80 (4 meetings), First 40.7 (4 meetings), J/109 (3 meetings), J/40 (3 meetings), Bolt 37 (3 meetings), Grand Soleil 40 (Polli) (3 meetings), X-35 (3 meetings)
Some of the boats it races against
How the X-302 has fared against each of them, boat against boat on corrected time. Ordered by how often the two meet, not by who wins.
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
4.86
39°
Beam reach
7.67
90°
Broad reach
8.29
135°
Downwind VMG
7.29
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.
It does most things without giving much away. It rewards preparation and crew work more than it rewards picking the right day.
Where it gains
Its best ground is upwind in a strong breeze, where it goes better than its measurements say it should, and by a margin worth having.
Where it pays
There is no condition where it falls away badly, which is worth something over a season of mixed weather.
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-302
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.15 | 4.29 | 4.77 | 4.86 |
| 52° | 4.80 | 6.21 | 6.68 | 6.83 |
| 60° | 5.07 | 6.39 | 6.84 | 7.03 |
| 75° | 5.25 | 6.54 | 7.02 | 7.38 |
| 90° | 5.17 | 6.63 | 7.14 | 7.67 |
| 110° | 5.19 | 6.73 | 7.38 | 8.15 |
| 120° | 4.99 | 6.64 | 7.37 | 8.42 |
| 135° | 4.45 | 6.30 | 7.12 | 8.29 |
| 150° | 3.74 | 5.70 | 6.80 | 7.84 |
| Run VMG | 3.24 | 4.97 | 6.23 | 7.29 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Nearly all carry a folding propeller. Crew weight is declared around 490 kg.
Rigging
X-302 rig and sail dimensions
A X-302 carries 11.29 m of mainsail hoist on a 4.00 m boom, a forestay 11.30 m above the deck and a 3.51 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 16 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails