X-332
X-Yachts · Niels Jeppesen · 1994
Updated
- ORC World Championship · Class B2010
Each title was won by a boat of this design, not by the design itself.
The X-332 is a 10.06 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 46% of the designs it races against. It is at its best in light air and struggles to hold that once it blows.
Goes better than its own measurements promise, and does it better than 46% of the boats it races against.
86th of 159 in its class.
This design has been found in real race results — 401 starts across 96 events — not only in measurement files.
Length
10.06 m
33′ 0″
Beam
3.28 m
Draft
1.83 m
Displacement
4.6 t
Sail area
67 m²
On the podium
Where a X-332 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
19%
of 401 starts by 39 boats
Wins
5%
Read from 401 starts by 39 boats between 2011 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a X-332 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
"Αγκιστρι 2026"2026- Aegean Regatta2026
- 32nd Cyclades Regatta - '262026
73° Loro Piana Giraglia2026- 151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar2026
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
16%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
15%
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-332 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Some of the boats it races against
How the X-332 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
5.01
39°
Beam reach
8.09
90°
Broad reach
8.89
135°
Downwind VMG
7.74
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 on the beat when the breeze is soft, where it does more than its size and sail area promise, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage on a reach as well, so the gain is not down to one leg of the course.
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-332
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.43 | 4.63 | 4.95 | 5.01 |
| 52° | 5.22 | 6.66 | 6.99 | 7.10 |
| 60° | 5.50 | 6.84 | 7.19 | 7.33 |
| 75° | 5.68 | 6.98 | 7.44 | 7.72 |
| 90° | 5.58 | 7.02 | 7.57 | 8.09 |
| 110° | 5.47 | 7.12 | 7.84 | 8.50 |
| 120° | 5.26 | 7.01 | 7.83 | 8.90 |
| 135° | 4.69 | 6.64 | 7.57 | 8.89 |
| 150° | 3.97 | 6.01 | 7.19 | 8.38 |
| Run VMG | 3.44 | 5.23 | 6.54 | 7.74 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Nearly all carry a folding propeller. Crew weight is declared around 530 kg.
Rigging
X-332 rig and sail dimensions
A X-332 carries 13.10 m of mainsail hoist on a 4.55 m boom, a forestay 13.18 m above the deck and a 4.18 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 63 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 57 to 96 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.