X-562
X-Yachts · Niels Jeppesen · 1999
Updated
The X-562 is a 16.97 m displacement racing yacht designed by Niels Jeppesen and built by X-Yachts, first launched in 1999. It races in Class A.
Length
16.97 m
55′ 8″
Beam
4.82 m
Draft
2.80 m
Displacement
19.4 t
Sail area
183 m²
On the podium
Where a X-562 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
4%
of 23 starts by 1 boat
Wins
0%
Read from 23 starts by 1 boat between 2021 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a X-562 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
"Νικολαος Σαρικαβαζης 2026"2026- "Πορος 2025"2025
- "Ν. Σαρικαβαζη 2025"2025
- "Πορος 2024"2024
- Aegean Regatta2024
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: 2 races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
5%
of these races end on the podium
Who she races against
The designs a X-562 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
J/24 (7 meetings), Moody 39 (7 meetings), First 35 (Farr) (7 meetings), J/99 (6 meetings), Xp 44 (5 meetings), X-372 (5 meetings), First 31.7 (5 meetings), Hanse 370 (5 meetings), X-442 (5 meetings), Comet 41 (5 meetings), Oceanis 50 (5 meetings), Olympic Sea 42 (5 meetings), Rush 31 (5 meetings), Elan 410 (5 meetings), First 45 (Farr) (5 meetings)
Some of the boats it races against
How the X-562 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
6.24
39°
Beam reach
9.95
90°
Broad reach
11.06
135°
Downwind VMG
9.25
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.
Soft conditions suit it. In the light it does more than its numbers promise, and gives some of that back when the wind arrives.
Where it gains
Its best ground is across the wind in moderate air, where it does more than its size and sail area promise, and by a margin worth having.
Where it pays
It falls short off the wind once it pipes up, giving away time it never gets back. That is a displacement hull working to its designed speed.
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 0.8 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the beam reach.
How fast is a X-562
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 4.17 | 5.60 | 6.04 | 6.24 |
| 52° | 6.42 | 8.24 | 8.69 | 8.88 |
| 60° | 6.79 | 8.54 | 8.96 | 9.15 |
| 75° | 7.07 | 8.77 | 9.28 | 9.56 |
| 90° | 6.95 | 8.76 | 9.44 | 9.95 |
| 110° | 6.64 | 8.91 | 9.67 | 10.46 |
| 120° | 6.52 | 8.87 | 9.83 | 10.77 |
| 135° | 5.83 | 8.41 | 9.57 | 11.06 |
| 150° | 4.88 | 7.36 | 8.97 | 10.29 |
| Run VMG | 4.22 | 6.38 | 7.85 | 9.25 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Nearly all carry a folding propeller. A bowsprit is standard across the fleet. Crew weight is declared around 600 kg.
Rigging
X-562 rig and sail dimensions
A X-562 carries 20.27 m of mainsail hoist on a 6.64 m boom, a forestay 22.63 m above the deck and a 7.12 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 2 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails