X4.6
X-Yachts · Niels Jeppesen · 2019
Updated
The X4.6 is a 13.49 m displacement racing yacht designed by Niels Jeppesen and built by X-Yachts, first launched in 2019. It races in Class A.
Length
13.49 m
44′ 3″
Beam
4.27 m
Draft
2.36 m
Displacement
12.1 t
Sail area
115 m²
On the podium
Where a X4.6 finishes when she goes racing.
1
Wins
1
Seconds
1
Thirds
7
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 7 starts by 4 boats between 2021 and 2024, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a X4.6 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Aegean 6002024
Thousand Islands Race2023- Aegean 6002023
ORC DH European Championship2023- Aegean 6002021
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: 7 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a X4.6 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Met too few times for a figure:
Xp 44 (7 meetings), Elan 450 (3 meetings), J/11 (3 meetings), X-41 (3 meetings), Dehler 30 OD (3 meetings), Figaro 2 (2 meetings), First 36 (3 meetings), Pogo 12.50 (3 meetings), Pogo 40 (2 meetings), Elan 350 (2 meetings), Salona 44 (2 meetings), Swan 42 (2 meetings), Farr 45 (2 meetings), Hanse 508 (2 meetings), Archambault 40 (2 meetings), Sun Fast 3300 (Andrieu) (3 meetings), Elan S5 (2 meetings), Landmark 43 (1 meeting), Dehler 44 (1 meeting), Farr 52 (1 meeting), J/111 (1 meeting), Pogo 50 (1 meeting), First 40.7 (1 meeting), Hanse 320 (1 meeting), Dufour 405 (1 meeting), Pogo 30 (1 meeting), Dufour 45 (1 meeting), Rodman 42 (1 meeting), Azuree 40 (1 meeting), JPK 10.10 (1 meeting), J/109 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 45 (Judel/Vrolijk) (1 meeting), Bavaria 36 (1 meeting), Italia 11.98 (1 meeting), Elan E5 (1 meeting), Carkeek 47 (1 meeting), Dehler 41 (Judel/Vrolijk) (1 meeting), Neo 400 (1 meeting), First 456 (1 meeting), Hanse 575 (1 meeting)
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
5.77
39°
Beam reach
9.40
90°
Broad reach
10.63
135°
Downwind VMG
8.52
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.
This design is even-tempered. It rewards preparation and crew work more than it rewards picking the right day.
Where it gains
Its best ground is across the wind in the light stuff, where it does more than its size and sail area promise, and by a margin worth having.
Where it pays
It falls short on the run when it blows, 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 0.4 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the beam reach.
How fast is a X4.6
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.67 | 5.09 | 5.60 | 5.77 |
| 52° | 5.69 | 7.49 | 8.09 | 8.30 |
| 60° | 6.04 | 7.78 | 8.34 | 8.58 |
| 75° | 6.31 | 8.00 | 8.61 | 9.03 |
| 90° | 6.46 | 8.23 | 8.80 | 9.40 |
| 110° | 6.46 | 8.44 | 9.23 | 10.06 |
| 120° | 6.32 | 8.38 | 9.33 | 10.40 |
| 135° | 5.65 | 7.97 | 9.02 | 10.63 |
| 150° | 4.74 | 7.07 | 8.44 | 9.70 |
| Run VMG | 4.10 | 6.12 | 7.38 | 8.52 |
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 930 kg.
Rigging
X4.6 rig and sail dimensions
A X4.6 carries 17.90 m of mainsail hoist on a 6.15 m boom, a forestay 18.54 m above the deck and a 6.06 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 — 154 to 213 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.