Xp 33
X-Yachts · Niels Jeppesen · 2013
Updated
The Xp 33 is a 9.99 m displacement racing yacht designed by Niels Jeppesen and built by X-Yachts, first launched in 2013. It races in Class C. Across the measured fleet it goes better than its own numbers promise, ahead of 87% of the designs it races against.
Goes better than its own measurements promise, and does it better than 87% of the boats it races against.
21st of 159 in its class.
This design has been found in real race results — 47 starts across 14 events — not only in measurement files.
Length
9.99 m
32′ 9″
Beam
3.22 m
Draft
1.92 m
Displacement
4.2 t
Sail area
65 m²
On the podium
Where a Xp 33 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
9%
of 47 starts by 10 boats
Wins
0%
Read from 47 starts by 10 boats between 2019 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Xp 33 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Marstrand Big Boat Race2026
The Presidential 7th International Yacht Races Çanakkale Cup2026
Blue Week2026
ORC/X99 Cup2026
Emsalö Runt2026
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
0%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
—
Not enough data yet: 4 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Xp 33 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Sun Fast 3600 (7 meetings), Fareast 28 (6 meetings), Italia 9.98 (6 meetings), 11 Metre (6 meetings), Swan 42 (6 meetings), JPK 11.80 (6 meetings), Rodman 42 (6 meetings), First 45 (Briand) (6 meetings), Mat 12 (6 meetings), Sinergia 40 (6 meetings), Mat 122 (6 meetings)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Xp 33 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
5.20
39°
Beam reach
8.50
90°
Broad reach
10.50
135°
Downwind VMG
7.95
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 is a boat that wants breeze. Give it a fresh day and long legs and it delivers more than it promised; in a drifter it is working uphill.
Where it gains
Its best ground is off the wind when it blows, where it goes better than its measurements say it should, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage running deep 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 1.2 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the downwind.
How fast is a Xp 33
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.47 | 4.75 | 5.11 | 5.20 |
| 52° | 5.30 | 6.82 | 7.21 | 7.36 |
| 60° | 5.58 | 7.00 | 7.42 | 7.61 |
| 75° | 5.79 | 7.14 | 7.70 | 8.07 |
| 90° | 5.89 | 7.33 | 7.80 | 8.50 |
| 110° | 6.04 | 7.61 | 8.33 | 9.16 |
| 120° | 5.92 | 7.55 | 8.54 | 9.75 |
| 135° | 5.33 | 7.24 | 8.29 | 10.50 |
| 150° | 4.51 | 6.58 | 7.64 | 9.12 |
| Run VMG | 3.90 | 5.70 | 6.71 | 7.95 |
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 580 kg.
Rigging
Xp 33 rig and sail dimensions
A Xp 33 carries 13.20 m of mainsail hoist on a 4.45 m boom, a forestay 13.80 m above the deck and a 5.49 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 24 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 88 to 123 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.