Xp 50
X-Yachts · Niels Jeppesen · 2013
Updated
The Xp 50 is a 15.00 m semi-displacement racing yacht designed by Niels Jeppesen and built by X-Yachts, first launched in 2013. It races in Class A.
Length
15.00 m
49′ 3″
Beam
4.40 m
Draft
3.00 m
Displacement
13.5 t
Sail area
148 m²
On the podium
Where a Xp 50 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
0%
of 14 starts by 2 boats
Wins
0%
Read from 14 starts by 2 boats between 2024 and 2025, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Xp 50 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
- ORC DH World Championship2025
Campionato Italiano ORC - Triestina della Vela2025
ORC European Championship 2025 / 43rd Copa del Rey MAPFRE2025- Regata Brindisi-Corfù2024
- ORC DH European Championship 2024 - La Duecento #302024
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: 8 races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: 6 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Xp 50 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Millenium 40 (4 meetings), Farr 400 (4 meetings), Comet 45 (4 meetings), X-41 (4 meetings), Neo 430 (4 meetings), Comet 41 (3 meetings), Oceanis 46.1 (3 meetings), Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini) (4 meetings), Grand Soleil 48 (2 meetings), JPK 10.80 (1 meeting), Elan S5 (1 meeting), Farr 40 (1 meeting), First 36 (1 meeting), First 40.7 (1 meeting), Dufour 40 (2 meetings), Grand Soleil 58 (1 meeting), X-35 (1 meeting), Sun Fast 3600 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 46 (Carkeek) (1 meeting)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Xp 50 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
6.34
38°
Beam reach
10.07
90°
Broad reach
11.59
135°
Downwind VMG
9.45
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 upwind when it blows, where it does more than its size and sail area promise, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage on the run as well, so the gain is not down to one leg of the course.
Where it pays
It falls short cracked off in a strong breeze, giving away time it never gets back. That is a hull that will lift and run given enough breeze.
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 Xp 50
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 4.17 | 5.63 | 6.14 | 6.34 |
| 52° | 6.37 | 8.17 | 8.66 | 8.88 |
| 60° | 6.72 | 8.45 | 8.90 | 9.15 |
| 75° | 6.98 | 8.66 | 9.20 | 9.62 |
| 90° | 6.92 | 8.68 | 9.36 | 10.07 |
| 110° | 6.86 | 8.91 | 9.72 | 10.56 |
| 120° | 6.69 | 8.86 | 9.92 | 11.02 |
| 135° | 6.04 | 8.42 | 9.56 | 11.59 |
| 150° | 5.05 | 7.46 | 8.93 | 10.50 |
| Run VMG | 4.38 | 6.46 | 7.92 | 9.45 |
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 960 kg.
Rigging
Xp 50 rig and sail dimensions
A Xp 50 carries 20.70 m of mainsail hoist on a 7.00 m boom, a forestay 21.06 m above the deck and a 6.55 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 6 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 191 to 224 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.