XR 41
X-Yachts · Niels Jeppesen · 2024
Updated
- ORC World Championship · Class B2025
Each title was won by a boat of this design, not by the design itself.
The XR 41 is a 12.75 m semi-displacement racing yacht designed by Niels Jeppesen and built by X-Yachts, first launched in 2024. It races in Class B. Across the measured fleet it goes better than its own numbers promise, ahead of 91% of the designs it races against.
Goes better than its own measurements promise, and does it better than 91% of the boats it races against.
9th of 92 in its class.
This design has been found in real race results — 157 starts across 19 events — not only in measurement files.
Length
12.75 m
41′ 10″
Beam
4.18 m
Draft
2.40 m
Displacement
7.1 t
Sail area
109 m²
On the podium
Where a XR 41 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
51%
of 157 starts by 15 boats
Wins
19%
Read from 157 starts by 15 boats between 2025 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a XR 41 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
"Πανελληνιο Κυπελο ORCI 2026"2026- "Νικολαος Σαρικαβαζης 2026"2026
Klaipėda ORC European Championship2026- Rodos Cup2026
- Aegean 6002026
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
53%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
53%
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 XR 41 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Some of the boats it races against
How the XR 41 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
5.84
39°
Beam reach
9.74
90°
Broad reach
12.10
135°
Downwind VMG
9.28
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. On a windy coastal course it is in its element; on a light-air windward-leeward it has to be sailed well to hold on.
Where it gains
Its best ground is cracked off once it pipes up, 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
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 1.4 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the broad reach.
How fast is a XR 41
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.86 | 5.21 | 5.63 | 5.84 |
| 52° | 5.89 | 7.65 | 8.09 | 8.30 |
| 60° | 6.21 | 7.89 | 8.36 | 8.62 |
| 75° | 6.42 | 8.07 | 8.73 | 9.19 |
| 90° | 6.52 | 8.29 | 8.90 | 9.74 |
| 110° | 6.51 | 8.50 | 9.43 | 10.68 |
| 120° | 6.40 | 8.48 | 9.71 | 11.34 |
| 135° | 5.74 | 8.11 | 9.41 | 12.10 |
| 150° | 4.83 | 7.24 | 8.62 | 10.71 |
| Run VMG | 4.18 | 6.26 | 7.50 | 9.28 |
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 880 kg.
Rigging
XR 41 rig and sail dimensions
A XR 41 carries 16.49 m of mainsail hoist on a 5.43 m boom, a forestay 17.00 m above the deck and a 7.41 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 22 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 162 to 192 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.