| In 1979, one of today’s
most successful and quality orientated production yards
was established in Denmark. During the 1980’s, X-Yachts
designed and built winning IOR yachts for World Class Racing.
Our success with this market attracted the attention of
the cruising market, which was then looking for fast, high
quality and comfortable sailing yachts. It seemed very clear
to us that we should use our boat building experience from
the fast racers and combine this with building high performance
cruising yachts.
Throughout the 1990’s, X-Yachts Range of Performance
Cruisers was established. The X-412 was the first model
in the new line, and was followed by the X-512, X-382, IMX
38, X-442, X-362, X-332, X-302, X-612, X-482 and finally,
in 1999, the X-562.
The new millennium was celebrated with the introduction
of the IMX 40 racer - an almost unbeatable IMS and IRC performer.
In early 2002, the IMX 45 followed her little sister onto
the race course and continued the successful tradition worldwide.
The first X-Yacht 73, built in 2001, was another milestone
in the yard’s history. She represented our entry into
the luxury “deep water, cruising market”.
The New Generation
With the launch of the X-43 and X-46 in 2003, a new generation
of performance cruisers was born. Three new models followed
in 2004; the X-40, X-37 and X-50. In summer 2006, the X-55
was launched - a yacht with many of the elegant details
of the IMX 70 racer/cruiser which was, itself, launched
as a “State of the Art” yacht, with its modern
yet classic design, in the summer of 2005.
One Design Classes
The new X-35 One Design followed the traditions of the X-79
and X-99, as popular large fleet one-design racers and,
in 2007, two hundred X-35s were racing around the world
as an ISAF recognized class. In 2007, the bigger sister,
the X-41, has started building another X-Yachts one design
class with its first World Championship to be held in Copenhagen
in July 2008.
Today the yard is still headed by the three founders.
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