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X-Yachts is offering a unique opportunity to get up close with its range of performance yachts — from the workshop to the showroom and beyond. From Monday 28 February to Sunday 6 March, a select group of visitors to X-Yacht’s…

X-Yachts has pulled out of exhibiting at next month’s boot Düsseldorf 2022, citing the “tense situation” around COVID-19 in Europe. In a statement, the Danish performance yachtmaker said: “boot Düsseldorf is one of the world's largest boat shows, and X-Yachts…

The atmosphere was tense when X-Yachts’ new X4³ was hanging razor-sharp in its centre lift at the yard in Haderslev, Denmark last week. The moment was witnessed and toasted in champagne by X-Yachts dealers from around the globe, well knowing…

X-Yachts will open the gates of its yard in Haderslev, Denmark next weekend Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 November for its next In-House Boat Show. The showroom in Haderslev will be filled with some of the finest yachts the maker…

Would you like to learn more about X-Yachts? The Experience the Brand event in Hamble this month is the next official viewing opportunity to get up close with a wide range of quality yachts. Viewing at Hamble Point Marina outside…

X-Yachts has announced its dedicated presence at the Southampton International Boat Show from 10-19 September, featuring the X4⁹. Debbie Weldon and Stuart Abernathy from X-Yachts GB will be in attendance for the duration of the show, and visitors will find…

Conor Doyle’s XP50 ‘Freya’ from Kinsale Yacht Club starts in Saturday's 450-mile Palermo to Montecarlo Race as the sole Irish entry in the Italian classic. An international fleet of 56 boats will race in the fixture organised by the Circolo…

X-Yachts GB have introduced a new summer gardiennage menu which will run in the Hamble area during the summer months. “We hope this will further increase your enjoyment and maintain the value of your X-Yacht,” the company says of the…

The Island Sailing Club put on a spectacular 90th anniversary party for the 2021 Round the Island Race, and there was an excellent turnout of X-Yachts in both the IRC & ISC classes — with some notable silverware won by…

With the healthy sailing season bursting into life all around us - and doing so almost regardless of the various stages of pandemic-emergence ashore - there’s a shortage of quality used boats available worldwide, and particularly in Ireland. So news…

One of most popular X-Yachts models, the X4³, is going through a serious makeover process. This boat was the first model in the Pure X range and was introduced to the world for the first time in 2016. Since then…

The X-Yachts Solent Cup returned for 2021 over the UK spring bank holiday weekend (28-30 May) and was blessed with blue skies and superb sailing conditions in the Solent, with hosts the Royal Southern Yacht Club providing for smoothly run…

X-Yachts welcomes everyone to experience first-hand the soul and heritage of its brand at the South Coast Boat Show in Southampton this coming weekend. As previously reported on Afloat.ie, the X4⁹ will be part of X-Yachts’ presence at Ocean Village…

Spring has sprung in Denmark, prompting the X-Yachts team to take the new X-Power 33C — dubbed ‘The Red Baron’ — out of the Haderslev yard. Chief executive Kræn Brinck Nielsen joined Kasper Brinck Mair and Martin Lindbæk, sales manager…

X-Yachts has unveiled a busy calendar of in-person events in Southampton from spring to autumn of 2021, restrictions allowing. The schedule kicks off with a chance to experience the X4⁹ at Hamble Point Marina from 9-11 April. Reservations for time…

X-Yachts has announced that the 2021 Solent Cup will go ahead as planned in May — with top photographer Rick Tomlinson set to be on hand to snap boats and crews in the best light. But the event at the…