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The South Coast Boat Show is almost here — and X-Yachts will be on hand to welcome you to come and experience in person the soul and heritage of their brand. As previously reported on Afloat.ie, both the Pure X…

X-Yachts GB & IRL is gearing up for a busy month of May, beginning with the South Coast Boat Show. Both the Pure X and new X-Power ranges will be on show at the Ocean Village Marina in Southampton from…

Leading up to the One Ton Cup in 1990, X-Yachts received an unusual order: to build the world’s best one-tonner, with money no object. Thirty-two years later and Birger Hansen brings the historic vessel back to its birthplace. Okyalos X…

X-Yachts GB & IRL in Hamble are delighted to receive the UK’s first X-Power 33C here. The yacht is in the care of X-Yachts’s agents for Britain and Ireland for the months of April and May before being moved to…

Every X-Yacht is designed with performance in mind — and the X4⁹E is no exception. The new update of the X4⁹ is the first X-Yacht built as a hybrid-powered yacht, and the first in a new range of electric-powered sailboats…

A loose grub screw was apparently the reason why a Dutch owner of an X-Yachts X4⁹ experienced rudder failure while taking part in a transatlantic cruising race. During the ARC January race out of Gran Canaria last month, the rudder…

X-Yachts owners will have another chance to take part in some fun racing on the Solent with fellow happy customers and crews before the summer. That’s when the Royal Southern Yacht Club in Hamble hosts the 2022 X-Yachts GB Solent…

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…