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XR 41 Race

2025–present

In production
X-Yachts XR 41 Race — photo 1

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The New XR 41 sailing — X-Yachts

Design

Designer
X-Yachts Design Team & Partners

Summary

47.8 ftLOA8.9 ftDRAFT13.7 ftBEAM
Sailing MonohullSail
Length overall
47.8 ft
Beam
13.7 ft
Draft
7.9–8.9 ft
Displacement
15,432 lb
Cabins
2–3

* A standard reference image, not the actual boat — shown to help visualise this model's published dimensions.

Best Suited For

Tags are derived from certified class, length, sail area, accommodation and tankage using the criteria described on the Sources page; an editor may add or remove one.

Sailing Ratios

Classic yacht-design ratios worked out from the builder's published figures, each shown against the bands designers read it by.

Sail area / displacement

How much sail the boat carries for its weight — its power in light air.

ModestCruiserPerformanceRacing162024
  • not published: sail area
How it is worked out

sail area (ft²) ÷ (displacement as ft³ of seawater)^⅔

Displacement / length

How heavy the boat is for its waterline length. Lower is lighter and quicker; higher is steadier and roomier.

UltralightLightModerateHeavyVery heavy100180270350XR 41 Race: 121
  • 121· Light
How it is worked out

displacement (long tons) ÷ (0.01 × waterline length in ft)³

Ballast ratio

The share of the weight carried in the keel — a rough guide to stiffness, though how deep that weight sits matters as much.

LowModerateHigh3040XR 41 Race: 38
  • 38· Moderate
How it is worked out

ballast ÷ displacement × 100

Comfort ratio

Ted Brewer's measure of how gently a boat moves in a seaway. Higher means a slower, easier motion.

LightCoastalModerate offshoreHeavy offshoreVery heavy20304050XR 41 Race: 17.6
  • 17.6· Light
How it is worked out

displacement (lb) ÷ (0.65 × (0.7 × LWL + 0.3 × LOA) × beam^1.333), lengths in ft

Capsize screening

A guide from the inquiry after the 1979 Fastnet race: below 2 was taken as suited to ocean passages. It ignores hull shape and where the ballast sits.

Below 22 and above2XR 41 Race: 2.20
  • 2.20· 2 and above
How it is worked out

beam (ft) ÷ (displacement as ft³ of seawater)^⅓

Hull speed

Roughly the speed a displacement hull reaches before it has to climb its own bow wave.

  • 8.3 kn
How it is worked out

1.34 × √(waterline length in ft), in knots

Most builders publish a light displacement. The ratios were defined on a loaded boat, so every boat here reads a little lighter than a surveyor's figure would — all alike, which keeps them comparable.

Tanks

What the builder publishes about how fast, how strong and how much the boat carries.

Fuel and water on one scale: a tank twice the height holds twice as much.

  • Fuel30 gal
    Water54 gal

A figure marked with a quote mark was read from the builder's page. Open it for the exact line, the page and the date.

Dimensions

LOA
47.8 ft (14.58 m)
Hull length
41.8 ft (12.75 m)
LWL
38.4 ft (11.71 m)
Beam
13.7 ft (4.18 m)
Draft (min)
7.9 ft (2.4 m)
Draft (max)
8.9 ft (2.7 m)
Air draft
—
Displacement
15,432 lb (7,000 kg)
Ballast
5,842 lb (2,650 kg)
Cabins
2–3
Heads
—
Berths
—

Sail Plan

Main sail
—
Jib
—
Genoa
—
Sail area
—
Downwind sail area
—
Rig type
—

Engine and Tanks

Engine
30 hp
Engine count
1
Engine manufacturer
—
Propulsion type
—
Fuel capacity
30 gal (115 L)
Fresh water capacity
54 gal (205 L)
Black water capacity
—

Construction

Mast material
—
Hull material
Epoxy/GRP
Deck material
—
Keel type
—
Rudder type
—
Steering wheels
—

Builder's Own Figures

Anchor weight
16 kg
Holding tank
35 litres

Figures read fromthe builder's page

Brochure

Download the official XR 41 Race brochure (PDF)

About X-Yachts

Premium production

Danish builder of performance cruising sailboats, founded in 1979 and based in Haderslev, Denmark.

X-Yachts was established in Denmark in 1979 and through the 1980s designed and built winning IOR racers, which drew the cruising market to ask for fast, high-quality, comfortable yachts. The Performance Cruiser range was established in the 1990s, from the X-412 through the X-512, X-382, IMX 38, X-442, X-362, X-332, X-302, X-612 and X-482 to the X-562 of 1999; the IMX 40 racer opened the new millennium, the first X-73 of 2001 took the yard into luxury deep-water cruising, and the X-43 and X-46 of 2003 began a new generation, joined by the X-40, X-37 and X-50 in 2004 and the X-55 in 2006. The X-35 one-design of 2007 had two hundred boats racing worldwide as an ISAF class, followed by the X-41. The Xc 45, first of the Xcruising family, was European Yacht of the Year in 2009, joined by the Xc 42, 50 and 38 and today by the Xc 47; the Xp 44 opened the Xperformance generation in 2010, and in 2024 that range gave way to a new era with XRACING and the XR 41.

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The X-Yachts Range

Every model X-Yachts publishes, by length — where this one sits in the range.

  1. X5.656.6 ft
  2. X4.9 MkII50.4 ft
  3. Xc 4749.9 ft
  4. XR 41 Race· this model47.8 ft
  5. XR 41 Sport47.8 ft
  6. X4.6 MkII47.1 ft
  7. X4.3 MkII43.4 ft
  8. X4.039.7 ft

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