Sailing World Announces

X-41 Boat of the Year 2008
 
12-12-2007

Sailing World magazine announced today the winners of the biggest annual honors in sailboat building, the Boat of the Year awards.
 
The X-41 One-Design took the award for Best Crossover, a boat that bestrides the gulf between racer and cruiser with aplomb.

"X-Yachts has paid a lot of attention to both the broad-brush concept and also to details with the 41," said Andrews. "It has a combination of hull shape, keel, rudder, and rig that sails as a race boat should, is relatively easy to keep in the groove and wins races."

An independent panel of experts picked the winners from the 17 nominated boats announced during the U.S. Sailboat Show in Annapolis, Maryland, in October.

More than sixty X-41s are now sold worldwide, and the first X-41 International Event will be held in Copenhagen from 16 to 19 July 2008 during the 11th X-Yachts Gold Cup. More than thirty X-41s are expected to participate in the three days of racing.

 







X-55 · European Yacht of the Year 2007

The jury, consisting of journalists from ten European boat magazines,
had test sailed the X-55 in IJmuiden in Holland in September 2006.

The nominated yachts in the category "Yachts above 15 m" were

X-55
Dufour 525 Grand' Large
First 50
Halberg-Rassy 54
Hanse 630



X-55 · Croatian Boat of the Year 2007

X-55 Overall Winner
The X-55 has been elected “Croatian Boat of the Year 2007” at the Zagreb Sport & Boat Show in Croatia. The Croatian “NauCat” catalogue and website is the organiser of this yearly event, where boat builders around the world are invited to vote for their favourites.

X-55 Winner of Sailing Yacht above 44 ft
Apart from receiving the title as Overall Winner, the X-55 was announced Winner of Sailing Yachts above 44 ft.

Miha Spendal, the X-Yachts importer, was the happy receiver of NauCat’s statuette as well as the NauCat plague.    » See more


X-35 · Boat of the Year 2007

Sailing World Magazine in the US has announced the X-35 One Design as Boat of the Year Winner for 2007 as Best Racer/Cruiser.

The judges liked:
“The no-compromise racing layout on deck, its performance, and the surprisingly comfortable interior.”


X-46 · Boat of the Year 2006

Cruising World magazine has nominated the X-46 the winner of Performance Cruiser Over 45 Feet.

Cruising World editor, Herb McCormick, said: “The 2006 final round of 26 nominees was exemplary, as strong an overall fleet as we have seen in the dozen years we have been conduction our annual contest”.  

 

The elegant and yet sporty looking X-46 is born to set standards. The yacht was launched in July 2003 only four months after the launch.





X-43 · Boat of the Year 2004 in Italy

The X-43 has been announced Boat of the Year 2004 by the Italian yachting magazine Vela e Motore and Selma Bipiemme Leasing at the Genoa Boat Show in October 2003.

Reasons for the nomination, in the category sailing yachts from 12 to 15 metres, were; A yacht built for modern and fast cruising, designed for the demanding owner with focus on a high quality level; a yacht with an excellent layout and design which is characteristic for the Danish yard. A high level of functionality, excellent deck configuration, fittings and layout places the X-43 above her competitors.




X-46 · Boat of the Year 2004 in Croatia

The X-46 has been nominated Boat of the Year 2004 in Croatia in the category Sailing Boats 40–48 ft by the Nautical Catalogue Naucat.





X-43 · Boat of the Show 2003 in Stockholm

The X-43 was elected Sailboat of the Show at the Scandinavian Boat Show in Stockholm, Sweden and was cited for: "The X-43 is Danish design of the highest class. Functionalism has been combined with clean lines and performance with comfort. Rarely has racing and cruising been combined in such a remarkable way".