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Jean-Luc Van Den Heede - X-37

Jean-Luc Van Den Heede - X-37

Jean-Luc Van Den Heede (born 8 June 1945 in Amiens) is a French sailor. He is best known for his achievements in single-handed sailing and set the current world-record for the westabout circumnavigation in 2004 (he holds the overall record, ie. although he sailed solo, nobody was faster on this route with a crewed boat).

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Karl-Thomas Neumann - Xp 55

Karl-Thomas Neumann - Xp 55

Karl-Thomas Neumann – Owner of the beautiful Xp 55 ‘Lin Bin Lan’
Startup entrepreneur now living in LA. Former CEO of Opel, VW China, and Continental and X-Sailor.

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Christopher Sheehan - Xp 44

Christopher Sheehan - Xp 44

Bluewater ocean race is his passion – Christopher has participated in the most important offshore races onboard his Xp 44 “Warrior Won” – The race resume counts some of the world's most impressive races such as Rolex Sydney Hobart Race, Rolex Fastnet Race, Rolex Middle Sea Race and Newport Bermuda Race.

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Henrik Jørgensen - X4³

Henrik Jørgensen - X4³

Henrik is a keen sailor and an experienced shorthanded sailor. Through his sailing career, Henrik has been onboard X-Yachts for 30 years.

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Ib Kunøe - X4³

Ib Kunøe - X4³

Entrepreneur. Businessman. Business owner. Sailor. Sculptor. Ib Kunøe can be described with many words, but above all he is a self-made man.

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James Dean - Xc 45

James Dean - Xc 45

James is the happy owner of Xc 45 “Nina”. He used to work for a large international firm. Now he is a non-executive Director and works part-time.

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Torsten Bastiansen - X-41

Torsten Bastiansen - X-41

Torsten is a passionate racing sailor and head of the sailing team, Sydbank.This time we have asked Torsten Bastiansen a couple of questions why he chose an X-Yacht.

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Andrea Mura - Xc 45

Andrea Mura - Xc 45

Andrea Mura is a record-winning and experienced Solo Sailor, America’s Cup sailor, Olympic winner and sail loft owner.

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Torben Kornum - X-40

Torben Kornum - X-40

Torben participated in the Gold Cup on his X-40 – together with his daughter Julie Kornum, who also enjoys sailing at its fullest!

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