X-102 Rig drawing

The swedish X-102 community have been quite active in past years, and collected a lot of memorabilia including a rig drawing of the the MK2 version of the X-102.

Thanks for sharing Patric Carlén

I have also received a specification of the boat equipment when sold from X-yatchs.

X102spec

Trim guide for the X-102

We have started to develop a trim guide for the X-102 boat which could serve as a guideline for trimming the boat. The trim guide is a reference based on personal knowledge and boat trim depends on crew, helmsman and condition of sails.

Please join and contribute to the development of trim guide.

Check the main menu under X-102 club or click here

Sailor greetings

Henrik

Danmarks Radio tv program 1982

X-Yatchts have been so kind and point us in the direction of the DR archives where we find a 30 minutes program from 1982 talking about export success of the X-102. The tv program is in Danish and there are not subtitles, but it is still fun to watch.

I dont have time to do a transcript of the program in english, but there are a couple of key takeaways from the program.

  • Price in 1982 – 400.000 DKR which is equivalent to 1 million DKR in 2021
  • 55 boats sold in 1982 only 3 i Denmark at the time of the program
  • Turnover in 1982 in was 20. million Dkr equivalent to 54 million Dkr in 2021
  • Build number 55 is featured in the start of program
  • Major markets were Norway, Sweden and England
  • The founders payout the first 3 years where 70.000 Dkr pr year
  • Production was sourced to smaller companies to avoid build a huge administration, and reduce risk. They needed owner of the workshop of to be involved in the build to secure quality of work.

At the end of the program Niels Jeppesen sails together with Bjørn Olsen (Ship designer) responsible for Nimbus 30 amongst other, and a childhood inspiration to Niels. Bjørn is being asked about his opinion on the X-102, and repond “I like the more narrow design, and not wide body because we need to go upwind – pointing” he also thinks that IOR design rules was a risk due to the missing shaft in the hull. Niels was quite fast to respond “I have just participating in a regatta in Finland where we sailed in 20 meter pr sek reaching a speed of 17 know we need to man on the rudder to be able to control it. If the rudder can withstand that, it for sure is secure as a family cruiser.

You can click on the button below to see the TV show in full screen.

X-102 – 40 years in the making

2021 marks the 40 years anniversary of the X-102 which started to see light in 1981. The boat introduced a revolutionary design with a combined cruse racer for a a crew of 6, and quickly gained success on the race track as well a good tour boat for the family.

173 boats was built from 1981 to 1987 and it was sold and exported to many countries around the world, were it still is admired to this day, when it enters port, or is seen in its natural habitat of 6-8 meters pr sek in relative calm waters.

Text from X-Yatch own home page

The second X-Yachts model launched was a true cruiser/racer sporting a center cockpit. It was designed for IOR’s 3/4 Ton upper rating limit of 24.55ft. Hull 07, “Soldier Blue”, won the 3/4 Ton World Championship in 1981 and was skippered by Ib Ussing Andersen, helmed by Jens Christensen with tactics by Lars Bo Ive, all now of North Sails fame. In 1982 “Lille du” won the same title and gave X-Yachts a head start in the international yachting arena.

The Sea Round history – 1981

Soldier blue and Sponsor Wanted participated in Sealand Round in 1981, which is actually recorded in this video from the 1981 if you fast forward to 6:12 or 23:00 minutes in this video you will find a small clip of the boats competing against each other. Sponsor wanted was skippered by Niels Jeppesen, and soldier blue was skippered by Ib Ussing
Andersen.

Sealand Round 1989 – 19 boats

I have received this list from Lars Olesen Larsen of the participating boats in Sealand round in 1989. He have have been so kind and share a bit of the history of the boat. It would we great if we could hear from any of the skippers who actually sailed in 1989, or current owners of the boat type.

X-Yachts 40 years anniversary 2019 – X-102

X-Yacht released this year book in connection with their 40 years anniversary, where they wrote the following on the reason for introducing the X-102.

Extract from the year book:

But the laurels were not for resting on. At the autumn exhibition in Copenhagen, the yard published the plans for the next model, a 10 metre long cruiser/racer with a central cockpit.
The decision to develop the new boat was based on several factors: One reason was the desire to expand the “range”, just as Lars and Niels Jeppesen and Birger
Hansen had concluded that it was difficult to sell the X-79 in all parts of Europe.
New model in pipeline

The new boat, named X-102, was designed to the IOR ¾ Ton parameters, but was equipped with accommodation to make it family friendly. Launch was in the spring of 1981 to enable entry in the sailing races Fyn Rundt and Sjælland Rundt. This gave the opportunity to optimise the boat before the middle of July when it was entered in the official world
championship in Helsingfors in Finland for boats with an IOR handicap not exceeding 24.55 ft, the upper limit of the ¾ Ton class.

The “old” guard X-102 ”Soldier Blue” participated and won the World
Championship. The boat was captained by Ib Ussing Andersen and steered by Jens Christensen. They were both co-founders and co-owners of the newly established sail-making firm “Sejlmagerne”, later “Diamond Sailmakers”, which became the main driving
force behind North Sails’ conquest of the world market for sails for the world’s largest and most exclusive ocean cruisers.
The crew of the ”Soldier Blue” also included tactician Lars Ive, who had two years previously placed his J-24 second behind the X-79 at the Sjælland Rundt
race. Lars and Niels Jeppesen also participated in the championship in another X-102, taking the seventh place.

All credits to X-yatch

See the yearbook

X-Yachts-from-40th-Anniversary-book_2019_Online

Help us write the story

With 40 years in the making there must be lots of fun stories to tell about the history of the boat. I have done a bit of internet research, and I have seen fun videos of people sailing in narrow channels in Sweden, and people who say the have sailed single handed across the Atlantic in an X-102.

I would a appreciate your help to find these stories, so we can document for the benefit of the X-102 community.

Regard Henrik

Refurbish of an X-102 – Agent X Germany

Happy new year fellow X-102 sailors.

I received this scanned document with documentation of a refurbishment of an X-102 in Germany called Agent-X. There are some fine details about the project, and some of the changes the made during the project are things we all can learn from.

Let me know if you have content to share, and have things you think we need on the website. The Facebook group have seen quite growth last year, and it is being used by members from Denmark, Germany, Sweden, England, Holland and Spain. However not all people are on Facebook for different reasons, and some content are easier to be found on website.

Send me an email if you have good content to share, picture you wish to share of the club.


X-102-diverse-ombygning

Virtual skipper meeting number 1

Meeting summary from the first virtual skipper meeting

Participants: Kent Rosendal Karsten Normand Henrik Bo Christoffersen

We have had our first virual skipper meeting in the i X-102 community with participation of Kent, Karsten og Henrik. We have agreed to focus on 4 regattas next year, where we want to gather as many X-102 boats as possible.

The regattas are:

  • Palby Cup i maj 28-30 Maj
  • Gilleleje Cup i Juni 2 eller 12 juni
  • Sjælland Rundt i juni 17-20 Juni
  • Stelton Cup i oktober

Kent has promised to recruit some of the X-102 sailors around fyn for for the palby Cup regatta, and we expect to have at least 3 boats from sealand joining in may. Gilleleje Cup is a combined regatta an social activity, and is planned for either the 2 or the 12 of june.

The big event next year is sjælland rundt and season ends for the sailors in Øresund with Stelton Cup.

Summer Holiday: We discussed the possibility for a meet-up next year in july, but no plans were settled, but we agreed to share our vacation plans for the summer via facebook.

If we have any of the german or dutch sailors in nordic waters in july please let us know.

Tracking

The tracking used under Stelton cup will be used to track the planned regattas next year, and if we are more than 5 boats we agreed to share the cost for the tracking for the period we use it. We have more than 500 page views on sunday during the regatta and about 100 unique users have checked in to see on-line or see the regatta the following days. Please sign up for a key via the website

Onyx from Sweden takes the grand price at Stelton Cup 2020

Onyx SWE40 wins Stelton Cup 2020 with a margin to 1 minute and 20 sec on corrected time, but only 40 seconds separated the two of them on elapsed time. The trailing 3 X-102 finished 40 minutes later in a tight competion for 3-4-5 place in the 18 nm track course. Onyx became overall number 5 out the 35 participating on racetrack 2. Who says a 40 year old design cant compete with the modern boat designs.

Onyx skippered by Pär Halléus is here seen with the grand price for the race, with the right to brag for for the coming 12 months.

The price is founded by the skipper of #oneXtoo René van Laer who handed over the price, and requested photo evidence of the price being displayed in a central place in his home. The 4 other skippers will check in on Pär on a regular basis the coming 12 months.

The regatta was sailed under extreme light wind conditions, which explains the big time difference between second and 3 place in the race. The picture below shows Obelix during the race just meters from Peciva

The picture above shows the tight race between Obelix of Xtase who passed the finish line as 4-5, after Peciva, but Xtase wins 3 price on corrected time.

Results from stelton cup 2020

The regatta was tracked using eStela

The Stelton Cup regatta is the last of season in Denmark for the keel boat class, and Peciva skippered by Henrik Bo sailed on back to port in the calm evening unlike the stormy conditions the day before with up 18 M/S sec.

See you in 2021

Follow Stelton Cup 2020 live on the website

For the first time on many year we have managed to gather five X-102 boats on a race track in Denmark. We are trying to take advantage of the latest technology, and we will be broadcasting live on the website.

The tracking will start 10 minutes prior to planned race start, and commence after 5 hours. the actual race track course will be updated Sunday morning, when we receive the official track course from the race committee.

See the tracking below

The 5 boats will be competing for the grand price of being “Øresundsmester” with the right to brag for the next 12 months.

The price is founded by the Skipper of #oneXtwo.