Fast passage making in comfort | X43 tested | Yachting Monthly

X-Yachts’ latest model, the X43 promises to be a fast passage-making cruising boat that’s fun and engaging to sail but won’t scare your socks off. Theo Stocker went to find out how well the X43 toes the line
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[@larok9483]

Sehr ausführlicher Rundgang mit guter Erläuterung!

[@larsdyhrberg5315]

Nice review. Thank you.

[@kkklllaaa1234]

Great review, thank you. Great idea to have the owner onboard

[@Halcyonyachts]

We delivered one of these yachts recently. Fabulous!

[@BobSmith-zj5lt]

good for "we". what was "we's" profit on that ridiculous price?

[@paulpaul9914]

Nice boat & a good review👍

[@SergeyLukins-xh4cs]

Appreciate your work with a detailed review. Is any idea on this compact microwave brand for X43.

[@dummylopez6094]

for a 43 ft boat the space looks like bit sacrificed

[@antonysmyth2464]

Much improved review over the usual YM focus on furniture.

[@danknox9986]

It’s built to a very high standard and quite speedy. It a very nice boat.

[@kkklllaaa1234]

Great boat but the cockpit benches look really short, looks like they are too short to lay down on. Another gripe is no separate shower. Otherwise great boat

[@FighterFred]

Nice boat, good review. Good boat for coastal cruising, but I'd prefer a HR for ocean passage. That helm position looks unprotected.

[@sailinghaldis]

Amen! I just took my HR 44 from Sweden around Europe to the Mediterranean. It was wonderful.

[@majik-k8j]

Would I sleep soundly with one of my children standing at one of those helms on a dark rough night sail.

[@Coleen_West]

Nice review! -- QUESTION -- for a world circumnavigation, which would you take, this X43 or the Hallberg 40C that you reviewed (or a HR 44??). What is bugging us is that this X43 has that horrid sail drive and terrible high aspect ratio keel that looks dangerous.. What would you think about this?

[@Mineirovsky]

I believe that none of them are comparable in terms of the purpose. Yep, you can sail around the world with either one of them, but they were developed having in mind the diferent necessities of their clients. Speaking for myself, I would chose the safer of the list so any HR instead of any X yacht. I'm not willing to sacrifice safety for speed.

[@Coleen_West]

@@Mineirovsky ..well said. We think too, that for slowely making our way around the world, taking a good 5 years or more, it may be better with a HR and probably 44 to 48 feet might be best for the two of us and all our stuff. In fact, Hallberg's older models 46 and 48 might be the perfect choice. Maybe even the 53. Seem so solid and no "sail drive" nonesense to deal with.

[@mateuslobo34]

HR 45 or 46 seems to suit you best. Today is hard to find a model that's it's not sail drive

[@mateuslobo34]

Custom build it's also a choice, Van de Stadt, Dudley Dix and Berkmeyer had great stock plans sailboats

[@Coleen_West]

@@mateuslobo34 ..I think you hit it on the head.. These HR 46 or 48 look pretty much perfect for what we have in mind. In fact, the 46 looks so much like the 48 that we have a hard time telling the difference. Also, the Oyster 485 looks so so good too.

[@mr.e7022]

Nice boat, price (about 718000 USD) isn't outrageous considering what one receives. My only criticism is the galvanized grid. I would want a carbon fiber grid, doesn't rust.

[@emilejacobs2m53]

Go for a XP almost same design but carbon fiber grid and a bit more performance.

[@mateuslobo34]

Galvanized steel have a decent resistance to rust, considering that the grid it's not supposed to be underwater. Anyway the XP 44 have a carbon grid, but cost more.

[@Mineirovsky]

Rewatching this after a while... This boat is a shore boat, not an ocean going one. The main reason is the lack of stowage for provisions. It's a big boat, so you can sail with 3 or 4 people on board with confort, but where do you stow all the the food, beverages, water and so on? It's a little bit concerning to make a long passage with such a small margin of safety provisionwyse.

[@ceirwan]

Just looked around one at the Southampton boat show. Not what you'd choose to go off grid in the Pacific for several months, but for cruising around North Europe, the med, etc, I think she'd be fantastic. More stowage than you'd think depending on the layout you choose.

[@davidwarnes5158]

You seem to be very high , like your helming on top and not in , like a centre cockpit boat

[@BobSmith-zj5lt]

too expensive, actually, ridiculous

[@albertofourie3294]

Stupidly expensive!

[@n.o.b.1907]

A Danish product? No thanks, given their WWII Germany-style "strip the valuables off" policy on refugees (unless they are from Europe/Ukraine).

[@kkklllaaa1234]

You never give up

[@mdffwoodworker]

Good point; I’m sure their government goes straight to the boatbuilders at this yard for policy guidance. I often ask myself when buying a loaf of bread, what the baker thinks of the Middle East, before making a purchase