European Yacht of the Year: Luxury Cruiser, the Xc 38

7:36 AM Mon 7 Feb 2011 GMT

'Xc-38 on a test sail' .

This year the European Yacht of the Year Award in the Luxury Cruiser category went to the company with SUCH a brief name, X Yachts, with their new Xc 38. They beat off strong competition from the Contest 57, the Nordship 350, the Sirius 35 and the Sunbeam 42.1. Managing director Lars Jeppesen accepted the prize on behalf of the company on the first night of the D?sseldorf Boatshow. As usual, the jury for probably the most prestigious yacht-design contest in the world consisted of the managing editors and test experts from eighteen of the leading sailing magazines in Europe. ...

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by Nancy Knudsen