The Xc 50 is designed and developed for long-distance cruising, incorporating the most significant X-Yachts’ qualities: powerful main engine in a well-insulated compartment, with a 3-bladed folding propeller; large fuel and fresh water tanks, all strategically located low and central in the yacht for optimum weight distribution; an immensely strong steel hull girder frame, taking the loads from the composite lead/cast iron keel as well as from the keel stepped mast, and the discontinuous rod rigging.
The design brief for the Xc 50 very much followed the same lines as for the Xc 45, with refined and improved some details to integrate them effectively onto a larger boat. The Xc 45 has life raft storage in the transom; this was extremely well received, as was the powered bathing platform and the stern anchor arrangement.
The Xc 50 features an extra storage compartment in the port side of the transom; which can either house flammable material like portable diesel cans or can accommodate a hinged stern anchor system. Neatly hidden behind a similarly side-hinged door, on the starboard side, is a liferaft ready for launch. Optional stern davits make launching, and recovery, of the yacht’s tender simple.
One of the main differences between the Xperformance line and the new Xcruising line is the hull design. The Xc line, with its deeper hull sections, provides a greater interior volume for tanks, and other essential cruising equipment; a feature which also provides smoother sailing in all weathers.
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| Technical details | |
| Producer: | X-YACHTS (DK) |
| LOA: | 49'18 ft |
| LOA: | 14,99 m |
| Hull lenght: | 14,99 m |
| Waterline lenght: | 13,28 m |
| Beam: | 4,55 m |
| Draught: | 2,35/1,95 m |
| Ballast: | 6.685 kg |
| Displacement: | 16.095 kg |
| Fuel tank: | 600 l |
| Water tank: | 800 l |
| Cabins: | 3/4+1 |
| Mainsail: | 73,1 m2 |
| Genoa: | 60,1 m2 |
| Jib: | 53,3 m2 |
| Spinnaker: | 180 m2 |
| Engine: | 110 HP |
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