X4⁰ - Video Tour - X-Yachts (GB) Ltd.

X4⁰, build number #18, commissioned 2020. White hull with grey hull stripes and 2.10m T-shaped keel. Standard aluminium mast with selftacking jib . Flexiteek on cockpit, sidedecks and coachroof. Below decks she has two cabins, with one generous heads, classic layout with L-galley to port, and owner's island berth forward.
"Perseverance" Highlights;
Popular two cabin layout - benefits from larger heads and deep storage locker in cockpit.
Light family usage - condition excellent.
Ease of sailing short-handed with stability, ease of jib handling, mainsail with stackpack, and code zero on dedicated furler.
She is available for GBP 415,000 including GB Tax.
Owner's Comments.
We took delivery of "Perseverance" in May 2020 as a replacement for our previous X-Yacht, an Xc 45 which we purchased new in 2009.
After 11 years of excellent long-distance cruising, we decided to downsize to an X4°, more suited to less ambitious sailing based in Plymouth now that my wife and I were well into our seventies.
We were immediately impressed with the sailing performance; very stiff, close-winded and fast, with a pleasant motion in waves and a pure joy to helm.
As we get older, we want a boat that is very easy to handle, both when sailing and when maneuvering in and out of berths. The X4° displacement at 8100kg is nearly half that of the Xc 45, so she is much easier to handle when berthing. The lighter weight means less sail-area and this makes sail-handling a doddle. I can easily hoist the main by hand 3/4's of the way up just by pulling the halyard, then finishing with the winch. The self-tacking jib makes life very easy, and it is such a joy to tack up a narrow channel just by turning the wheel. When the wind fails light, we un-wind the code 0 on it's top-down furler and we are off! We also use it down-wind flying from the bowsprit with the halyard eased instead of an asymmetric. We do loose some area but it is much easier to put away!
When the wind increases, the main is easy to reef from the cockpit, and the self-tacker is quite happy in 30kts or more. With sheets cracked, we use a barber-hauler to the rail to maintain it's shape.
The X4° has very clean, clear decks, with no sheets or tracks to trip over, and with it's low coamings and wide, open cockpit, it is exceptionally easy to move about the boat. Some might find it strange that we should choose a modem high-performance cruiser-racer as a replacement for our Xc 45 as we get older, but in fact it makes a lot of sense. The new boat is so much easier to handle and to sail - the loads are much lighter and it is much easier to move around and to operate. And the wonderful thing is that we still enjoy the speed and performance that we have become used to with the Xc 45.
Increasingly, we sail with our five small grand-daughters (not always all at once!) and with the optional pilot berth in the aft cabin, we can put three of them in there together. The huge salon table can accommodate them with ease, as can the optional fixed cockpit table.
The large bathing-platform is a boon and makes getting in and out of the dinghy easy and safe.
So to sum up, the X4° is an outstanding sailing yacht with real "race-boat" performance, and yet she does not lack creature comforts. Both above and below decks, she oozes quality of design, materials and craftsmanship and in my view is clearly the class leader in her size.
We are very sad to put "Perseverance" on the market earlier than we had hoped, but the combination of advancing years and failing health have forced our hand.