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Review of X-482


Basic specs.

sail specifications
The X-482 is a large sailboat designed by the maritime architect Niels Jeppesen in the mid nineties. Less than 100 boats have been produced. The X-482 is built by the Danish yard X-Yachts A/S.

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Hull

The hull is made of fibreglass. Generally, a hull made of fibreglass requires only a minimum of maintenance during the sailing season.
The hull is a double hull which improves the indoor climate. Especially when the water is colder than the air in the cabin, then the double hull insulates against cold water and reduce the condense water in the cabin.


Interior

The interior is like most other boats made of teak. Teak has the advantage of being naturally very oily and therefore water-repellent, which is suitable on boats.
The boat is equipped with 4 cabins, 8 berths, a galley and toilet facility.


Keel

The X-482 has been built with different keel alternatives.

Unknown keel type

The boat can only enter major marinas as the draft is about 2.45 - 2.55 meter (8.04 - 8.34 ft) dependent on the load. See immersion rate below.

Unknown keel type

X-482 can only enter major marinas as the draft is about 2.55 - 2.65 meter (8.37 - 8.67 ft) dependent on the load. See immersion rate below.


Engine

The boat may be equipped with an inboard Yanmar diesel engine at 75 hp (55 kW).


Sailing characteristics

This section covers widely used rules of thumb to describe the sailing characteristics. Please note that even though the calculations are correct, the interpretation of the results might not be valid for extreme boats.

Stability and Safety

What is Capsize Screening Formula (CSF)?

The capsize screening value for X-482 is 1.86, indicating that this boat could - if evaluated by this formula alone - be accepted to participate in ocean races.


Immersion rate

The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level. The immersion rate for X-482 is about 417 kg/cm, alternatively 2339 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 417 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 2339 lbs cargo on the boat it will sink 1 inch.


Sailing statistics

This section is statistical comparison with similar boats of the same category. The basis of the following statistical computations is our unique database with more than 26,000 different boat types and 350,000 data points.

L/B (Length Beam Ratio)

What is L/B (Length Beam Ratio)?

The l/b ratio for X-482 is 3.37.

Slim Wide 58% 0 50 100
Compared with other similar sailboats it is more spacy than 58% of all other designs. It seems that the designer has chosen a slightly more spacy hull design.


Maintenance

Rig

If you need to renew parts of your running rig and is not quite sure of the dimensions, you may find the estimates computed below useful.



Guiding dimensions of running rig
UsageLengthDiameter
Jib sheet 14.5 m(47.6 feet)16 mm(5/8 inch)
Genoa sheet14.5 m(47.6 feet)16 mm(5/8 inch)
Mainsheet 36.2 m(118.9 feet)16 mm(5/8 inch)
Spinnaker sheet31.9 m(104.7 feet)16 mm(5/8 inch)

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Finally

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