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X-Yachts is a Danish yacht manufacturing company, specializing in sailing yachts for cruising and racing. == History == X-Yachts was founded by brothers Niels and Lars Jeppesen with Birger Hansen, in Haderslev, Denmark. Since then it has produced around 5,000 yachts.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.x-yachts.com/seeems/5.asp )〕 Their first model was the X-79, which was launched in May 1979.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://x79.dk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/x79_brochure_1980.pdf )〕 An X-79 won what was then the biggest yacht race in the world, the Sjælland Rundt, with almost 2,100 yachts competing.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.x-yachts.dk/seeems/6292.asp )〕 The X-79 went on to become a one-design class with almost 500 boats built throughout the 190s. In 1981 the X-102 was designed to race under the Three-Quarter-tonner Rule. X-102s won the Three-Quarter Ton Cup in Finland in 1981 (''Soldier Blue'') and in 1982, in Spain (''Lille Du''). A ‘Sport’ version of the X-102 was called the X-3/4 Ton and won the Three Quarter Ton Cup in 1985 (Sweden), 1987 (Holland), Italy (1988) and Greece (1989).〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/sailboats/old-quarter-tonners-magic-bus-24492-57.html )〕 Throughout the 1980s X-Yachts built many designs to Ton and IOR Rules, also winning the One Ton Cup in 1986 in Spain (''Andelsbanken''), and in Sweden (''Okyalos'', 1990). In 1985 the X-99 was launched, which became an ISAF-recognized one-design, with 605 boats built.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www2.sailing.org/default.asp?ID=j1lFnApv8&MenuID=5uqmGNcDgMI/qst7vTvONMY12%60VcaO9,/k1LTTNNErEmmHwqxRtur5FfnnhhY/e72hB,CPuv6t5mypOK%60suvT2OJ?YS&Format=PRINT )〕 Seven of the top ten finishers of the 1987 Sjælland Rundt were X-Yachts. In 1990 X-Yachts launched a Performance Cruiser range, beginning with the X-412 and X-382. In the 1990s the IMS handicap rule became increasingly popular for racing. The IMX 38 was developed and launched in 1993, followed by the IMX 40 and IMX 45 in the early 2000s. IMX designs competed around the world under both IMS and IRC ratings, including winning SORC in the USA in 1995 and 1997, IMS European Championships in 1995, and the Rolex Commodores’ Cup in Great Britain in 2002 and 2004. X-Yachts launched their first one-design racing yacht, the X-35, in 2005, followed by the X-41 one-design in 2007. Both became ISAF-recognized one-design classes.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.x-35.com/seeems/18479.asp )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.x-41.com/seeems/48802.asp )〕 The IMX 70 was launched in 2005 as a ‘one-off’, built by Green Marine in the UK and fitted out in Denmark.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.xn--seilbtutstillingen-8tb.no/id/34820?batid=6960 )〕 In 2007 X-Yachts won a European Yacht of the Year Award with the X-55, a performance cruising design. In 2009 the first dedicated cruising X-Yacht was launched, the Xc 45, winning its category at the European Yacht of the Year. This was followed by three other Xcruising designs, with the Xc 38 also winning at the European Yacht of the Year awards in 2010. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「X-Yachts」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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