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X-Yachting 2013
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110 x-yachting 2013 x-
yachts
claimed no fewer than four medals at the
2012
orc worlds, as helsinki gathered the largest orc world championship fleet ever with 124
yachts
. x-
yachts
represented no less than 25 per cent of the fleet, as the marque with the most production performance
yachts
competing. conditions were challenging and required both a skill and a bit of luck to hit the right corners. with many of the world’s top professionals attending the event, x-
yachts
owners fought hard in the corinthian
division
s. in class a the x-41 nicole (riku nissila) and imx 40 foxy lady (rickard bergquist) were second and third respectively, while in class b the two x-332 sports patent (jürgen klinghardt) and boxer (mats victorin) repeated the feat. congratulations to all four crews for their performance and effort in such strong fleets. the new xp line was also represented by five
yachts
, three xp 38s and two xp 44s. the swedish xp 38 and two xp 44s both had great starts in the first long distance race, finishing third, fourth and sixth in mixed conditions. sadly on the second day two german xps (a 38 and 44) each had to retire due to crew injuries in unrelated events. but the remainder of the xp fleet enjoyed top 10 finishes in strong breezes with the finnish xp 38 audi connect particularly excelling in downwind surfing conditions with speeds above 14 knots. all the xp teams showed great potential – the finnish and swedish xp 38s were especially encouraging, scoring 10th and 11th respectively despite being among the smallest
yachts
in orc class a and the only under-40ft performance cruiser, beating many 40ft-plus
yachts
. australian winners the annual sydney harbour regatta is the biggest regatta in the city with over 300 boats competing in 26 different classes. since 2010, x-
yachts
have raced in their own class (under irc), and in
2012
also raced within phs 1
division
. after two days of great sailing, the x-41 matrix owned by the boller/millen/smith syndicate came away with both the x-
yachts
and phs 1
division
wins. second was ian box in his x-442 toybox , and third was the xp 44 xs moment owned by ray and fran hudson. toybox has won this
division
the previous two years, and with a new xp 44 arriving in september
2012
, ian may be holding the trophy aloft again soon. further north, there was more x-
yachts
success at hamilton island race week
2012
, as graham and louise smith competed with their x-43 scaramouche in cruising
division
one. graham is also a part owner of matrix , so had a ready-made crew! the
division
included boats ranging up to an old ior 80ft maxi, making the x-43 the third smallest. unusually, scoring a first and second in the opening races didn’t help their cause as the arbitrary handicap is adjusted after each race – over the week the x-43 even ended up giving the 80-footer time! – but the smiths were never headed to win outright. congratulations all round. photo: louise smith orc worlds photo: pavel nesvadba
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