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hansen in haderslev denmark . since then it has produced around 5 000 yachts . 1 their first model was the 7.9 metre 26 ft x 79 which was launched in may 1979 . 2 an x 79 won what was then the biggest yacht race in the world the sj lland rundt with almost 2 100 yachts competing . 3 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 . 4 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 . x 99 yacht in 1985 the x 99 was launched which became an isaf recognized one design with 605 boats built . 5 seven of the top ten finishers of the 1987 sj lland rundt were x yachts . 6 x 412 yacht in 1990 x yachts launched a performance cruiser range beginning with the x 412 and x 382 . 7 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 . 8 imx designs competed around the world under both ims and irc ratings including winning sorc in the usa in 1995 and 1997 9 ims european championships in 1995 and the rolex commodores cup in great britain in 2002 and 2004 . 10 x yachts launched their first one design racing yacht the x 35 11 12 in 2005 followed by the x 41 one design in 2007 . 13 both became isaf recognized one design classes . 14 15 the imx 70 was launched in 2005 as a one off built by green marine in the uk and fitted out in denmark . 16 in 2007 x yachts won a european yacht of the year award with the x 55 a performance cruising design . 17 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 . 18 19 20 x yachts today edit x yachts currently has three main production lines xracing one designs x 35 and x 41 four xcruising models xc 38 xc 42 xc 45 xc 50 and xperformance their most recent range of cruiser racer yachts xp 33 21 xp 38 22 xp 44 23 xp 50 24 xp 55 25 x 65 . x yachts has offices in haderslev denmark and hamble le rice in hampshire england . there are dealerships in australia austria belgium bulgaria bosnia croatia denmark estonia finland france germany greece holland hong kong hungary ireland israel italy japan macedonia malta montenegro norway portugal serbia slovenia spain sweden switzerland turkey united kingdom and the united states of america . in 2012 danish businessman ib kunoe became the majority stakeholder of x yachts with consolidated holdings a s acquiring a 51 per cent stake in the company which reported a turnover of dkk 250 million us 42million and employs 250 people in total . 26 ib kunoe became chairman of the supervisory board of x yachts hans viggard joined the company as ceo . niels and lars jeppesen remain shareholders and directors responsible for design and production birger hansen is a shareholder . references edit the x yachts story . x yachts.com . x 79 brochure 1980 pdf . x79.dk . how it all began . www.x yachts.dk . old quarter tonners . boatdesign.net . x 99 class report . isaf www.sailing.org . somer jack october 1987 . sjaelland revisited . yachting . 4 . 162 103 . kretschmer john november 2008 . boat test x 382 . sailing magazine . perry bob august 25 2000 . perry design review imx 38 . boats.com . premiere racing sorc results . rorc commodores cup results . boyd james 27 october 2012 . new yachts at excel . the daily sail . robertson andi 12 september 2012 . x 35 review . yachts & yachting . andrews alan december 12 2007 . x 41 one design review . sailing world . x 35 isaf recognized class . www.x 35 . com . class rules . www.x 41 . com . imx 70 . seil magasinet.no . galgani vanni 30 jan 2007 . x55 european yacht of the year . sail world.com fare vela . boot dusseldorf european yacht of year results 2011 . knudsen nancy 7 feb 2011 . european yacht of the year luxury cruiser the xc 38 . sail world.com . hodges toby 22 jan 2011 . yachts of the year . yachting world . troels lykke af 12 april 2012 . niels jeppesen xp 33 bliver ny trends tter . http minbaad.dk . external link in newspaper help 2013 boat of the year nominees . sailing world . 28 feb 2013 . twibill anthony december 2011 . x ceptional . sails magazine . rieker jochen 31 january 2012 . new 50 footer from x yachts . uk.boats.com . good michael 2012 06 28 . sport und luxus in kombination . yacht magazine . new majority shareholder in x yachts . ibi news . jul 4 2012 . external links edit official website retrieved from https 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