VIDEO Why it is important to monitor loads with the right electronics on a modern boat
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X-Yachts’ new XR 41, in both its Sport and Race versions, is equipped with B&G instrumentation. Thanks to an interesting exchange between Matt Eeles, Product Director of B&G, and Kræn Brinck Nielsen, CEO of X-Yachts, in the video we find out what were the most important points of collaboration between the two brands.
The boat, as Kræn Brinck Nielsen himself says was designed first of all…:“To participate in and win the upcoming ORC Worlds. The market had been waiting for a while for such a product from X-Yachts…..”
“The demands of shipowners are changing,” Matt Eeles relates instead. data collection is increasingly important. Both crews and shipyards demand to know, and keep, a great deal of numbers and information from aboard, starting with loads on the hull and equipment “.
Full details of the double interview can be found HERE
XR 41 – Data Sheet
| Designer | X-Yachts Design Team & Partners | |
|---|---|---|
| Length Overall | 14.58 m | 47’10” |
| Hull length | 12.75 m | 41’10” |
| Waterline Length | 11.71 m | 38’5″ |
| Beam (max) | 4.18 m | 13’9″ |
| Standard draft | 2.4 m | 7’10” |
| Bulb weight – standard | 2650 kg | 5842 lbs |
| Displacement – light | 7150 kg | 15763 lbs |
| Engine (Diesel) | 22.3 kW | 30 hp |
| Diesel tank – standard | 115 ltr | 30 gal(US) |
| Water tank- standard | 205 ltr | 54 gal(US) |
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