VX One Buyer's Guide
Shopping for a used VX One means looking at a 19-foot one-design keelboat built for two or three crew, equally happy as a family daysailer for a 15-knot blast and as a strict-class raceboat. The boat first launched in the USA in 2012 and reached the UK and Europe two years later, with around 100 built to one-design rules. What you find on the brokerage market is a lightweight, trailerable performance hull with a carbon rig and a lifting keel — not a cruiser with creature comforts.
Layouts on the Used Market
The VX One is an open boat: there is no enclosed cabin, only a wide, shallow and open cockpit with toestraps and control lines. Storage is pragmatic — day-gear and provision stowage plus under-deck paddle storage — and the side decks are built for comfortable hiking. A lifting keel raised on the main halyard lets the boat sit on a combi trailer, and a single-point lift allows easy craning, so most used examples will show as trailer-sailer packages rather than keeled marina residents.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
On the used market, a self-tacking jib is commonly fitted, usually on a Harken radial track with recessed furler, and a gennaker or asymmetric spinnaker is commonly fitted for downwind speed, launched through a large-mouth system. The carbon mast and boom are clear-coated, and Harken hardware runs the sail controls. For a buyer, the load-bearing items are the self-tacking jib with barber hauler for sea-state adjustment, the asymmetric spinnaker with easy hoist/drop chute, and the GNAV above-boom vang that keeps the forward cockpit clear — these define how the boat handles and what you will actually trim.
What to Inspect
The strict one-design build keeps variables tight, but check the items that see load and wear. The lifting keel raises on the main halyard and the aluminum fin is anodized for shape and durability, so confirm the keel trunk and lift pennant for scoring or slack anchor. The hull is biaxial E-glass over a Divinicell foam core with structural adhesive joins; inspect hull-deck interfaces and any repaired core for previous impact anchor. The carbon-glass rudder and carbon sprit deploy under load, so look for hairline cracks at the rudder stock and sprit root. The skiff-style mainsheet comes off the boom, and a floor-mount modification exists but most crews revert — verify which setup the boat carries and that the swivelling foredeck jammer operates cleanly anchor.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
Typical markets for the VX One are Germany, the United States and the United Kingdom. For a buyer, the short checklist is: confirm one-design compliance (no turbo or de-powered conversions unless wanted), verify the lifting keel and trailer combo, inspect the carbon sprit and rudder for fatigue, and sail her heeled onto the chine to feel the righting moment engage. A clean, standard VX One is a low-fuss entry into fast keelboat sailing.
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the VX One. The line shows the median ask each month; the bars show how many listings appeared.
Monthly breakdown · 2 rows
| Month | Listings | Median ask | Δ vs. last mo. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 26 | 2 | $54,768 | — |
| May 26 | 1 | $20,391 | -62.8% |
Where they're listed
VX One listings appear across 2 countries. Germany has the most listings with 2 (66.7%), followed by United Kingdom.
Country view
3 listings · 2 countries| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | $54,768 | 2 | 0 | 66.7% |
| United Kingdom | $20,391 | 1 | 1 | 33.3% |
Comparable models
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Similar boats to compare
2 similar designs| Model | LOA | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J-Boats J/70 | 22.74' | $ 44,281 | 35 | 6 |
| VX OneYou are here | — | $ 51,855 | 3 | 1 |