X-Yachts XC 38 Buyer's Guide
Shopping the brokerage market for an X-Yachts XC 38 means looking at a 2010–2018 Danish-built performance cruiser designed by Niels Jeppesen for long-distance voyaging, with a Volvo Penta D2-40 saildrive, 38-foot length overall, and a modest 6 foot 6 inch draught that lets her explore shallow channels. She is a powerful yacht built around a steel matrix girder and a lead-bulb keel, and used X-Yachts XC 38s turn up across Italy, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Belgium, Germany, and Greece.
Layouts on the Used Market
The XC 38 keeps a fixed windscreen with all control lines led aft under the deck, and a coachroof-top traveller keeps the German mainsheet out of the cockpit. Below, buyers will find a saloon with Nordic Oak carpentry and a Corian galley surface, a forepeak “Owner’s Cabin” double, and a single starboard aft cabin served by one of the largest heads compartments in any size of yacht. The transom folds down to a bathing platform and exposes a liferaft stowage under the cockpit sole. Note that the aft berth itself runs short for a 38-footer, a point worth checking against your own height when viewing.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
On the used market, XC 38s commonly carry heating, electric winches, a code zero, bimini, teak decks, autopilot, chartplotter, solar, bow thruster, dodger, swim platform, and AIS as standard-fitted inventory. For buyer consequence, the energy and power cluster — heating, solar, and bow thruster — shapes liveaboard comfort and marina independence, while the sail-handling cluster of electric winches and code zero supports short-handed passage work. Navigation is covered by the commonly fitted chartplotter and AIS. Less commonly, a buyer may find a watermaker, inverter, furling main, hot water, cockpit shower, radar, or life raft as owner upgrades rather than baseline gear.
What to Inspect
The aluminium rudder stock sandwiched in GRP is vulnerable to corrosion where copper-based anti-fouling contacts it, so confirm that no copper treatment was applied around the top of the rudder post anchor. On a sea trial in strong wind, assess whether the helmsman and mainsheet trimmer position works for you, since YACHT found it not entirely successful in such conditions anchor. Also measure the aft berth length in person, as the compromised berth size is a documented quirk rather than a defect to negotiate around.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
Those used X-Yachts XC 38s appear in the markets named above. For a buyer, the checklist is brief: verify rudder-post anti-fouling history, sail the boat in a blow to judge the helm station, and confirm the aft berth fits your needs. With those cleared, the XC 38 remains a stiff, close-winded fast cruiser ready for offshore distance.
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the X-Yachts XC 38. The line shows the median ask each month; the bars show how many listings appeared.
Monthly breakdown · 7 rows
| Month | Listings | Median ask | Δ vs. last mo. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25 | 1 | $378,465 | — |
| May 25 | 1 | $385,000 | +1.7% |
| Sep 25 | 1 | $406,413 | +5.6% |
| Jan 26 | 2 | $457,766 | +12.6% |
| Apr 26 | 6 | $373,757 | -18.4% |
| Jul 26 | 2 | $307,551 | -17.7% |
| Aug 26 | 3 | $274,900 | -10.6% |
Where they're listed
X-Yachts XC 38 listings appear across 6 countries. United Kingdom has the most listings with 3 (27.3%), followed by Italy and New Zealand.
Country view
11 listings · 6 countries| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | $515,040 | 3 | 1 | 27.3% |
| Italy | $310,924 | 2 | 0 | 18.2% |
| New Zealand | $400,491 | 2 | 0 | 18.2% |
| United States | $274,900 | 2 | 2 | 18.2% |
| Germany | $406,413 | 1 | 0 | 9.1% |
| Netherlands | $400,888 | 1 | 0 | 9.1% |
Comparable models
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dehler 38 | 38.71' | $ 244,547 | 50 | 16 |
| Sabre 38 | 37.83' | $ 49,999 | 49 | 17 |
| Hallberg-Rassy 38 | 37.96' | $ 96,737 | 30 | 7 |
| Cabo Rico 38 | 38' | $ 89,000 | 25 | 7 |
| Sigma 38 | 38.33' | $ 52,403 | 21 | 1 |
| Ohlson 38 | 37.06' | $ 53,113 | 16 | 5 |
| X-Yachts Xc XC 38You are here | — | $ 328,973 | 14 | 5 |
| Northshore 38 | 37.99' | $ 51,949 | 11 | 5 |
| Baltic 38 DP | 38.08' | $ 108,000 | 9 | 3 |