X-Yachts XC 38 Buyer's Guide
The X-Yachts XC 38 was built between 2010 and 2018 as the then-latest model in the XC series, a range X-Yachts introduced in 2009 for long-distance and ocean navigation. For a shopper on the brokerage market, the boat presents as a 38-foot performance cruiser with the potential to travel long distances offshore, pairing a hand-layup glass hull with a steel matrix girder and a lead bulb on a cast iron fin keel. Understanding the standard layout, the typical equipment fitted by owners and builders, and the few documented weak points will sharpen any survey and offer.
Layouts on the Used Market
The XC 38 is arranged around a single aft cabin on the starboard side, with a large heads compartment aft of the nav station that ranks among the largest seen in a yacht of any size. Forward, the forepeak serves as what X-Yachts terms the 'Owner's Cabin', a large double berth, while the saloon carries Nordic Oak carpentry on nearly every surface and a Corian-branded quartz composite galley counter. The cockpit edge is recessed to let the helm sit and trim the mainsail without stretching, and the transom folds down — manually via a purchase block system, though electric options were available — to reveal a liferaft beneath the cockpit sole and act as a bathing platform. A stainless steel bowsprit with integrated anchor roller is standard.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
On the used market the XC 38 commonly carries heating, electric winches, a code zero, bimini, teak decks, autopilot, chartplotter, solar, bow thruster, dodger, swim platform, and AIS. The cockpit typically shows Andersen stainless winches, an upgrade on some boats, and all lines lead aft under the deck to clutches inside the fixed windscreen, with the German mainsheet on a coachroof-top traveller. Less commonly seen are watermaker, inverter, furling main, hot water, cockpit shower, radar, and life raft, which tend to appear as owner upgrades rather than standard fit. A non-standard inner forestay attachment bolted through the deck to the forward bulkhead has been fitted to some examples.
What to Inspect
The position of the helmsman and mainsheet trimmer proved not entirely successful in the strong wind conditions recorded during one North Sea test, a layout point worth evaluating on your own sea trial helmsman and mainsheet trimmer position. Below deck, the aft berth is not long enough for a boat of this size, which may matter if you expect two full-length berths aft aft berth is not long enough. The builder warned that copper in some anti-fouling reacted with the aluminium rudder stock and caused corrosion, so check that copper-based anti-fouling has not been applied around the top of the rudder post copper-based anti-fouling should not be applied.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
Used X-Yachts XC 38s are typically found in Italy, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, the United States, the Netherlands, and France.
- Confirm the rudder post shows no copper-anti-fouling corrosion
- Check the aft berth length against your crew's needs
- Trial the helm and mainsheet trimmer station in strong wind if possible
- Verify the folding transom mechanism and liferaft stowage
- Review the inner forestay bulkhead attachment on boats so modified
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 · 6 rows
| Month | Listings | Median ask | Δ vs. last mo. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25 | 1 | $ 371,703 | — |
| May 25 | 1 | $ 385,000 | +3.6% |
| Sep 25 | 1 | $ 399,151 | +3.7% |
| Jan 26 | 2 | $ 454,772 | +13.9% |
| Apr 26 | 6 | $ 324,811 | -28.6% |
| Jul 26 | 2 | $ 305,987 | -5.8% |
Where they're listed
X-Yachts XC 38 listings appear across 6 countries. United Kingdom has the most listings with 3 (30.0%), followed by Italy and New Zealand.
Country view
10 listings · 6 countries| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | $ 515,040 | 3 | 1 | 30.0% |
| Italy | $ 305,368 | 2 | 0 | 20.0% |
| New Zealand | $ 394,504 | 2 | 0 | 20.0% |
| Belgium | $ 340,823 | 1 | 0 | 10.0% |
| Germany | $ 399,151 | 1 | 0 | 10.0% |
| Netherlands | $ 308,799 | 1 | 0 | 10.0% |
Comparable models
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sabre 38 | 37.83' | $ 49,999 | 49 | 19 |
| Dehler 38 | 38.71' | $ 235,000 | 49 | 23 |
| Hallberg-Rassy 38 | 37.96' | $ 78,915 | 27 | 5 |
| Cabo Rico 38 | 38' | $ 89,000 | 24 | 13 |
| Sigma 38 | 38.33' | $ 51,467 | 21 | 3 |
| Ohlson 38 | 37.06' | $ 52,593 | 12 | 7 |
| X-Yachts Xc XC 38You are here | — | $ 340,823 | 11 | 2 |
| Northshore 38 | 37.99' | $ 50,605 | 11 | 0 |
| Baltic 38 DP | 38.08' | $ 108,000 | 11 | 2 |