X-Yachts XP 38 Buyer's Guide
Shopping the brokerage market for an X-Yachts XP 38 means looking at a 2012-launch performance cruiser-racer from the Danish yard's Xp range, designed by Niels Jeppesen around a carbon-grid hull and a race-bred cockpit. These are boats built to sail hard and live simply, and the used fleet reflects that dual character: ex-charter examples are common, and the ownership history often shows active programs rather than sedentary berth life.
Layouts on the Used Market
Owner three-cabin layouts are the more common on the used market, but both are available. The boat was delivered only as a three-cabin arrangement — no two-cabin or enlarged-head variants were offered — so buyers should expect twin aft double berths, a forward V-berth, and a single head with a stall shower that also serves as a wet locker. The saloon is symmetrical with a drop-leaf table and a sliding nav station, and the aft cabins run tight for a couple, with berth shoulder width around 1.4 meters and closet doors noted as awkward. Ex-charter boats will likely show more wear in those aft cabins and the difficult-door lockers.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
Most boats on the market carry a practical offshore kit: spinnaker, heating, hot water, autopilot, and chartplotter are commonly fitted. Often-seen additions include solar and inverter for power independence, plus code zero, gennaker, or asymmetric spinnaker for downwind speed, and a dodger, teak decks, AIS, and life raft for comfort and safety. A bow thruster appears only as a less common owner upgrade. For a buyer, the meaningful clusters are power and energy — solar and inverter reduce generator dependence at anchor — and sail handling, where the code zero or asymmetric options extend the light-air range of the demanding standard rig. A bow thruster, when present, eases tight-marina handling but is not a fleet norm.
What to Inspect
The known point of discussion is propulsion: the standard 29-horsepower Yanmar with saildrive drew Boat of the Year judge comment in Cruising World that it may be a bit underpowered for the hull. On any candidate, check saildrive seals and the engine's ability to hold cruising rpm against the folded carbon-grid structure and the solid-glass keel sump. The aft cabin closet doors were reported difficult to open, a small but telling sign of interior fit; the carbon-fiber floor structure that replaces the older steel grid should be inspected for bonding at the keel interface. Otherwise the epoxy-infused foam-core hull with solid glass at through-hulls is the structural baseline to survey for impact or moisture.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
These boats turn up across France, the United States, Canada, Germany, Sweden, and Slovenia. For a shopper, the short checklist is: confirm three-cabin layout and single head match your needs; verify saildrive and 29 hp Yanmar condition; look for solar, inverter, and downwind sail inventory as value adds; treat bow thruster as a bonus not a given; and inspect the carbon grid-to-keel bond and aft cabin door fit. The XP 38 is a sharp-handling performance cruiser — buy the one whose race-derived systems have been maintained, not the one that has merely been chartered hard.
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the X-Yachts XP 38. The line shows the median ask each month; the bars show how many listings appeared.
Monthly breakdown · 12 rows
| Month | Listings | Median ask | Δ vs. last mo. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25 | 2 | $325,000 | — |
| Jul 25 | 1 | $324,597 | -0.1% |
| Aug 25 | 1 | $315,000 | -3.0% |
| Sep 25 | 1 | $341,802 | +8.5% |
| Oct 25 | 1 | $361,301 | +5.7% |
| Nov 25 | 1 | $331,479 | -8.3% |
| Jan 26 | 2 | $326,415 | -1.5% |
| Feb 26 | 2 | $171,638 | -47.4% |
| Apr 26 | 1 | $281,012 | +63.7% |
| May 26 | 2 | $320,000 | +13.9% |
| Jul 26 | 1 | $302,805 | -5.4% |
| Sep 26 | 1 | $320,010 | +5.7% |
Where they're listed
X-Yachts XP 38 listings appear across 5 countries. France has the most listings with 5 (55.6%), followed by Germany and Sweden.
Country view
9 listings · 5 countries| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| France | $329,903 | 5 | 1 | 55.6% |
| Germany | $302,805 | 1 | 1 | 11.1% |
| Sweden | $342,949 | 1 | 0 | 11.1% |
| Slovenia | $281,012 | 1 | 0 | 11.1% |
| United States | $325,000 | 1 | 0 | 11.1% |
Comparable models
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6 similar designs| Model | LOA | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dehler 38 | 38.71' | $ 237,934 | 54 | 15 |
| X-Yachts Xp XP 44 | 45.54' | $ 555,053 | 18 | 3 |
| Sydney Yachts 38 | 38.5' | $ 67,492 | 14 | 4 |
| X-Yachts XP XP 38You are here | — | $ 322,926 | 11 | 2 |
| Seaquest Yachts 38 | 38.06' | $ 80,182 | 11 | 3 |
| Northshore 38 | 37.99' | $ 51,604 | 11 | 5 |