SABBEX was at the right place and time in June for a
guided tour of the
Xquisite X5 courtesy of the design and production team.
and listen to what Xquisite Yachts chief executive Tamas Hamor had to say about ‘their baby’.
X5 is the latest hull from Phoenix Marine’s Atlantis facility which expects to increase production in the next financial year.
Craig and Janice from the Youtube channel Cruising Off Duty made an excellent video
of Xquisite’s “X5 Sail – BEST BOAT OF 2017” award winner Catamaran for Liveaboard.
You’ll have a chance to look around on board and explore,
According to Craig and Janice X5 Sail was their favorite boat at the US Annapolis Boat Show
and our team is very proud and grateful for that! We hope to see You next year
X5 video in the latest Cruising Compass
The Xquisite X5 made it’s U.S. debut at the U.S. Sailboat Show in Annapolis last week.
Check out this video tour that was produced a little earlier during
the Cannes Yachting Festival in September 2016.
In 2010, the Dean 5000 became a big hit at the La Rochelle boat show, but then the actual launch of this model got bogged down with the various problems at the yard which eventually led to its demise.
Phoenix Marine, a major South African manufacturer (in the composites fabrication and shipyard sector) bought the rights to the plans and asked architect Rudolf Jonker to take up the project and design a completely new boat within the existing lines: the Xquisite X5. We were able to get a first look and try her out in some great weather conditions.
Tamas Hamor, the commercial director and developer for the X5, is a professional skipper: a seasoned and a well-experienced sailor, he is passionate about the techniques and the development of boats. Owner of a Dean 5000 which he has had in charter for several years, he has put a lot into the specs and quality control meaning that a top-quality multihull goes on the market.
The quality of build and of equipment used reduces any potential problems and makes resolving them easier thanks to closely-monitored technical maintenance. As a day-to-day user (short-handed, with his wife) of a big catamaran, he is easily able to envisage things from the point of view of a future owner. The approach is original and genuine, the result convincing.
Rudolf Jonker was formerly a naval architect at Dean Catamarans. He has his own design team at Phoenix Marine and has redesigned a large part of the original boat.
Climb aboard the brand new 2017 Xquisite X5 with boats.com reviewer, Dieter Wanke,
as he takes a look at the ins and outs of this 50-ft catamaran at the Cannes Yachting Festival.
From the solar cells to vast amounts of storage and a tablet computer
that controls all functions of the vessel, there’s a lot to explore.
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Enjoy this throughout introductory video of X5 Sail
made by Alberto Mariotti for the Italian Vela e motore magazine.
