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16-20 February, 2017 – Visit our yacht on Strictly Sail Miami Boat Show

Welcome to the 2017 Strictly Sail® Miami Boat Show at the Miamarina at Bayside

It’s the sailing event of the season! The fun begins Thursday (Premier Day) February 16th and will not end until the final bell sounds Monday, February 20th. This five-day spectacular sailing event features the best of the best that the sailing industry has to offer.

You’ll find the latest and the greatest from boat builders across the globe. Come out to see, shop and sail some of the newest sailboat designs, plus nearly 150 booths and land displays featuring sailing gear, accessories, and hardware from the industries top suppliers, along with the latest charter information and the boats you’ll be chartering.

16-20 February, 2017 - Visit our booth on Miami Boat Show

16-20 February, 2017 – STRICTLY SAIL® MIAMI AT MIAMARINA AT BAYSIDE

401 Biscayne Blvd
Miami, FL  33132



Miami Boat Show – Map

Visit our yacht on the Strictly Sail Miami Boat Show

BUY ADULT TICKETS
Thursday: $40, Friday – Monday: $25
Two Day Pass: $40, Five Day Pass: $100

SHOW HOURS
Miamarina at Bayside
10am–6pm daily

SHOW HOURS
Sea Isle Marina
9am – 6pm daily

SHUTTLE BUS SERVICE

Free shuttle service is offered between the Miami Beach Convention Center, the Sea Isle Marina & the Miamarina at Bayside Marketplace. The shuttle will begin one hour prior to show opening through one hour after show closes daily (Convention Center Hours). The Yacht & Brokerage Show is not affiliated with the Progressive Insurance Miami International Boat Show & Strictly Sail Miami Show.

WATER TAXI SERVICE

Water Taxi service is available between Sea Isle Marina and Miamarina at Bayside from 10am–6pm daily.

Xquisite Yachts X5 featured in Multihulls Quarterly

 

Xquisite Yachts X5 featured in Multihulls Quarterly

This new cat from South Africa offers a very sophisticated cruising boat in a thoroughly modern design package

The instant you lay eyes on the new Xquisite X5, which MQ first saw at the Salon de Multicoques last April in France, you know you are looking at a cruising boat that is pushing the design envelope to its very edges. The first eyecatcher is the massive cockpit arch that they call the “Targa Arch.” This dominates the stern and cockpit and provides a base for the mainsheet track and is a good place to mount communications antennas. The hardtop over the cockpit is linked to the arch to form an open but well protected living space.

The next thing that catches your eye will be the massive windows all over the boat. Each hull has three large side ports and four vertical ports in the base of the arch. The saloon has giant cat’s eye shaped windows on both sides and two vertical front windows that are recessed under an eyebrow. You know at once that the X5 was created to be filled with natural light and to give those onboard a sense that they are closely linked to the watery world around them.

Once you climb aboard, you know you are in a boat that has had a very high degree of thought put into each detail of the living spaces. Instead of just a wide open cockpit with settees and a table, the X5 has a nicely curved dinette to starboard with a beautiful teak table that has a world map inlaid into it. To port is a smaller curved seat and teak table that converts into a lounge when the table is lowered and the filler cushion is in place. With two folding chairs added, the large dinette will seat six for dinner. The cockpit is where you will live but with a wide door to the saloon the boat has a large and commodious living space. This indoor-outdoor layout is becoming more and more popular.

The helm is raised to port in the cockpit but is more integrated into the cockpit than on most cats with raised helms. You can be standing watch at the con and still be part of the conversation below. Raised helms are exposed to the elements and difficult to enclose with canvas. The builders have come up with an ingenious dodger design on the X5 that has a curved frame that allows for a neat sliding hood in wet or cold conditions.

The interior of the new boat is exquisite as the name implies. As noted, the saloon and cabins in the hulls are filled with natural light and offer really great sightlines both in and out of the boat. On the three cabin version that will be coming to the U.S., the owner’s stateroom fills the port hull with a king-size berth forward, a huge head and shower aft and living and working space in between. The two guest cabins in the starboard hull are large and comfortable and each has its own en suite head.

The saloon has the galley to port and this is linked via a large sliding window to the cockpit so it becomes easy to pass dishes and glasses back and forth at meal time. There is a small fridge in the cockpit under the window that will be used for cool drinks during the day.

When you really have a close look at the new X5, you will discover that the builders have gone to great lengths to provide a uniquely complete package. The mechanical drinks locker that deploys on an electro-mechanical tray is the first of its kind. The tool locker offers one of the best systems for keeping tools sorted and in top condition out there. The massive stainless steel davits on the stern will handle a large and powerful dinghy. In addition, it has been designed as the storage place for all of your fenders and for up to eight dive bottles.

The attention to detail is the hallmark of the new X5. Every time you open a drawer or a cabinet door, the layers below the surface, the inner works, the hidden systems all announce that this new boat is unlike all the rest. For more information: www.xquisiteyachts.com

Xquisite Yachts X5 featured in Multihulls Quarterly

Best Boat of 2017: Xquisite Yacht’s X5

 

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Best Large Multihull 50ft and above

This dedicated cruising catamaran from South Africa boasts an amazing list of standard features – including all sails, electric winches, a genset, a watermaker, air conditioning, a huge 900-watt solar array and a washing machine, to name just a few – all for the remarkable price of $1.2 million, an extremely competitive sum for a boat that is so well fitted out. What most impressed our judges, though, was the quality of the boat and how well-thought-out it is.

Construction is top-notch, with the fully foam-cored hull and deck set in epoxy and vinylester resins. All interior components and furniture are likewise foam-cored to reduce weight. To save pounds in the wiring department, the boat features a cutting-edge digitally controlled distributed power network that helped the X5 score another Best Boats nod in the systems department (see page 33).

Best Boat of 2017: Xquisite Yacht's X5

Touring the boat in detail you’ll find a plethora of carefully considered features. The gutters on the coachroof, for example, lead into rain-catching water fills. Foot switches for the electric winches at the helm station leave hands free for handling lines. The touch-screen electronics have backup button controls for when conditions are snotty. The unique cantilevered bimini top over the helm is rock-solid and can be quickly folded away when desired. Solid handrails all around the deck allow for maximum security when moving around the boat. The belowdeck running-rigging network can be quickly accessed via removable panels when necessary. There’s even an overhead shower-head built into the targa arch so that you can bathe on deck in style.

All in all, our judges were unanimous in deciding this boat, which is billed as a turn-key luxury global cruising machine, more than delivers on that promise. xquisiteyachts.com

December 2016

 

Xquisite Yacht’s X5 – Best Boat System 2017 award!

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The Xquisite X5 catamaran is this year’s systems winner in recognition of its beautifully engineered digital switching system and numerous other thoughtful touches, such as universal wall outlets (which will accept European and American-style plugs), USB ports in every cabin, fabulous access to all the systems and wiring, and a universal input isolation transformer, which enables the boat to be plugged into shorepower anywhere in the world.

2017 Xquisite Best Boats Systems

We first wrote about digital switching systems, also known as “distributed power,” the better part of 10 years ago. At that time, because every car built was already using these systems, taking advantage of the reduced wiring and increased functionality offered as compared to conventional wiring systems, it seemed a no-brainer that the marine world would soon follow (and indeed several systems were being offered to boatbuilders). However, the technology failed to gain traction with boatowners, as much as anything because many of these early systems were over-complicated, confusing owners and failing to deliver the promised benefits.
2017 Xquisite Best Boats Systems
A well-thought-out digital switching system (above) and USB and universal wall outlets (inset) are among the many features that make the Xquisite X5 a winner
The last few years, though, have seen major advances, which have finally made this technology more user-friendly. A couple of notable industry re-alignments, in which C-Zone from New Zealand has partnered with Mastervolt and the Marinco group, and EmpirBus from Sweden has partnered with RayMarine, is also bringing the marketing, distribution and support clout of these large companies into play.With this in mind, the Xquisite X5 catamaran is a terrific showcase of a C-Zone system, demonstrating the best aspects of digital switching in a user-friendly application that includes such refinements as the ability to pull up the control system and all battery and tank information via a multifunction display or an iPad; the capability for remote troubleshooting from the factory; and an onboard maintenance manual with model and serial numbers for all key equipment on the boat. (The maintenance information is also stored on a server back at the factory in South Africa where it is updated any time the boat finds an internet connection.)In short, as exemplified by the Xquisite X5, digital switching has finally come of age. With this in mind, we will be surprised if we do not finally see a major uptake of this technology by other boatbuilders over the next few years. xquisiteyachts.com

December 2016

 

HULL# 10 – Launch: August 2019 – Sold

HULL# 10 – SOLD

Available in 3 cabins, owner’s version with modern interior finishes

SAIL magazine Xquisite X5
SAIL magazine 06.2015

The 10th X5 Sail Yacht has launched

Cannes Yachting Festival is OPEN NOW - We welcome everyone!
Cannes Yachting Festival is OPEN NOW - We welcome everyone!

X5-010 is on her way to the USA

Xquisite Yachts in the newest Multihulls World
x5 sail full test in multihull magazine
Multihulls World magazine has published a full 6 page test of X5 in their latest issue

HULL# 10 - Launch: July 2019 - Available for sale

HULL# 10 - Launch: July 2019 - Available for sale