X-Yachts X-482

Mirabella is an X-482, a performance cruiser from the reputable and highly regarded Danish yacht builder X-Yachts. Built in 1999.

If you are looking for a bluewater performance-cruiser, all new equipped and ready to go anywhere and arrive first, this is your yacht. She deliveres unrivalled sailing pleasures in any wind conditions.

All equipment new, this X-Yachts X-482 has been completly refitted during the last years (2016-2022). All systems (rigging, sail, electronics, electrics, Solar, paint, watermaker, dinghy, floorboards, upholstery etc.) have been replaced. The yacht has been maintained to the highest possible standards and no expenses have been spared.

Mirabella was built in 1999 for a British owner. We purchased her in 2014 in Port Grimaud, Cote d’Azur. For the first 3 years we sailed Mirabella in France, Italy and Corsica. This gave us time to get to know her and decide about the necessary upgrades to make her ready for cruising.

Mirabella is maintained to a top standard, she is fast and a pure joy to sail and always feels save and looks after the crew.

As a preparation for this circumnavigation, we have upgraded and replaced all vital systems of Mirabella. The highlights for this upgarde are:

New rod rigging and running rig (dyneema) 2015/2016
New custom made carbon fiber bowsprit – 2016
Hull repaint with Awlcraft 2000 – 2019
All new sails: New Hydranet Mainsail (2017) and Hydranet Genoa (2019), Code Zero (2019), Gennaker (2022)
All new Raymarine electronics, 4x chartplotter, 2x autopilot control, AIS, Radar, VHF, Autopilot (electronics and linear drive), Iridum Go installation, Fusion 700 (2016/2017)
Watermaker: Schenker Smart 60 l/h watermaker with energy recovery pump (2017)
Lithium Batteries: 450AH Kilovault LiFePo4 batteries. Charged with Lithium adapted chargers. (2021)
230V Inverter: Mastervolt 2000 watt 230V inverter (2017)
Solar: 600 Watt solar panels with two Victron MPPT controlers on a custom made s/s arc (2017)
Alternator: Externally regulated 100Amp Balmar alternator (2018)
3.1m Highfield dinghy, double aluminum floor and made out of Hyphalon with 20HP 4-Stroke Suzuki Outboard (2018)
Heating: Eberspaecher D5 forced air Diesel heater (2016)
Saloon upholstery, delux mattresses, Force 10 oven, Raitan electric toilet, Magma BBQ (2017/2019)
Viking 6person liferaft (2017)

Equipment:

Sailplan:

Main: Fully battened, triradial cut. 60m2, slab reef HydraNet cloth, from Zoomsail, new 2017
Genoa: Furlying genoa sail, 120%, 69m2, triradial cut HydraNet cloth from Zoomsail, new 2019
Code Zero: Furling Code Zero, 105m2, 160% overlap, triradial, Dimension Polyant Cruise Precision Polyester 3.25oz, New 2019
Gennaker: Top Down furling Gennaker, Nylon, 160m2 (2022)

Standing rig

Sloop Marconi Masthead rig
Rod rig with three spreaders, Forstay, backstay and all shrouds New 2015
Navtec hydraulic backstay tensioner, New 2015
Babystay, New 2015
Running backstay, Dyneema, New 2015

Running rig:

Two Genoa Halyards, one 2:1 Code Zero Halyard, one Spinnaker Halyard, all Dyneema, new 2017/2019
All Genoa and Spinnaker sheets are Dyneema, 2016/2018

Furler

Reckmann RS 2000 Genoa furler
Selden CX45 Top Down endless furler for Code Zero and Gennaker, New 2017

Other sail

Custom made Carbon Fiber bowsprit with attachement point for Code Zero/Gennaker furler (2016)
Carbon fiber Spinnaker pole, 5.7m long, New 2018
Two rope each side for Spinnaker pole foreguy and aftguy
All required blocks and attachement points for the spinnaker pole

Electronics (all new 2015 – 2019)

Steering pedestal: Raymarine Chartplotter eS75, Autopilot control P70, Multifunction display i70 – New 2017
Companion way: 3 Raymarine chartplotter a65, Autopilot control P70 – New 2017
Navigation table: 1 Raymarine Chartplotter C127, Multifuntion display i70 – New 2015
AIS: Raymarine AIS650 class B transceiver with AIS100 splitter – New 2016
VHF: Raymarine 260VHF (Nav table and Steering pedestal) – New 2015
Radar: Raymarine Quantum 2 Doppler CHIRP – New 2019
Autopilot: Raymarine ACU400 with EV1 and Linear drive 2, New 2019
Radio, CD player Fusion 700 with Subwoofer and 200W outside speaker, New 2017
Satellite communication: Iridium GO with external antenna, New 2017

Power generation and storage

600 Watt Solara solar panel on two seperate Victron MPPT chargers, New 2017
Balmar 100amp high performance alternator with external Balmar regulator, New 2018
450AH Lithium batteries (LiFePo4), new 2021
2000 Watt Inverter, Mastervolt Mass Sine 12/2000