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Steele Raymond XOD Week 2025 at Royal Lymington Yacht Club

by Kirsty Husband 27 Jun 19:31 BST 21-25 June 2025
XODs Racing on Wednesday 25th June © Ben Slater

The Royal Lymington Yacht Club's highly anticipated XOD Week 2025, sponsored by Steele Raymond, wrapped up on Wednesday 25th June after a week of challenging yet exhilarating racing on the Western Solent.

25 boats competed in this year's regatta, showcasing the enduring popularity of the classic X One Design class. Racing was expertly managed by Principal Race Officer Mike Cowan and his race team, who delivered a superb programme under difficult weather conditions.

Despite strong winds that forced the cancellation of Tuesday's schedule, a total of seven races were successfully completed. The team made the bold and welcome decision to run three races on the final day to ensure a full series—delivering exciting and competitive sailing right to the finish.

Martin Sellers and Rupert Harding, members of the host club, emerged as overall winners after a consistent and impressive performance across the fleet.

Notably, the first visiting boat (2nd Overall) was Astralita, sailed by John Tremlett, underscoring the strong inter-club spirit and camaraderie the XOD class is known for.

"This year's XOD Week was a fantastic showcase of skill, resilience and sportsmanship," said Captain of XODs, Jeremy Baker. "Our thanks go to Mike Cowan and his race team, to all competitors, and to our generous event sponsors, Steele Raymond LLP, for helping make the event such a success."

Jenny Rogerson, Managing Partner at Steele Raymond commented: "We were delighted to be involved in this year's XOD Week, congratulations to the winning crew aboard X8 Annex on a well-deserved and impressive victory and to all of the competitors who took part."

Overall Results:

PosDivisionBoat NameSail NoSailed ByR1R2R3R4R5R6R7Net
1stLymingtonAnnex8Martin Sellars & Rupert Harding222‑642113
2ndItchenorAstralita91John Tremlett4811(ZFP)3219
3rdLymingtonBeatrix178David Russell‑Jones‑873437327
4thLymingtonSilhouette3Tom Vernon‑1048319631
5thLymingtonMayfly161Rory Paton33‑125761236
6thYarmouthMyrtle76Cordelia / Richard Ellis9‑1111764441
7thLymingtonZest9Phil & Jo Brewer55(DNC)1014110.545.5
8thLymingtonLone Star119Paul Woodman71052(ZFP)15847
9thItchenorXcitation50Roger Yeoman1178ZFP20(RET)49
10thLymingtonXRay117James Markby149498‑16549
11thLymingtonTortoise165Barry & Carol Dunning1169.513‑2051761.5
12thItchenorMagic Dragon82Andy Oddie16(DNF)6129111367
13thLymingtonSans Peur162Alex Hayman1515(RET)11111410.576.5
14thLymingtonOyster170Fenella Lees171916145‑21778
15thLymingtonTurtle195Jonathan Clark13129.5161712‑1979.5
16thLymingtonVortex164Simon Olliff(NSC)2115191313990
17thLymingtonClair de Lune33Jeremy Baker613(DNC)18ZFP171591
18thLymingtonMadcap5Shaun Norris(ZFP)18141721101494
19thLymingtonNefertiti18Mike & Sian Hobby181613151819‑2099
20thLymingtonVenus72Nik & Roy Froud(DNC)DNCDNCDNC2816104
21stLymingtonRed Coral57Robin Balme1214(DNC)DNC161818104
22ndLymingtonDolce Vita142Chris Hawes & Nick Nell212217(DNC)DNCDNCDNC138
23rdLymingtonMersa34Eric Williams & Tim Blackwell1917(DNC)DNCDNCDNCDNC140
24thLymingtonExcalibur87John Olliff‑Cooper2020(DNC)DNCDNCDNCDNC144
25thLymingtonPersephone92Richard Field22(DNC)DNCDNCDNCDNCDNC152

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