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The X One Design was originally designed in 1909 by Alfred Westmacott and most are still sailing today. Originally with a wooden gaff rig and asymmetric spinnaker this was altered in 1928 to the current spruce bermudan rig with the symmetric spinnaker being adopted in 1969.

The class is very popular on the south coast with fleets in Parkstone, Yarmouth, Lymington, Hamble & Itchenor. They are regularly the largest one-design fleet at Cowes Week.

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Show news Poole Week 2026 overall
A Windy Way To End The Week
Posted on 29 Aug Poole Week 2026 Day 5
Is It Best From The West?
Posted on 28 Aug Poole Week 2026 Day 4
A Game of Snakes and Ladders
Posted on 27 Aug Poole Week 2026 Day 3
Up and Down, Round and Round
Posted on 26 Aug Poole Week 2026 Day 2
The East Wind Doth Blow
Posted on 25 Aug Poole Week 2026 Day 1
Sunshine and shifts
Posted on 24 Aug North Sails Cowes Week overall
Spectacular fireworks display welcomes the start of event's third century
Posted on 10 Aug North Sails Cowes Week day 7
Seven days of stunning racing produce a host of winners
Posted on 8 Aug XOD Captain's Cup at Cowes Week overall
A perfect sea breeze filled in as forecast for the final race
Posted on 8 Aug Back where it belongs
The bicentenary has reinvigorated Cowes Week
Posted on 8 Aug North Sails Cowes Week day 6
The wait is over for some but hangs in the balance for others
Posted on 7 Aug XOD Captain's Cup at Cowes Week day 6
Lone Star wins the week with a day to spare
Posted on 7 Aug North Sails Cowes Week day 5
One thing that has changed over 200 years is the quality of weather forecasting
Posted on 5 Aug North Sails Cowes Week day 4
The breeze never got up as much as it was forecast to, and it even rained!
Posted on 5 Aug North Sails Cowes Week celebrates Women's Day
More than one third of all competitors are female this year
Posted on 5 Aug XOD Captain's Cup at Cowes Week day 4
A classic beat against the tide followed by a proper 3 hour navigational race
Posted on 5 Aug Poole Week 2026 is getting closer
Parkstone YC is gearing up for one of its biggest events of the year
Posted on 5 Aug XOD Captain's Cup at Cowes Week day 3
Once again Itchenor's youth bursary team are doing well
Posted on 3 Aug North Sails Cowes Week day 3
Another day, a different race for every class
Posted on 3 Aug XOD Captain's Cup at North Sails Cowes Week Day 2
A day where the left got richer and the right poorer
Posted on 3 Aug North Sails Cowes Week day 2
History and cutting edge blend in another phenomenal day
Posted on 2 Aug North Sails Cowes Week royal visit
The Princess Royal fires the starting gun on Cowes Week's third century
Posted on 2 Aug XOD Captain's Cup at North Sails Cowes Week Day 1
Astralita manages to hold off Lone Star and Gleam
Posted on 2 Aug North Sails Cowes Week Day 1
The perfect opener
Posted on 1 Aug XOD Telegraph Bowl - Cowes Division Open Regatta
The build-up to Cowes Week continues for the fleet
Posted on 30 Jul XODs at the Taittinger RSYC Regatta
X-Ray wins in the Solent
Posted on 29 Jul Taittinger RSYC Regatta
A clean sweep for Giles Chipperfield and his crew on J70 'Escape'
Posted on 27 Jul The countdown is on for North Sails Cowes Week
The stage is set for a spectacular bicentennial event
Posted on 23 Jul 60 XOD entries so far for Cowes Week
Competing for the coveted Captain's Cup
Posted on 18 Jul Dell Quay Sailing Club 2026 Regatta
If that well known lager did sailing regattas...
Posted on 8 Jul
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Yeoman, XOD, Poole Week 2026, In Association With Haven Knox-Johnston, Day 5
© David Harding / www.sailingscenes.com XODs, Poole Week 2026, In Association With Haven Knox-Johnston, Day 4
© David Harding / www.sailingscenes.com XODs, Poole Week 2026, In Association With Haven Knox-Johnston, Day 3
© David Harding / www.sailingscenes.com XOD Fleet, Poole Week 2026, In Association With Haven Knox-Johnston, Day 2
© David Harding / www.sailingscenes.com Tremlett, XOD, Poole Week 2026, In Association With Haven Knox-Johnston, Day 2
© David Harding / www.sailingscenes.com Poole Week 2026, In Association With Haven Knox-Johnston, Day 1
© David Harding / www.sailingscenes.com North Sails Cowes Week 2026
© North Sails Overall winners, XOD, Lone Star - North Sails Cowes Week Day 7
© Paul Wyeth / www.pwpictures.com Lone Star pulls out in front of the XOD fleet - North Sails Cowes Week Day 7
© Paul Wyeth / www.pwpictures.com Lone Star X119 wins the XOD class at North Sails Cowes Week 2026
© Paul Wyeth / www.pwpictures.com Great battles at the top of the XOD class - North Sails Cowes Week Day 6
© Paul Wyeth / www.pwpictures.com XOD fleet - North Sails Cowes Week Day 4
© Martin Augustus / www.sailingimages.co.uk XOD fleet - North Sails Cowes Week Day 4
© Martin Augustus / www.sailingimages.co.uk XOD fleet - North Sails Cowes Week Day 4
© Martin Augustus / www.sailingimages.co.uk XOD fleet - North Sails Cowes Week Day 4
© Martin Augustus / www.sailingimages.co.uk XOD fleet - North Sails Cowes Week Day 4
© Martin Augustus / www.sailingimages.co.uk XOD fleet - North Sails Cowes Week Day 4
© Martin Augustus / www.sailingimages.co.uk XOD fleet - North Sails Cowes Week Day 4
© Martin Augustus / www.sailingimages.co.uk XOD fleet - North Sails Cowes Week Day 4
© Martin Augustus / www.sailingimages.co.uk XOD fleet - North Sails Cowes Week Day 4
© Martin Augustus / www.sailingimages.co.uk XOD fleet - North Sails Cowes Week Day 4
© Martin Augustus / www.sailingimages.co.uk XOD fleet - North Sails Cowes Week Day 3
© Martin Augustus / www.sailingimages.co.uk XOD fleet - North Sails Cowes Week Day 3
© Martin Augustus / www.sailingimages.co.uk XOD fleet - North Sails Cowes Week Day 3
© Martin Augustus / www.sailingimages.co.uk XOD fleet - North Sails Cowes Week Day 3
© Martin Augustus / www.sailingimages.co.uk XOD fleet - North Sails Cowes Week Day 3
© Martin Augustus / www.sailingimages.co.uk XOD fleet - North Sails Cowes Week Day 3
© Martin Augustus / www.sailingimages.co.uk XOD fleet - North Sails Cowes Week Day 3
© Martin Augustus / www.sailingimages.co.uk XOD fleet - North Sails Cowes Week Day 3
© Martin Augustus / www.sailingimages.co.uk XOD fleet - North Sails Cowes Week Day 3
© Martin Augustus / www.sailingimages.co.uk
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