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I am very
sad indeed to inform you that Ray Williams died on
Saturday 20th February
2010.
Ray was XOD
Class Captain from 1966 to 1969 and won the Captain’s
Cup in 1967 and 1976. He has been a member of the
Class since about 1955 and has won nearly everything.
He owned several XODs over the years, latterly
X164 Diana, and truly loved his X boats. He
was very competitive but always fair, and was a pleasure
to sail with and to race against. His
greatest attributes were his sportsmanship and his
seamanship, but he was also great company on and off the
water, with a twinkling sense of humour. He was
kind, encouraging, always interested and very
generous.
He always attended the XOD AGMs and would
always raise an important, relevant and often very
technical point. He was also always the one who
stood up at the end of the meeting to propose a vote of
thanks to the Class Captain of the day for his hard work
over the year. He was an
integral part of the X Class and will be greatly missed
by us all. Our thoughts go to Betty, Eric,
Philip and all his family.
There will be a Thanksgiving Service at St
Michaels Church, Southampton, in St Michael’s
Square, off Bugle
Street, at 2.30 pm on
Wednesday 3rd March and afterwards at the
Royal Southampton Yacht Club.
NEW - 22nd Feb
2010
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XOD
News is a review of the activities of the Class in 2009
and some glimpses of the excitements that lie ahead. It
covers boat numbers, Cowes Week, a review of
renovations, Centenary plans, Xoanon and the prospects
for a new Lallow. Go the NEWS Menu top left of this
screen to view.
NEW
17th
Feb
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Fancy
a new Lallow ?? Others do, so why not you -
read
on
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The Marketing Committee has
undertaken an analysis of winning boats by builder.
To
view click
here
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XOD
Class Clothing
We are pleased to provide
details of the arrangements that have been made for the
supply of Class Clothing. Your Marketing Committee
believes this will make a real contribution to our
effort to raise the profile of the Class in anticipation
of our Centenary in 2011 and very much hope members will
support the Class by purchasing embroidered
garments.
Please see the Class
Clothing page under Members Info
Menu
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The "NOT AN XOD
new-build" project
(now to be known as "not the new
XOD")
Report with Class Captain's
comments
The Class Committee's opinion
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feedback from participating helms,
reserve a slot in which to race her or see the 2010
race programme - click
here
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for photo
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Last updated 22nd
February 2010
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