Chocowinity Bay to Blounts Creek - Oday DaySailer II

[@huntsail3727]

Great video, brings back good memories. Owned one of these many years ago with a friend. It was great, the boat could get up on a plane with only about 10mph winds. Yet It was stable and easy to sail in both light and strong winds. A great little boat. A caution: Don't sail in those kinds of winds (where the boat can plane) with the centerboard completely retracted. I never tired it, but my friend did, trying to see how fast he and his buddy could go down wind on a run. They capsized the boat 4 miles offshore, and then were not able to right it without the centerboard for leverage. The boat went turtle up and the mast stuck in the bottom of the lake which was only about 12' deep at that point. When the Sheriff's Office boat rescued them, it towed the Daysailer until it became unstuck. The mast was bent into an S shape beyond repair, the starboard shroud ripped from the deck, the rudder and 3hp motor were both lost overboard along with a lot of other gear. They were in the water about 2 hours before they got help, hanging on the overturned boat. He had enough, gave me the wrecked boat and never sailed again. I fixed it up and sailed it in much stronger winds with no trouble, raced it, enjoyed it. Finally, someone offered me a price for it I could not refuse, and I moved on to another boat. Nothing compared to the fun I had with the Day Sailer from O'Day. It was easy to setup and sail, stable, fast, seaworthy everything you could want. Great memories, hope you enjoy this one as much!

[@johncole3010]

In my opinion , it makes sailing convenient and fun again. To many people want a high performance sailing condo.

[@solitudeandsailing]

I just picked up a 1960s O’Day Ospray. This video is very helpful. Thanks for sharing

[@sfh294]

I own this boat now :)) ⛵️

[@FlyGuy2000]

Thanks for putting this up, I learned something!

[@terryvandermolen1952]

How do you hook up the bottom mast? I just got one these boats

[@darb4091]

4:37 I noticed that you have her rigged for oars. What length oars do you, or did you use? Did you do any reinforcement behind the mounts?

[@yowillyjj]

I've sold the boat. It was set up for oars when I bought it. I never used oars with it. I found myself wishing I hadn't sold it, so I bought another one.

[@mrzif0013]

that looks real nice........ what is the actual length and beam and centerboard weight? there seems to be many different models of the 19' oday, thanks .

[@yowillyjj]

This was 16'.

[@garrymccoy4053]

@@yowillyjj It;s 16.5 ft ( considered a 17 ft)and 6.5 beam

[@dominikz.1376]

You’re a wind hog ; suckin up all the air unnecessarily with that second sail

[@atclark3563]

I have the same boat. What is the wooden board above the cuddy opening?

[@yowillyjj]

I added the board for a few reasons: To have a smoother edge to bang my head on when reaching into the cuddy, to attach cupholders to, and to strengthen the surface above the cuddy. I think that it's a really fun boat.

[@MrBluoct]

I note some add an actual motor motor unit and others just hang it on the fiberglass stern What size motor seems ideal!

[@LNERMallard]

I use a 2.5hp Suzuki on mine. Shoves her up to hull speed just fine without adding too much weight to the stern.

[@Don-co9zs]

nice try

[@markkubiak8296]

Get rid of that stinking outboard and rig it with oar locks or an electric motor.