Hello everyone,
I'm working on buying my first boat this week. I have a bit of sailing experience but I am certainly rusty, but looking forward to sailing and learning a lot this summer. I'm seriously considering this O'day 192 to sail on Lake Champlain. I'm looking for something in this size range that I could take on a weekend trip here and there and sleep on it occasionally with one person, and take a few friends out for day sails. I've read some good things about this boat, but the main concern anyone has put forward is that these boats are a bit slow and don't sail as well as say a Cat 22 or something in that realm. For me, I feel that it may not make a huge difference as I'm just getting back into sailing and I won't be racing. But, I want a boat that's fun to sail and has at least half decent performance/speed. Can anyone shed some light on this? Should I buy this boat?!
note- it's one of the only decent options with 2 hours or so of me. There were a few Cat 22s that sold quickly.
this is a link to the boat if you'd like to see it.
https://nh.craigslist.org/boa/d/windsor-oday-192/6887075789.html
Thanks for your help!
-Adam
I'm working on buying my first boat this week. I have a bit of sailing experience but I am certainly rusty, but looking forward to sailing and learning a lot this summer. I'm seriously considering this O'day 192 to sail on Lake Champlain. I'm looking for something in this size range that I could take on a weekend trip here and there and sleep on it occasionally with one person, and take a few friends out for day sails. I've read some good things about this boat, but the main concern anyone has put forward is that these boats are a bit slow and don't sail as well as say a Cat 22 or something in that realm. For me, I feel that it may not make a huge difference as I'm just getting back into sailing and I won't be racing. But, I want a boat that's fun to sail and has at least half decent performance/speed. Can anyone shed some light on this? Should I buy this boat?!
note- it's one of the only decent options with 2 hours or so of me. There were a few Cat 22s that sold quickly.
this is a link to the boat if you'd like to see it.
https://nh.craigslist.org/boa/d/windsor-oday-192/6887075789.html
Thanks for your help!
-Adam