192 Oday

[Bill L]

I own and enjoy my 1969 Daysailer. How ever sailing alone is all I do. Getting the sails up after leaving Bass River, a lot of moorings etc. I have no problem. It is on return and lowering the sails that is a problem. I have made a down haul for the jib and that works great. The problem is when I lower, and have to pull the main down by hand, that the boom and sail of course fall in the water. I know that if I paid more attention to the point that I need to grab the boom to keep it in the boat I would solve the problem, but that seems like I am tooo busy getting the sail down. Any tips appreciated. My real question is- does the 192 Oday have a boom that is held up by a rear stay or something like the larger(20 and up) have??? If I change boats I do not want to go too much larger, but a boom that was rigged so would be great! My buddy wants me to go to a Cat Boat!! He has a Marshall 22. Don't need that size at 72!!!!!! Thanks anyone!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Dave K]

Topping lift

To answer your basic question - Yes, the O'day 192 has a pigtail on the backstay to support the boom. I seldom use it when single-handing though - since it won't allow the boom to swing side-to-side much the bow has to be held into the wind if you have the sail up and the boom hooked to the pigtail. As you undoubtedly know, that's tough to do without crew since you can't be at the tiller at the same time as you are raising or lowering sail.I rigged a very simple topping lift and I think you could probably do the same thing to your Daysailor. It's just a fixed length of light line from the top of the mast to the end of the boom that holds the boom approximatly horizontal when the sail isn't up. Just make sure the line is long enough that it is slack when the sail is up.