For all of you that reply to my first article thank you much. I am looking forward to join your community of O’Day owners. The following is only a partial spec list of the boat that I am looking at. I tried to list only what I believed to be additional equipment. My wife and I checked the boat twice and we find her in great condition, our next step is to have a survey done sometime next week. ****************************************************************************** She is a one-owner cruising sloop upgraded for short-handed extended cruising by a knowledgeable and meticulous owner. This shoal-draft example looks less than half her age. She has performed well in cruising from Maine to Florida and the Bahamas. U-shaped galley with double ss sink, pressure hot and cold fresh water. Fresh water foot pump back-up. Two-burner gimbaled Seaward propane range with oven. Safety propane solenoid switch. Two 5 lb propane tanks in separate vented lockers in cockpit. Safety bar and cook's harness at stove. Plates, cups, tableware, and cookware. Adler-Barber Cold Machine refrigeration with small freezer compartment. Extra insulation has been added to the refrigerator. Freshwater system features a 6 gal. hot water heater with engine heat exchanger and 120v shore-power heater element. Electronics Increased capacity because of 12v refrigeration. Battery size limited by space so five Group 27 Prevailer get cells (new 1999) are hooked in parallel in a single bank with a total capacity of 430 amp hours. Wiring is in place to allow an engine battery to be separated out and separately charged, if desired. A Balmar 100-amp alternator is engine-driven, regulated by a BRS-12 regulator. A Guest 30-amp charger is powered by shore power. Fifty-foot 30 amp shore power cable. Shore power outlets are in the galley and head. An Aerogen-6 wind generator was new in 1999, and is mounted on a 1.5" aluminum mast with sound-insolating mounts. Standard running lights, masthead anchor light and foredeck flood light. Main Salon Bulkhead-mounted quartz clock and barometer. Two Hella fans. Upgraded halogen reading lights at each settee. Panasonic CD player/AM-FM radio. Ratelco solid-fuel cabin heater stove. Two opening ports. Overhead Bomar hatch with custom made hinged screen. Companionway hatch has custom folding screen insert. Deck Electric anchor windlass, Simpson-Lawrence Anchorman 700, with combined rope-chain gypsy and drum. Primary anchor stowed on bow roller is 44 lb Simpson-Lawrence Claw. The rode is 100' 5/16 high test chain and 150' 9/16 3-strand nylon, stowed in the self-draining locker. Salt water washdown pump is piped to anchor locker. Second anchor rode of 20' 5/16 high test chain and 200' 1/2 inch nylon is stowed in cockpit locker, with choice of Fortress FX23 or Danforth 20 lb anchor. Masthead Windex vane. Paratech 48" drogue. APEX 8.5 dinghy is rigid inflatable with 5 hp Yamaha outboard, both new in 1994. Dinghy carried on Kato Marine davits. Plastimo 6-person coastal life raft is mounted on custom rack on the main cabin roof, purchased April 1996 and inspected September 1999. Sunbrella cover for life raft. External antenna for cellular phone is mounted on stern pulpit and wired to Nav station. Rule 2000 gph electric bilge pump with float switch. Cockpit-mounted manual bilge pump. Emergency tiller. SeaFire automatic halon fire extinguisher mounted in engine compartment. Four fenders, dock lines, flares, 6 life jackets, 3 fire extinguishers, horn, bell, horseshoe buoy with strobe. Lifesling. Emergency boarding ladder, port side. Two nylon jacklines for safety harness. Mobri radar reflector. Outboard motor bracket for mounting to stern rail. Cockpit Edson pedestal steering with teak-rimmed wheel and custom Sunbrella cover. Steering cable replaced in 1998. Autohelm ST4000 Plus autopilot with remote control and spare drive unit. The display also serves as a cockpit repeater for GPS data. Ritchie pedestal-mounted compass. Datamarine log and depthsounder, bulkhead-mounted. Removable folding teak table mounted on pedestal guard. Molded plastic portable helm seat with custom teak plywood platform. Bimini and dodger of green Sunbrella. Custom Sunbrella awnings for main boom and bow. Cockpit hot and cold shower. Port and starboard lockers. SS swim ladder. Navigation Station Chart table has storage to fit BBA Chartbooks plus two drawers underneath. Magellan Chartmate GPS-plotter, with northern Chesapeake detail cartridge. Apelco 8500 VHF radio. ICOM hand-held VHF radio. Accumulating log readout. BBA Chartbooks from Nantucket to Key West, including the Chesapeake. The area aft of the chart table was once a quarter berth, but the cushion has been removed to allow for a large storage area. A custom storage rack is there to hold the companionway screen. Head Molded FRP sink, hot and cold water. Shower. Custom shelves added to storage cabinet. Two opening ports. Two-way entry doors. Groco HF marine toilet. Mansfield (Sea-Land) TDX Type I MSD, permits overboard discharge. Sails and Rigging Mainsail is original Neil Pryde, with added third row of reef points, in reasonable condition. Mainsail lazy-jack and cover combination device ("Lazy Cradle") by Ulmer-Kolius. Genoa is 135% by JSI, new in 1996, excellent condition, with Sunbrella sunshade. Working jib is original Neil Pryde, rarely used, in excellent condition, with Sunbrella shade. Cruising spinnaker is Hood MPS, in good condition, with furling sock. Rigging: Keel-stepped Isomat mast with conventional mainsail track slides. SS 1x19 wire standing rigging with single spreader and fore and aft lowers. Profurl LC32 jib furling rig, new in 2000. Furling line led aft to its own self-tailing winch. Forespar adjustable whisker pole stored on deck chocks. Jiffy (slab) mainsail reefing lines with individual stoppers and dedicated winch. Primary winches upgraded to Andersen 40 ST. Main sheet, main halyard, and jib halyard winches are original Barients. Three winch handles. Boom vang tackle and Cunningham. Other Features Universal diesel engine, model 5424, 3-cylinder, fresh water cooled, 24 hp, 4000 hours (estimated, hour meter was installed in August 1995). Excellent engine access and easy to service. Has an electric fuel-lift pump, extra Fram water-separator filter, and an oil-sump drain hose. Molded FRP drip pan under the engine. Heat exchanger replaced in 1994. Engine mounts, exhaust riser, and exhaust hose replaced in 1999. Two-bladed fixed propeller. Twelve volt watermaker, PUR Powersurvivor 35, 1.5 gal per hour installed in 1996. This is located under the starboard settee. Any comments or suggestions are welcome. Thanks