Im planning on opening up the interior of my 23 to resemble the basic cabin of the 222. She is an original 1979 23'. Got a question...what wood was used for my wood divider + door in between the v and quarter berths. Also, has anyone attempted this sort of conversion or am i a little crazy!
I realize the loss of privacy for the forward berth and "bathroom", and will have to re-design the table. However she will be a weekender for a couple with a very adventurous lab, so is privacy really that important?
Has anyone tried this or able to offer any insight?
I think that what you want to do is doable. Several years ago I removed every piece of wood out of the cabin on my 1986 O'Day 222 and I re worked the galley cabinet and made a few changes to it by adding a new stainless steel sink, and using a restaurant steam table pan for my stove to sit on.
The 222s came with a molded fiberglass sink and stove compartment which got pretty ruddy through the years. I wanted to make a change and also change the color of the wood to a dark red Mahogany. It was a lot easier to remove everything out of the cabin to do this.
The galley cabinet itself is so simple to make. It only has two sides to it with a cabinet door on the long side.
The compression post has an approximate curved 1x3" molding screwed to the top of it which runs from one end of the cabin ceiling to the other.
I removed every piece of wood out of my cabin including all the bulkheads and I have many pics that I will be happy to share with you. Email me at
sailtrinkka1986@verizon.net and I'll send them to you.
Before you build your galley cabinet you'll need to buy a single stainless steel sink to get an idea of the dimensions needed for your cabinet. A steam table pan comes is various sized and they are excellent for placing a galley stove on. I was able to place my stove higher on the cabinet than it was originally and I gained some extra space under the stove for my pots and pans which I never had under the old set up.
I ordered the sink on line from an RV supply in Oklahoma and got it cheaper than the places in my area would sell it to me.
The sink strainer and the PVC plumbing came from Home Depot.
It's going to take some planning but I think that it's doable. Personally I've always liked the galley arrangement in the 1973 O'Day 23s.
