How to mount battery for ODAY 222

[GeorgiaBII]

If they had just stuck with building O'Day sailboats, maybe they would still be in business today.

And that's a shame. I'm coming to love my O'Day hobby/money pit. Would be awesome to buy a new one without PO issues....

 

[Joe11688]

And that's a shame. I'm coming to love my O'Day hobby/money pit. Would be awesome to buy a new one without PO issues....

You can buy a new O'Day 23,--in Brazil. There's a company there who is building the O'Day 23 and the boat was so popular in that country that they put a picture of it on their postage stamps.
There's a guy building O'Days in Japan also.

Rudy Nickerson of D & R Marine bought all the O'Day molds from the fall River factory after they went belly up. The only mold he didn't get was the 222 mold which got burnt up in a fire at the factory after they closed their doors.

 

[srojoetoo]

Mitch,
I've only seen two 1986 O'Day 222s up close, mine and my friend David's which he bought from my friend Walter years ago. I'm pretty sure that David's boat is set up similar to mine with the battery on the sole plate in the cabin. In fact I had emailed him about this and he replied that his boat is set up exactly like mine as far as the battery placement behind the step in the cabin, under the cockpit is concerned.
I don't doubt that one or two of the O'Day factories built their 222s with a provision for the battery in the lazarette. They were always experimenting on these boats trying to find ways to cut costs.
When you think about it, it's a heck of a lot cheaper to relocate the battery storage area to an existing spot in the cabin where they only needed a battery strap and plastic brackets than it was to glass in a special mount for the battery inside the Port lazerette. It's possible that when they mounted the battery in the Port lazarette, they figured it would offset the weight of an 8 hp outboard motor on the Starboard side of the boat's stern. The best trade off I can see is more room in my boat's lazarette and I still have plenty of room to store gear next to my battery box on the sole plate.

Joe
Mine has the battery under the cockpit floor like yours. Thought about moving it to offset the weight of the OB, but haven't found a spot I'm comfortable with. Maybe the offset wasn't a problem.

tom c
OD-222
Mio Amore