I was wondering if anyone has evermoved their genoa tracks down to the deck from the cabin top like the regular 22. If so do you have any advice.
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Hi pbud Additional Schaefer 1" tracks has been added on the decks on my 222and a pair of wenches also. It works fine. Because the boat is still new to me I can't tell if my genoa is a 135 or a 150. Do you have a spinnaker for you boat? If so how tall is yours.??
Hi pbud Additional Schaefer 1" tracks has been added on the decks on my 222and a pair of wenches also. It works fine. Because the boat is still new to me I can't tell if my genoa is a 135 or a 150. Do you have a spinnaker for you boat? If so how tall is yours.??
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I also just got this boat this season. Although the 222 is easy to sail, I find it a pain having the winches on the cabin top when sailing alone. Do you have any pictures of your setup that you could share?
I also just got this boat this season. Although the 222 is easy to sail, I find it a pain having the winches on the cabin top when sailing alone. Do you have any pictures of your setup that you could share?
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pbud, My pix's are with Kodak Easy Share send an e-mail to crothert@gmail.com and I will reply. Chuck R.
pbud, My pix's are with Kodak Easy Share send an e-mail to crothert@gmail.com and I will reply. Chuck R.
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Joe thanks for the picture it helps a lot. By the way where do you sail out of I see that you are in taunton. I am down on the cape.
Joe thanks for the picture it helps a lot. By the way where do you sail out of I see that you are in taunton. I am down on the cape.
I'm dry sailing next to my house
Hi PBud, I was sailing out of Dighton on the Taunton River up until July 12 when I pulled my boat out of the water and brought it home. Right now, it's sitting on the trailer in my yard in the Sabbatia Lake area of Taunton. You're welcome to send me an email if you like. SailTrinkka1986@verizon.net
Hi PBud, I was sailing out of Dighton on the Taunton River up until July 12 when I pulled my boat out of the water and brought it home. Right now, it's sitting on the trailer in my yard in the Sabbatia Lake area of Taunton. You're welcome to send me an email if you like. SailTrinkka1986@verizon.net
Back up the hardware underneath, and it will work
Rob, When I ordered my 1986 O'Day 222 from the Boston Boat Show from Gouch Bros. in Shrewsbury Ma., I had asked them to have the factory leave off the winches and tracks so that I could mount them on the coamings for ease in single handling my boat. I also asked for a full stern railing to be installed. Ordinarily, Lear Sigler Marine who owned O'Day at the time, wouldn't do a request such as this for any marine dealer, but where Ron and Don Gouch did such a tremendous business with O'Day with four warehouses stocked with numerous O'Day 222s, 192s and some of there larger O'Days in the 40 foot range,--they were only too glad to comply with their requests. Gouch also carried the Catalina line. I can't say enough about these these two brothers, who were twins and hard to tell apart. They were great guys, and square shooters, too. They always remembered me every year when I walked up to their booth at the boat shows. "Hey Joe, how's that 222?" Back then, O'Day was building their boats in an industrial park in nearby Fall River Ma., and I had the great pleasure of going to the O'Day factory at least twice and see my boat being built. While I was there, I asked a lot of questions about mounting my winches and tracks on the coamings of Trinkka. My memory is hazy being an old guy, but I think that one of the guys that I talked to was E. Howard Hunt, but I also talked to a fellow who's last name was Resnevic. This fellow had the same expert knowledge as Rudy Nickerson. As long as you back up this hardware on the inside and caulk it good, it will work for you. If I ever had to worry about anything on the O'Day 222, it would be the Fiberglass Rudder that was built in two sections and pumped with foam, and the Chainplates on both sides. The rudders will break in time. I've gone through two of them. Rudy built me a solid rudder that has stood the test of time. The "L" brackets that hold the chainplates inside the cabin, will break in time. Also, the diameter of bolts that hold these chainplates should have been larger. Rudy solved that problem by adding struts and thicker diameter bolts to the O'Day sailboats that he built when O'day went out of business. I solved the problem by installing O'Day 25 chainplates on my 222. I later had S.S. square plates welded to these chainplates to seal out leaks. If I ever had any questions about anything to do with the O'Days, I'd ask Rudy Nickerson. If Rudy don't have the answers, noboby does.
Rob, When I ordered my 1986 O'Day 222 from the Boston Boat Show from Gouch Bros. in Shrewsbury Ma., I had asked them to have the factory leave off the winches and tracks so that I could mount them on the coamings for ease in single handling my boat. I also asked for a full stern railing to be installed. Ordinarily, Lear Sigler Marine who owned O'Day at the time, wouldn't do a request such as this for any marine dealer, but where Ron and Don Gouch did such a tremendous business with O'Day with four warehouses stocked with numerous O'Day 222s, 192s and some of there larger O'Days in the 40 foot range,--they were only too glad to comply with their requests. Gouch also carried the Catalina line. I can't say enough about these these two brothers, who were twins and hard to tell apart. They were great guys, and square shooters, too. They always remembered me every year when I walked up to their booth at the boat shows. "Hey Joe, how's that 222?" Back then, O'Day was building their boats in an industrial park in nearby Fall River Ma., and I had the great pleasure of going to the O'Day factory at least twice and see my boat being built. While I was there, I asked a lot of questions about mounting my winches and tracks on the coamings of Trinkka. My memory is hazy being an old guy, but I think that one of the guys that I talked to was E. Howard Hunt, but I also talked to a fellow who's last name was Resnevic. This fellow had the same expert knowledge as Rudy Nickerson. As long as you back up this hardware on the inside and caulk it good, it will work for you. If I ever had to worry about anything on the O'Day 222, it would be the Fiberglass Rudder that was built in two sections and pumped with foam, and the Chainplates on both sides. The rudders will break in time. I've gone through two of them. Rudy built me a solid rudder that has stood the test of time. The "L" brackets that hold the chainplates inside the cabin, will break in time. Also, the diameter of bolts that hold these chainplates should have been larger. Rudy solved that problem by adding struts and thicker diameter bolts to the O'Day sailboats that he built when O'day went out of business. I solved the problem by installing O'Day 25 chainplates on my 222. I later had S.S. square plates welded to these chainplates to seal out leaks. If I ever had any questions about anything to do with the O'Days, I'd ask Rudy Nickerson. If Rudy don't have the answers, noboby does.
Joe from Dighton Ma.
Joe, I am sitting here admiring your knowledge of the good ol' days with some of the people at O'Day. I am age 66 and have gone back to my roots as a sailboat owner. In the early 50's when 90% of the boats were wood I learned on a 12' Nipper by Ray Green and on to snipes, comets, thistle and Lightenings even Lyman cat boats that leaked like a sieve. It took one person to bail and one to sail,,"sail & Bail". Any way I purchased a 222 O'Day this spring and have sold my beloved Penn Yan tunnel boat and have not regretted what so ever. What a great boat these 222 are. I was a little worried as I boat in the western basin of Lake Erie which to you easterners has a chop like the Chesapeake,,worried that maybe the size would be a little small. Turns out it is not and am having a ball racing her every wed evening. I have discovered that some of these newer models were not always built on the east coast, as mine having the SUR hin# shows Santa Anna Calif: and Performance Catamaran as the builder. You mention chainplate being weak and so I wonder if the california version to be the same? What do you know about these boats? Chuck
Joe, I am sitting here admiring your knowledge of the good ol' days with some of the people at O'Day. I am age 66 and have gone back to my roots as a sailboat owner. In the early 50's when 90% of the boats were wood I learned on a 12' Nipper by Ray Green and on to snipes, comets, thistle and Lightenings even Lyman cat boats that leaked like a sieve. It took one person to bail and one to sail,,"sail & Bail". Any way I purchased a 222 O'Day this spring and have sold my beloved Penn Yan tunnel boat and have not regretted what so ever. What a great boat these 222 are. I was a little worried as I boat in the western basin of Lake Erie which to you easterners has a chop like the Chesapeake,,worried that maybe the size would be a little small. Turns out it is not and am having a ball racing her every wed evening. I have discovered that some of these newer models were not always built on the east coast, as mine having the SUR hin# shows Santa Anna Calif: and Performance Catamaran as the builder. You mention chainplate being weak and so I wonder if the california version to be the same? What do you know about these boats? Chuck
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