O'Day 22 Sail Question

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hughesk1957

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Jul 21, 2014
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Oday 22 Lake Springfield, IL
I need some help of the knowledge/information kind, PLEASE! I have a 1977 O'Day 22 I bought just over a year ago. After I got it cleaned up a year ago September I stuck it in the lake, motored it home, and stepped the mast. I raised what I thought was the mainsail, but it was too long/ too wide. Bought a Sailrite kit and sewed a mainsail over the winter. Wasn't able to sail it this year because of health issues. So.... I was going to post the "old" sail for sale, and as I was measuring it, it seems this may not be a mainsail afterall... The foot measurement is about 14 and a half feet! My boom is 8 feet long, the boom for the later 22 is 9 feet... Plus there are no battens, no reef points. Is this a headsail? Thanks for any help or information!
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Brian S

Brian S

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Nov 9, 2012
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Oday 192 Lake Nockamixon
Yah, that looks like a hank on genoa. Left side of picture is the luff, with bronze piston hanks that clip to the forestay. Tack gets attached to the stemhead fitting, often with a strop to get it up off the deck a bit, so you can see under it and clear lifelines. And then the clew is out past the right side of the pic, where you'd attach jib sheets.

Normally, the mainsail will be shaped like a right triangle, with the 90º angle at the tack, where the boom connects to the mast. On a 22, there ought to be a bolt rope along the foot to fit into the slot on the top of the boom. There is probably a series of slug slides along the luff, sewed into the luff bolt rope with webbing straps, and the slugs slide up along the slot in the mast.
 
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hughesk1957

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Jul 21, 2014
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Oday 22 Lake Springfield, IL
Golden Road said:
Do you already have a jib? Cause that one looks good!
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This is the jib that came with the boat (I thought it was the main). The previous owner (he ran a youth camp on our lake) passed away, and since no one else on the camp staff knew anything about sailboats, they sold the O'Day to me. They said everything they could find for the boat was included...

Thanks for your information Golden Road, it really helps! As someone who has only sailed Bandits, Sunfish, and HiLus, (all little single sail jobs), this two sail stuff is a new journey...
 
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hughesk1957

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Jul 21, 2014
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Oday 22 Lake Springfield, IL
Brian S said:
Yah, that looks like a hank on genoa. Left side of picture is the luff, with bronze piston hanks that clip to the forestay. Tack gets attached to the stemhead fitting, often with a strop to get it up off the deck a bit, so you can see under it and clear lifelines. And then the clew is out past the right side of the pic, where you'd attach jib sheets..
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I truly appreciate the help Brian! I am learning as I go with this two sail stuff, and I am so glad I found this forum to guide me...!!

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