I'm interested in buying a trailerable daysailor/overnighter. I've heard lots of good things about the O'Day 222, but also saw a O'Day 22 for sale and was wondering: 1) How do they differ? 2) Which one would you recommend for a first-time owner desiring to sail mostly in Narragansett Bay, but also taking it on the road to Maine, Cape Cod, etc. Thanks! - Don
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Very Happy with the 222
Don, I purchased an '87 222 this spring. This is my first sailboat. I am a convert from pwoerboating. I can't say enough about how happy am am with this boat. It sails exceptionally well in all conditions. It is very easy to rig and is very forgiving. I am usually out with my familiy and find there is plenty of room for the 4 of us. Yesterday my area had stiff North winds at 15-20mph and an opposing tide making for 3 foot swells. Many boats came out and turned right around. I went out on a reefed main and had a blast. The boat really performed well. I keep my boat on the trailer at the marina. It is very easy to launch and load. I have had it on the road, long distance and it tow very easily behind my jeep grand cherokee (6cyl). I would go with the 222. Good Luck! Lee
Don, I purchased an '87 222 this spring. This is my first sailboat. I am a convert from pwoerboating. I can't say enough about how happy am am with this boat. It sails exceptionally well in all conditions. It is very easy to rig and is very forgiving. I am usually out with my familiy and find there is plenty of room for the 4 of us. Yesterday my area had stiff North winds at 15-20mph and an opposing tide making for 3 foot swells. Many boats came out and turned right around. I went out on a reefed main and had a blast. The boat really performed well. I keep my boat on the trailer at the marina. It is very easy to launch and load. I have had it on the road, long distance and it tow very easily behind my jeep grand cherokee (6cyl). I would go with the 222. Good Luck! Lee
Another vote for the O'Day 222
I purchased a 1984 222 October '04 and can support everything stated in prior post by Lee. I have no experience with the O'Day 22 so am unable to make a comparison. I should add that my 222 had leaks where the rubrail screws to the hull-to-deck joint. Therefore I suggest that you check for signs of water seepage at: the chainplate attachment to the bulkhead; at the bulkheads at the aft end of the quarter bearths; and inside the lazarette. It was no big deal to repair -- just a matter of snapping the black vinyl part, out of the ivory plastic carrier and then bedding the carrier's mounting screws with polysulfide. (The screws for the deck/hull joint needent be touched.) Port side of the boat has a joint in the carrier that you work fore and aft from to make the repair; starboard side, carrier was continuous and needed to be cut (approx. 4 ft. from transom) in order to work fore and then aft. The key is to not remove the black vinyl entirely along the side(s)at one time, that way it can be readliy reinstalled. Also it's not necessary to remove vinyl part at the aft corners or at bow. (Those places would be very difficult to reinstall.) No repair was needed along the transom.
I purchased a 1984 222 October '04 and can support everything stated in prior post by Lee. I have no experience with the O'Day 22 so am unable to make a comparison. I should add that my 222 had leaks where the rubrail screws to the hull-to-deck joint. Therefore I suggest that you check for signs of water seepage at: the chainplate attachment to the bulkhead; at the bulkheads at the aft end of the quarter bearths; and inside the lazarette. It was no big deal to repair -- just a matter of snapping the black vinyl part, out of the ivory plastic carrier and then bedding the carrier's mounting screws with polysulfide. (The screws for the deck/hull joint needent be touched.) Port side of the boat has a joint in the carrier that you work fore and aft from to make the repair; starboard side, carrier was continuous and needed to be cut (approx. 4 ft. from transom) in order to work fore and then aft. The key is to not remove the black vinyl entirely along the side(s)at one time, that way it can be readliy reinstalled. Also it's not necessary to remove vinyl part at the aft corners or at bow. (Those places would be very difficult to reinstall.) No repair was needed along the transom.
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