Oday 27 Update

[casualemt]

Just thought I would post an update to my original thread. This summer I bought a 1978 Oday 27 for $500. The boat had all the stuff it needed, sails, diesel motor, cushions, complete marine ecosystem on the bottom.....I have since cleaned, scrubbed, hauled out and painted, added a depthsounder/fish finder, done some sailing, and gotten my wife interested in the boat!!! (The biggest factor of all) I am including a before and after photo. I bought the boat out of a marina in an industrial area, next to a giant scrap metal yard, and brought it out of the depths of dispair, to a pretty little cove on Whidbey Island where it has rested nicely all summer...

 

[25yearslater]

So what's on the agenda going forward? I have a certain affinity for the 27 so I will be quite curious to see your progress.

 

[Snowman80]

awesome...shows what hard work and dedication will do..

 

[Golden Road]

Nice work!

 

[Ritdog]

I remember that - nice job!

I hope the interior wasn't as bad as the exterior....

Soft Scrub might bleach out those stains on the hull - if they are iron stains, Iron-out would probably work- I'd use saturated paper towels / cloths and let them stay on the hull until done...

Anyway, congratulations, and kudos to you!

 

[JonnyQuest]

Yes, a gold star award from the ODay Rescue League!

Show us the interior and update how that cleaned up.

JQ

 

[Brian S]

Anything with oxalic acid should clean those topsides stains. On and Off is the classic waterline cleaner, the original formula, not the newfangled gel stuff. But I have also heard that The Works toilet cleaner does a good job too, and it's available at, say, Home Depot...

Brian