Tanzer 22 vs O'day 22

MrUnix · Jun 1, 2010

Did you try visiting http://www.tanzer22.com/ ?

Cheers,
Brad

teucer · Jun 1, 2010

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my first boat was a 1981 tanzer 22, name was TAKAPI. Just sold it last year to upgrade to a hunter 33.

She was a great boat, used it in the east, on Champlain Lake and recently in the west, on the Pacific near Vancouver B.C.

It is more of a lake bat but handles very well in salt water and with strong winds or waves.

Sailed it on longer cruises, 7-10 days, and loved it. Cabin is the size of a typical 22, fairly small but the rear cokpit and deck is just huge.

Very easy to use, reliable and very stable under any wind conditions.

I highly recommend one.

te

Joe11688 · Jun 3, 2010

David S said:
Looking at a Tanzer 22 on it's trailer, been setting idle for 6-8 years covered with leaves and mold under trees. I am intrigued by it's V-shape hull , looks like it would ride the waves or a rough sea better than my O'day 22 which is pretty much flat bottom. Looks like it may have more interior cabin room than my O'day.
This Tanzer has a large center board with the pivot pin outside the hull. I have looked at several websites but haven't been able to get any real details on it. I'll try to find the owner and get in touch. I did a search in this forum and found a little info back in 2008. I just subscribed to a Tanzer news e-mail, see what I can learn from that.
Any Tanzer owners out there or experience with them and website info would be appreciated.

Good sailing to all this summer. David S

A friend of mine owns a Tanzer 22 that he bought off another guy who was a YC club member. The Tanzer is a real fast boat. I've sailed it and I know this for a fact. It will out sail an O'Day 22 for sure. When the first owner bought this Tanzer, he had a heck of a time getting the iron centerboard free. He worked on it for days and finally got it free. He replaced the pivot pin with a stainless steel bolt and nut. When you raise or lower the mast on the Tanzer 22, you need to remove the side stays first. Failure to do this will result in bent chain plates. Been there, done that. It states this in the Tanzer operating manual. The cabin head room really leaves a lot to be desired. My friend still has his Tanzer 22. It developed a leak somewhere and took on a lot of water. He's had it in his yard for about two years now, trying to sell it with no luck. This is about all I can tell you about the Tanzer 22.
I would keep my eyes open for an O'Day 22 keel/centerboard, O'Day 222, or an O'Day 23 manufactured from 1974 up. Prior O'Day 23s had cast iron keels with fiberglass centerboards. The cast iron would rust and the centerboard would get stuck in the keel slot. In 1974, O'Day finally smartened up and started building the 23s with lead keels and this issue with the centerboards getting stuck disappeared. The O'Day 222s plus other model O'Day sailboats had issues with rudders breaking. The rudders on these boats were manufactured by a company named Foss that was located in Clearwater Fl. at the time.

djplatt@cogeco.ca · Jun 9, 2010

The Tanzer 22 was on my short list for a boat last winter. I took it off when I discovered it does not have sitting head room (i am 6' tall) That said, it is an excellent sailing boat with a PHRF that should belong to a 25 or 26 foot boat.

nodachi · Jun 9, 2010

Your description of the Tanzer you found reminds me of the 30 y.o. Buccaneer I found in my neighborhood a few years ago. (See attached photograph) It too was covered with leaves and mold but had sat under the trees for perhaps 20 years. You couldn't enter the cabin because it was flooded and the extensive mold. The cockpit even had waist high plants growing out of it. And the guy wanted $3,000 for it!!!! :neutral:

You have the advantage of already having owned a boat but I was just starting off on my adventure with sailboats and looked at her with eyes of love and could only imagine what she could be with a bit of TLC. Fortunately a girlfriend much more acquainted with boats wisely told me to be patient and keep looking and learning and one day I'd know my boat when I found her and I did.

The following two links have been quite inspirational to me in the amount of information I've gleaned from them when searching for my boat and I'm sure they'll help you.

http://www.mobyware.com/mobyware/mobyware.shtml
http://www.braveandcrazy.org/

Oh, by the way, I consider Shorty a personal friend and what he's done with old boats is nothing short of miraculous, so visiting his website would help you as well. Tell him Lawrence suggested you visit him and that I said "Hi".

http://www.shortypen.com/boats/pocket/backdead.htm

Joe11688 · Jun 12, 2010

Some nice sailboats to check out are: the O'Day 22 with a keel/centerboard, the O'Day 222 keel/centerboard, and the O'Day 23 keel/centerboard manufactured from 1974 and after. Earlier models of this boat had cast iron keels and centerboard issues.

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