Today I said goodbye to an old friend

[Project_Mayhem]

Today, with a heavy heart, I passed the helm of my O'Day 25 of the past six years to its new owner.

The repairs performed were intense, often hard and plentiful. We poured literal blood, sweat, tears, ruined clothing and even a severed tendon into her. She tested our limits on many different fronts but in the end provided us with many memories, countless hours of enjoyment, a few adventures and taught us more than we could ever have imagined. Despite quirks, she will always be missed

Time for a stiff drink in a new Catalina!

The pics below are of the O'Day

 

[kappykaplan]

Sounds like some good memories. Enjoy the new boat!

 

[PaulK]

Don't forget to change your avatar info! Congratulations on the new boat!

 

[Project_Mayhem]

Don't forget to change your avatar info!

I haven't forgotten. Just not quite ready yet

 

[dLj]

The O'Day 25 is a great boat. It will be hard to replace. What are you looking for, and why?

dj

p.s. Just saw you got a Catalina - what size? Another great boat!

 

[jssailem]

Sad, Happy days.
Look FORWARD, sailor, you gave her a good run and a new home.
Anticipate new opportunities to do some of the same with your new mistress.

 

[Timm R Oday25]

My plan was to keep our Oday 25 for 4 maybe 5 years . I've window shopped thousands of boats. For now we will it it . This will be our 19th summer . I could understand a day of mixed emotions

 

[justsomeguy]

How did the severed tendon happen?

 

[nightowle]

An O'Day is to be remembered as an especially fine boat. I had the 27. It's wonderful to keep these going and pass in better condition to the next skipper.

 

[Project_Mayhem]

The O'Day 25 is a great boat. It will be hard to replace. What are you looking for, and why?

dj

p.s. Just saw you got a Catalina - what size? Another great boat!

94 30'

My plan was to keep our Oday 25 for 4 maybe 5 years . I've window shopped thousands of boats. For now we will it it . This will be our 19th summer . I could understand a day of mixed emotions

It was a really good boat for me. It was quirky and temperamental at times but I still loved her. It needed a lot of work but it was a lot of little things at this point. All of the major issues had been addressed. I'm not looking forward to redoing them on the C30

How did the severed tendon happen?

I was cutting a bolt for the trailer with an angle grinder and it grabbed the metal. In the blink of an eye my hand was sliced open

An O'Day is to be remembered as an especially fine boat. I had the 27. It's wonderful to keep these going and pass in better condition to the next skipper.

The build quality of the O'Day is far better than that of the Catalina. The new owner knows he got a killer deal on it considering what I did to it but theres still no shortage of work needed

 

[Indysailor]

An O'Day is to be remembered as an especially fine boat. I had the 27. It's wonderful to keep these going and pass in better condition to the next skipper.

The 27 was a wonderful looking boat. I had a 23 and although she was too small for my needs, I see her sitting unused in the boatyard and ponder whether to buy her back from the present owner. I put a lot of work into that boat and it pains me to see her not sailing. If I would have been able to find a 27 fin keel when looking to size up, I would have bought it.

 

[Project_Mayhem]

The 27 was a wonderful looking boat. I had a 23 and although she was too small for my needs, I see her sitting unused in the boatyard and ponder whether to buy her back from the present owner. I put a lot of work into that boat and it pains me to see her not sailing. If I would have been able to find a 27 fin keel when looking to size up, I would have bought it.

I know the new owner of my O'Day will not put in the time to properly fix her up. It's a bit painful to swallow but it is, what it is. I put more time than most would have.

The shoal keel made the 25 very temperamental when it came to low speed turning. A fin keel would have solved that issue. Once you had some speed she was a joy to motor around the marina. I really liked the way she handled. Despite this caveat, the boat pointed very far into the wind. It often times surprised me. It was a bit sensitive to a dirty bottom. Tacking and jibing became difficult towards the end of the season. I found easing up on the sails made for a slow, but achievable turn. I do believe that there was some weather helm in affect, especially when sailing under main alone.

I was pretty happy with how I had the boat setup. We could leave the dock in 5-10 minutes. Nearly everything we needed to access was in the cockpit. The only thing that we did beforehand was turn on the battery, remove the sailcover, start the engine and cast off. The gelcoat was dull so we kept it clean with a magic eraser which made things very easy. Since it was trailerable, it was very affordable. All major issues had been resolved so I could spend as much or as little time/money on it as I wanted. Had I decided to keep her, new cushions and sails would have been next on the list.

She provided us with as many memories as she did challenges. The admiral complained about it a lot but in the end she too said that she was sad to see it go. We are however looking forward to sailing our newly acquired 94 Catalina 30.

 

[dLj]

We are however looking forward to sailing our newly acquired 94 Catalina 30.

You are going to love that Catalina!

dj

 

[Timm R Oday25]

I'm somewhat confused by your statement that slow speed manuvering was less than spectacular . With the centerboard down ,we can easily turn the boat within it's own length. Now with that being said . We turn the outboard as well as the tiller . We've spun 180 degrees inside quite a few piers .
Without the board down ,well we will be along eventually

 

[Hayden Watson]

Welcome to the C30 club. There are a bunch of us out here. I have been enjoying by 88 mk2 for 26-years with no plans to sell her.