hull shape
Used to own an O'Day 22. Don't know whether the 222 has the same hull shape, but I always thought it was a problem with mine. After working real hard with much of what has previously been discussed, I found I could point kind of average, but still made a lot of leeway. That big flat bottom just slides sideways. What I found works best is to free the boat up onto a very close reach rather than point her up, and let her go. Not sailing as high, but moving faster and sliding less. To answer your question, moving up to my fin keel C27 was night and day. Also, the increase in weight helps bust through the chop w/o loosing momentum or falling off. Hitting two two-foot waves in a row would stall the O 22. Tom Carlyle Lake
Used to own an O'Day 22. Don't know whether the 222 has the same hull shape, but I always thought it was a problem with mine. After working real hard with much of what has previously been discussed, I found I could point kind of average, but still made a lot of leeway. That big flat bottom just slides sideways. What I found works best is to free the boat up onto a very close reach rather than point her up, and let her go. Not sailing as high, but moving faster and sliding less. To answer your question, moving up to my fin keel C27 was night and day. Also, the increase in weight helps bust through the chop w/o loosing momentum or falling off. Hitting two two-foot waves in a row would stall the O 22. Tom Carlyle Lake