Day Sailer

Day Sailer
	Class symbol
Development
Designer	Uffa Fox and George O'Day
Year	1958
Name	Day Sailer
Boat
Crew	2
Draft	1.143 metres (3.75 ft)
Hull
Type	Monohull
Construction	Fiberglass
Hull weight	261 kilograms (575 lb)
LOA	5.105 metres (16.75 ft)
Beam	1.829 metres (6.00 ft)
Hull appendages
Keel/board type	Centerboard
Rig
Mast length	6.858 metres (22.50 ft)
Sails
Spinnaker area	8.8 square metres (95 sq ft)
Upwind sail area	13.47 square metres (145.0 sq ft)
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The Day Sailer (also called the O'Day Day Sailer) is a day sailer for pleasure sailing as well as racing; it is sailed throughout North America and Brazil. Designed by Uffa Fox and George O'Day in 1958, the Day Sailer possesses a 6-foot beam, an overall length of 17 feet, a fiberglass hull and a cuddy cabin. It is able to sleep two (more if a tent is added to the boom). The sloop rig includes mainsail, jib and a spinnaker on an aluminum mast and boom.^[1]

Over 10,000 boats have been built, and races are held throughout the year in the US and Brazil by the Day Sailer Association and its fleets. The Day Sailer was inducted in 2003 into the American Sailboat Hall of Fame.

From 1958 until 1972, the boat was built and sold by O'Day Corp. Later various other builders produced the Day Sailer, including Spindrift, Precision Boat Works, McLaughlin Boat Works, and Sunfish/Laser Inc. Since 1995, the boat has been built by Cape Cod Shipbuilding.^[2]

As of 2010, the Junior North American Championships are to be held every year in order to promote the class and reach out to local youth sailors.

References

^ Mason, Charles. "Day Sailer". The American Sailboat Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on February 12, 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
^ Misunas, Dave. "Day Sailer Hull Number Index and Builder Chart". Day Sailer Association. Archived from the original on March 18, 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2012.

External links

[1] Mason, Charles. "Day Sailer". The American Sailboat Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on February 12, 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2010.

[2] Misunas, Dave. "Day Sailer Hull Number Index and Builder Chart". Day Sailer Association. Archived from the original on March 18, 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2012.

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v t e Cape Cod Shipbuilding
Cape Cod sailboats	30 Cat Gemini Knockabout
Herreshoff sailboats	12½ Bull's Eye Goldeneye H-26
Other sailboats	Atlantic Beverly Dinghy Blue Chip 30 Day Sailer International 110 Marlin 23 Mercer 44 Mercury 15 Raven Rhodes 18 Shields
Designers	Uffa Fox Nathanael Greene Herreshoff Philip Rhodes

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O'Day series	19 20 22 23 25 26 28 30 39 40 192 222 240 272 302
Other designs	Day Sailer Dolphin 24 Javelin dinghy Mariner 19 Outlaw 26 Rhodes 19 Tempest Tempest 23 Widgeon 12 Woodpussy Yngling