You plan to stay on the Joisey shore? Just asking because sailing the Chessy
favours a shallow draft.

Scotty

"Scout" wrote in message
...
Thanks for the O'Day background. We're tall too and I'd like to be able
to
stand inside the cabin, so that's a consideration.
I'm getting it narrowed down slowly but surely. I've read a lot of
discussion here regarding hull types, keel types, etc. I plan on staying
with a fiberglass mono-hull. I prefer stability to speed, but would like
to
keep up in a group sail (my marina organizes group coastal sails). I'm not
real interested in racing (I have enough stress in my life) but want to be
able to extract the best performance possible from my boat. I'm leaning
away
from swing keels and wing-keels, and more toward a fixed or full keel.
I'm not rushing out to buy anything, I'm just keeping my eyes open,
because
I'm slowly accepting how much there is to know about sailing
(efficiently).
I base that statement on the number of threads posted here in which I'm
lost.
Added to that is the fact that we are moving soon, and my wife has her
heart
set on something grand, we have one kid who just graduated college, two
more
still in college, a daughter hinting about a wedding, etc., and I'm
thinking
that when I buy this boat, it had better be the right one because it may
be
the last one for a long, long time.
I'm crawling up the learning curve with the help of this group. I don't
think a person could buy a book with the kind of information, honesty, and
debate seen here everyday, and certainly not with as many laughs. BTW,
I've
purchased a couple of professional vhs videos/dvd's on sail trimming,
rough
weather sailing, etc. I'd be willing to mail them around to any
interested
parties, just promise to mail them back. Anyone interested can email me.
First come first serve kind of thing, but no problem if they go through a
circuit.
Scout


"katysails" wrote
Ahem...Scout...ask former O'Day owners about O'Days...not former
Catalina
people...We have owned 2 O'Days. Bith were great
boats, although the 22 was a trifle squashy inside *we're both tall
people* We sailed the crud out of the 22 and then went on to
the 27...by the time we were ready to go up from there, the options
decreased since real O'Day's were amde before 1982 and we
didn't want that old of a boat. The newer ones were made Lear siegler
from whatever Pearson bought from O'Day....they went to
what they termed a European interior...pretty bleak...