O'Day went bankrupt in the late '80's. As I recall, the company completely
disappeared, though I don't know what happened to all the molds.
The company was in Fall River Massachusetts, and most of the hardware came
from Shaefer Marine of New Bedford
http://www.schaefermarine.com/ .
Google pulls up
http://www.odayowners.com/index.htm, a commercial site, with
little info.
Smaller O'Day's were practical and affordable day-sailors. The larger boats
seemed to be lower-quality imitations of well-built boats. My experience
with an O'Day 22 was that hardware, particularly chainplates, was far too
light for local conditions (Buzzards Bay, within 30 miles of the factory).
That boat, hull #65, now 33 years old, is available in Maine, at a very
good price ;-)
Good luck,
Sal's Dad
Hi all,
I am comming from Germany and I am the owner of an O'day25. This is the
very best sailing boot I ever had. Unfortunately it is extremly
difficult to get replacement parts for O'day boots here in Germany. Do
some one of you know any contact details of the O'day factory, like
address, e-mail address, phone number etc. I will try to get parts
direct from the factory or to get information about O'day dealers in
Europe from them.