O'Day Corp.

O'Day Corp.

Type	Private Company
Industry	maritime
Founded	Fall River, MA, USA (1958)
Headquarters	Fall River, MA, USA

O'Day Corp. was one of the most successful sailboat builders in the US.

History

It was founded in 1958 by George O'Day, the American Olympic and World champion sailor.^{[1] [2]}

George O'Day sold the company to Bangor Punta Corporation in 1966. Bangor Punta also acquired other boat builders around that time including Cal Yachts and Starcraft Marine. Bangor Punta was later acquired by Lear Siegler. O'Day went out of business in 1989.^{[3] [4] [5]}

Boats

O'Day co-designed and built the Day Sailer which was inducted into the American Sailboat Hall of Fame in 2003. More than 12,000 Day Sailers have been sold.

In 1959 O'Day adapted the Philip Rhodes' Hurricane design to create the Rhodes 19. Over 3000 Rhodes 19's have been built. In 1982 Stuart Marine Corp. took over production of the Rhodes 19.^[6][7][8]

The company built or distributed many very popular sailboat designs including:

• Cal 39
• Day Sailer
• Dolphin 24
• Finn
• Firefly
• Flying Dutchman
• Flying Saucer
• Gannet 14
• Interclub
• Javelin 14
• Jollyboat
• Kitten
• Mariner 19
• O’Day 12
• O’Day 14
• O’Day 15
• O’Day 19
• O’Day 20
• O’Day 22
• O’Day 23
• O’Day 240
• O’Day 25
• O’Day 26
• O’Day 27
• O’Day 28
• O’Day 30
• O’Day 31
• O’Day 32
• O’Day 34
• O’Day 35
• O’Day 37
• O’Day 39
• O’Day 40
• Ospray
• Outlaw 26
• Ranger 26
• Rhodes 19
• Sprite 10
• Soling
• Super Swift
• Tempest
• Tempest 23
• Weatherly
• Widgeon 12
• Wildfire
• Woodpussy
• Yngling

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See also

• George O'Day
• List of sailboat designers and manufacturers

References

1. http://www.dolphin24.org/May02pgs32-35.pdf
2. George O'Day Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com
3. Conglomerate of Smith & Wesson, Piper Aircraft, O'Day Yachts, Cal Boats and more
4. Sailboats built by O'Day Corp. by year on Sailboatdata.com
5. Dolphin24.org - A Website For Dolphin Owners and Others Interested in this Classic Design
6. Rhodes 19: Class History
7. RHODES 19 CB sailboat specifications and details on sailboatdata.com
8. Stuart Marine Corp. - Rhodes 19 | Mariner | Stuart 19 | JC 9 | Stuart 9
9. I Heart O'Days - Model Information