O'Day Corp.

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O'Day Corp.
Company type Private Company
Industrymaritime
Founded1958
Headquarters Fall River, Massachusetts, United States

O'Day Corp. was a America sailboat builder, located in Fall River, Massachusetts.

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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.

O'Day Day Sailer Day Sailer CYANE.jpg
O'Day Day Sailer

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 many very popular sailboat designs: [4]

O'Day 25 O'Day 25 Sailboat 2853.jpg
O'Day 25
O'Day 23 O'Day 23 Play On 0400.jpg
O'Day 23
Mariner 19 Mariner 19 sailboat Just Right 2843.jpg
Mariner 19
O'Day 28 O'Day 28 sailboat Firefly 3667.jpg
O'Day 28

See also

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References

  1. "George O'Day: The man who loved" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-11-23.
  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. 1 2 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". Archived from the original on 2012-04-26. Retrieved 2012-08-18.
  7. RHODES 19 CB sailboat specifications and details on sailboatdata.com
  8. Stuart Marine Corp. - Rhodes 19 | Mariner | Stuart 19 | JC 9 | Stuart 9