O'day 23-1 (Lift Top)

BoatsO'day 23-1 (Lift Top)

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Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

TrailerableBeam 2.42 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 1,406 kg of hull, so roughly 2,000 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Shoal draftDraws 0.61 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.

LivelySea-kindly

Her light displacement on a moderate beam gives 15 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 15

CoastalBluewater

2.18 — right around the 2.0 line, the edge between coastal and offshore.

Capsize screening 2.18

LightHeavy

173 — light for her waterline, so she is easily driven and quick to accelerate.

Displacement / length 173

EasygoingPowered-up

18.5 — plenty of sail for her weight; lively and quick to respond.

Sail area / displacement 18.5

TenderStiff

40% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 40%

Light and lively — happiest day-sailing and coastal-hopping in settled weather.

Draws more than ~77% of boats her size on file

Compared with 612 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions

Weights

Ballast / displacement

40.3%

Rig & sail area

Rig

Masthead Sloop

Ratios

SA / displacement

18.5

Displacement / length

173.0

Comfort ratio

14.5

Capsize screening

2.18

Hull speed

6.0 kn

Pounds / inch immersion

567

Hull

Hull type

Keel/Cbrd.

Construction

Fiberglass

Production

Years built

First built 1972

Designer

C. Raymond Hunt Assoc, Raymond Hunt (C.R. Hunt, Assoc.)

Builder

O'Day Corp

Boats like this, on the water

Nobody has filmed this one — but these are close.

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Aladino Sails The Pacific Alone.2:08 from Sailing Magic Carpet

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Juliano and the sailboat Tupã12:35 from Podcast Maré Sonora ®

Deltania Yachts 267.92 mSame hull family0.9 m longer

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The family

Related models

The designs closest to hers — usually the rest of the builder's range, sometimes the same hull sold under another name.

O'day 23-2A masthead keel-centerboard sloop produced in Brazil and the U.S. for over a decade as a popular coastal cruiser O'day 22A prolific production success with over 3,000 hulls built, offering a nimble fractional rig for coastal daysailing O'day 25A successful decade-long production run defines this 25-foot masthead sloop, built with a versatile keel-centerboard O'day 20A masthead sloop with a keel-centerboard configuration, offering a stable 5.57-knot hull speed for coastal cruising O'day 27An Alan Gurney-designed masthead sloop featuring a skeg-mounted rudder for stable, predictable coastal cruising O'day 26A short-lived 1980s masthead sloop featuring a keel-centerboard design for flexible draft in coastal waters

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