O'Day Corp.

O'Day Corp.
Company type	Private Company
Industry	maritime
Founded	1958
Headquarters	Fall River, Massachusetts, United States

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

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 many very popular sailboat designs:^[4]

Albacore
Cal 39 (Hunt/O'Day)
Day Sailer
Day Sailer II
Dolphin 24
Duckling
Flying Saucer
Gannet 14
Interclub Dinghy
International Cadet
Javelin 14
Jollyboat
Kitten
Mariner 19
O'Day 7/11
O'Day 12
O'Day 14
O'Day 15
O'Day 19
O'Day 192
O'Day 20
O'Day 22
O'Day 222
O'Day 23
O'Day 240
O'Day 25
O'Day 250
O'Day 26
O'Day 27
O'Day 272
O'Day 28
O'Day 280
O'Day 290
O'Day 30
O'Day 302
O'Day 31
O'Day 32
O'Day 322
O'Day 34
O'Day 35
O'Day 37
O'Day 39
O'Day 40
Ospray
Outlaw 26
Raven
Rhodes 19
Sprite 10
Super Sprite 10
Super Swift
Tempest
Tempest 23
Widgeon 12
Wildfire
Woodpussy
Yngling

References

^ "George O'Day: The man who loved" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-11-23.
^ George O'Day Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com
^ Conglomerate of Smith & Wesson, Piper Aircraft, O'Day Yachts, Cal Boats and more
^ ^a ^b Sailboats built by O'Day Corp. by year on Sailboatdata.com
^ Dolphin24.org - A Website For Dolphin Owners and Others Interested in this Classic Design
^ "Rhodes 19: Class History". Archived from the original on 2012-04-26. Retrieved 2012-08-18.
^ RHODES 19 CB sailboat specifications and details on sailboatdata.com
^ Stuart Marine Corp. - Rhodes 19 | Mariner | Stuart 19 | JC 9 | Stuart 9