Oday Owner Reviews

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Review of the Oday Daysailer by michael woodman

Year built	1976
Location of boat	lake mead,las vegas nevada
The boat is sailed on	Lakes
How the boat is used	Day sailing
Normal wind strength	16-22 knots
Average size of crew	solo
Liveaboard?	No
Owner bought the boat in	2002
If the clock could be turned back, would owner buy again?	heck yea i saw this model before and it was love at first sight,i found one sitting bdside a guys house and bought it for a hundred bucks
Gear that's been added	alot fish finder,vhf radio,am/fm radio,gps,cd player,swing motor mount,fishing rod holder,
Structural or complex improvements	when i got the boat the mast had to be replaced,and i cut down an extra mainsail for a storm sail
The boat's best features	i can set it up in about 10 minutes and have it in the water with no problums
Problem areas in terms of design, materials, maintenance, etc.	well the boat was a wreck when i got it so i've rebuilt everything the only thing i don't like is crawling into the cuddy
Sailing characterisitcs	great boat i've set it up and it sails it's self,i love the weather helm,
Motoring characterisitcs	i put a 7.5 mercury and it cruzes at 8mph
Liveability	no way
The owner's experience in dealing with Hunter (if any)	[builder]
The owner's experience with the boat dealer or broker, if any
Other comments	well it was a great project i love rebuilding boats i've got it set up so i can sit on the bow and stear the boat with ropes.the lake gusts to 30 and the boat just heels over and goes faster,great to troll a fishing line out the back