Oday Owner Reviews

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Review of the Oday 31 by Peter Southwick

Year built	1986
Location of boat	Lake Champlain
The boat is sailed on	Lakes
How the boat is used	Day sailing
Normal wind strength	10-15 knots
Average size of crew	solo
Liveaboard?	No
Owner bought the boat in	2000
If the clock could be turned back, would owner buy again?	Yes, the boat has meet and exceeded all expectations. I sail with my two children (4 and 6), the boat is stable, with plenty of room.
Gear that's been added	no
Structural or complex improvements	no
The boat's best features	stablity and balance of the boat under sail.
Problem areas in terms of design, materials, maintenance, etc.	The boat is equipped with a roller furling jib, when reefed, the sail is difficult to trim correctly.
Sailing characterisitcs	Points well to windward, is stable downwind
Motoring characterisitcs	The boat is underpowered, the Universal model 18 diesel can produce just over 4 knots headway.
Liveability	Coming from a trailerable boat, the O'Day 31 is super livable. We have spent many nights on the boat with out incident.
The owner's experience in dealing with Hunter (if any)	[builder]
The owner's experience with the boat dealer or broker, if any	NA
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