Boat models · O'Day
O'Day 25
Sailboat, trailer sailer · built 1975-1984 · designed by Hunt & Associates
Key figures
Comfort17.4lively, coastal
Capsize screen2.01fails the screen
SA/D17.1cruiser
D/L193light
Ballast ratio0.46stiff
Hull speed6.1kt
- Built
- 1975-1984
- Designer
- Hunt & Associates
- Builder
- O'Day Corp.
- Rig
- Masthead Sloop
- Keel
- Keel/Cbrd.
- Length
- 24.8 ft
- Beam / draft
- 8.0 ft · 6.0 ft
- Displacement
- 4,007 lb
Design figures as published, not for any one hull. Full specifications on sailboatdata.com.
Reputation
Classtrailer saileras owners use it
Forumsordinarydoes the job, nobody seeks it
Roomy, forgiving small cruiser for lakes and bays; cheap and sound but unremarkable under sail
- First boat
- respected · cheap, forgiving, easy to rig and sail
- Daysailing
- ordinary · stable and simple, not lively
- Coastal cruising
- ordinary · fine for weekends; cramped for longer trips
- Offshore passages
- disliked · light build, not intended for open water
- Loved
- Roomy cabin for 25 ft · Stable, forgiving handling · Swing keel eases trailering and shoal use · Low purchase price
- Gripes
- Slow in light air · Pinches upwind with swing keel · Basic, dated interior finish · Heavy for small tow vehicles
- Survey for
- Swing keel pivot pin and cable wear · Balsa deck core rot around hardware · Keel trunk leaks and gasket wear · Mast step and compression post corrosion
- Cross-shopped
- Catalina 25 · Macgregor 25 · Hunter 25 · Pearson 26
Owner opinion from sailboatdata.com, sailnet.com
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