Boat models · O'Day
O'Day 32
Sailboat, coastal cruiser · built 1975-1979 · designed by C. Raymond Hunt Associates
Key figures
Comfort25.8moderate
Capsize screen1.89passes for offshore
SA/D15.2undercanvassed
D/L242moderate
Ballast ratio0.32average
Hull speed7kt
- Built
- 1975-1979
- Designer
- C. Raymond Hunt Associates
- Builder
- O'Day Corp. (USA)
- Rig
- Masthead Sloop
- Keel
- Keel/Centerboard
- Length
- 31.6 ft
- Beam / draft
- 10.5 ft · 7.1 ft
- Displacement
- 11,000 lb
Design figures as published, not for any one hull. Full specifications on sailboatdata.com.
Reputation
Classcoastal cruiseras owners use it
Forumsordinarydoes the job, nobody seeks it
Roomy, cheap, solid-enough coastal cruiser; not an offshore boat and no performer.
- Coastal cruising
- ordinary · spacious, comfortable for families on bays and sounds
- Liveaboard
- ordinary · good volume for size, basic systems
- Offshore passages
- mixed · production build, big cockpit, light-duty hardware
- Loved
- roomy interior for a 32 · affordable purchase price · easy, forgiving handling · good value starter cruiser
- Gripes
- mediocre upwind performance · weather helm when overpowered · dated, basic finish · shallow-draft version slow to windward
- Survey for
- wet balsa deck core around fittings · leaking chainplates and ports · keel bolt condition · original Atomic 4/Yanmar engine wear
- Cross-shopped
- Catalina 30 · Pearson 30 · Hunter 30 · Ericson 32
Thin discussion; from sailboatdata.com, sailboatowners.com
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