Boat models · O'Day
O'Day 322
Sailboat, coastal cruiser · built 1986-1989 · designed by C. Raymond Hunt Associates
Key figures
Comfort23.7moderate
Capsize screen1.96passes for offshore
SA/D15.7undercanvassed
D/L241moderate
Ballast ratio0.34average
Hull speed6.9kt
- Built
- 1986-1989
- Designer
- C. Raymond Hunt Associates
- Builder
- O'Day Corp. (USA)
- Rig
- Masthead Sloop
- Keel
- Wing Keel
- Length
- 32.1 ft
- Beam / draft
- 10.7 ft · 4.2 ft
- Displacement
- 10,250 lb
Design figures as published, not for any one hull. Full specifications on sailboatdata.com.
Reputation
Classcoastal cruiseras owners use it
Forumsmixedfans and detractors
Big-boat interior for 32 ft, but the wing keel's attachment is a real worry
- Coastal cruising
- respected · interior and layout feel like a 36-footer
- Singlehanding
- ordinary · lines led aft, winches near helm; main needs help
- Club racing
- ordinary · keeps up with peers; wing keel points poorly
- First boat
- mixed · easy to sail, but keel bolt worries put buyers off
- Loved
- roomy cabin for a 32-footer · private aft cabin with a big double · reasonably quick, stiff in a breeze · good galley and nav station
- Gripes
- small 16hp Yanmar, sluggish under power · weather helm with a big genoa · undersized primary winches · shallow anchor locker, small cockpit
- Survey for
- wing keel bolts with small washer backing plates · keel stub/sump cracking after groundings · jammed Isomat in-mast furling main · weak stock headsail furler
- Cross-shopped
- Hunter 33 · Catalina 30 · Hunter 31 · O'Day 302
Owner opinion from forums.sailboatowners.com, sailnet.com, forums.sailboatowners.com, oday.sailboatowners.com, oday.sailboatowners.com
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