The Day Sailer is a day sailer for pleasure sailing as well as racing; it is sailed throughout North America and Brazil. The Day Sailer was designed in 1958 by Uffa Fox and George O’Day. O’Day envisioned a centerboarder that would have a beam of about 6 feet, flotation fore and aft, a small cuddy cabin, and an aluminum mast and boom. By 1958, the two agreed on the lines and the general layout for the boat that O’Day would call the Day Sailer. The sail area, especially with the spinnaker, is relatively modest, which makes for a fairly “user-friendly” boat.
Over 10000 boats have been built, and races are held throughout the year in the USA and Brazil by the Day Sailer Association and its fleets.
loa 16’9”
beam 6’
sail area 145 ft²
spinnaker area 95 ft²
hull weight 575 lbs.
crew 2
# of boats built 8,000 +
active US fleets MD, FL, CA, MA, CT, RI, VA, NY
Class website:
http://www.daysailer.org/
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