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sailing yacht O'Day 26 Sale info

Boat price$8500Year of built1984
Boat manufacturerO'DayBoat model26
Boat type: sailing yacht
Boat name: O'Day 26
Boat length: 7.92m / 24.1ft
Price: $8500
Country: USA
Location: Pennsylvania, Harveys Lake
Contact with seller by phone: 570-709-2565

O'Day 26

  • Beam: 8
  • Draft: 2.10
  • Description: Own a piece of history! Wooden lightning #758 once owned and sailed by Prime Minister of England Winston Churchill given to him by the U.S. Army. Original restored 26' sixteen piece laminated Sitka Spruce mast 6 coats of varnish. Restoration by skilled craftsmen begun but needs completion. Stored indoors. Motivated buyer. Must sell due to divorce and relocation.
  • Equipment: Includes cedar plank hull, mast, rudder & tiller as well as very roadworthy trailer. Good tires & bearings. Hauled boat from Colorado to Ohio.

O'Day 26 equipment

  • > engine: Westerbeke 42B 42hp (installed 2001)
  • > VHF : Horizon Intrepid with Remote Mic extension
  • > Anchor : Manson and 200ft chain
  • New Pro: furl Roller furling 2009 with new 145 Jib, New Mizzen 2008, new Main 2010
  • New Raymarine E: 70 auto pilot 2015, New South Atlantic Servo Wind Vane w/ aux rudder system(S500) 2016
  • Wheel steering, Auto: helm, Standard Horizon GPS Chart 175, Xantrex True Charge20, Folding Cockpit Teak Table, Electric Bilge Pump with float switch, Atomic 4 gas engine, fixed 2 vane propeller, Furlex furling, Danforth and Bruce anchors and rodes, Digital speed, depth and wind meters. Compass, 2015 VHF and FM radios, 2015 collapsible cradle, spinnaker pole, Dodger, Bimini, Full enclosure, Cockpit Cushions, Ice box, Alcohol stove, new head, 2 speed winches, All halyards feed back to cockpit through Spinlock clutches.
  • 6 Sail Inventory:: full batten main, 160%Genoa and Qt2 X 180% Genoa, Storm Jib and Gennaker
  • Location: Bocas del toro, Panama, central America.
  • Sails: Main, Genoa 120%, Genoa 140%. Sail cover and bimini that covers entire cockpit. Nasa wind indicator, depth finder and simrad auto pilot. GPS, VHF DSC radio, Epirb.
  • 3 sails, new dodger with cockpit awning, new sail covers, full cabin awning, cockpit cushions,new halyards, 3 anchors: 35 CQR, FX 11 & FX 23 Fortress. 10.3 W solar panel,2 marine batteries, 2 bilge pumps, ICOM VHF,compass,7 gal.fuel tank, fuel gauge, depth gauge, Pro plus 8 battery charger plus test panel,battery selector switch, Taylor paraffin cooker (kerosene), Force 10 grill, Blake marine toilet,shore power cord, bladder holding tank,40 gal. fresh water tank, sink with fresh water foot pump, ice box
  • Deck re: cored and painted 2013
  • Awl: gripped deck 2013
  • Volvo Penta D1: 30 B diesel engine with sail drive, very well maintained.
  • Compass : Richie Globe Master
  • Anchors -: 1 Bruce, 1 Danforth
  • 2: 25 gallon fresh water tanks
  • > Long: distance fuel storage system (10 5gal jugs with boards/rope handpump)
  • > TV : 32" Samsung

O'Day 26 description

  • Plywood/fiberglass sailing dinghy/rowboat/tender. Transom reinforced for small motor. Three: piece mast and sail in excellent condition. The wooden boom and a portion of the chine on the bottom of the hull have some rotten portions from rainwater/neglect. The price reflects this and a few other minor cosmetic blemishes. Oars/oar locks included.
  • Email: sailingdecision@gmail.com
  • Displacement -: 1100 lbs. with trailer 1420 lbs
  • Boat Location: Harveys Lake, Pennsylvania.
  • A fine example of these world cruisers and live: aboard vessels. Her life started in Lake Superior, in Wisconsin, and then she was moved to Texas. The owners at the time cruised her for a number of years across the gulf to the Bahamas, and ended up in Charleston. The boat then spent an extended period of time in Charleston, including a trip to the Bahamas. She then returned to Wisconsin in 2008, and has been in fresh water since then.
  • In-boom outhaul rigging. 8: 1 Boom Vang. All Harken blocks. Very fast Buccaneer sailboat.
  • Solid top to bottom, bow to stern best way to describe an S: 2!!!! quality shows both above and bellow deck. Great layout bellow and nice size cockpit make a for a great weekend cruiser or dockside retreat!!
  • Re: cored deck and mast step 2013
  • - Deck: stepped carbon mast with single spreaders.
  • the growing need for an easy-to-own, high performance one: design that is exciting to sail, stable enough sailboat for the family, and built to last. With fleet discussions underway around the
  • Bought her because she was a Catalina.....tough, reliable, roomy, well: built and she proved it by taking us safely from North Carolina to Panama via open ocean to living aboard in a Caribbean paradise. Offered for sale in Bocas del Toro, Panama (or delivery to be arranged). This is a boat that has everything you need for the cruising liveaboard lifestyle.