O'Day Widgeon Sailboat with Specifications and Standard Features (1967)

Group for Friends Getting Ready for Sailing on an O'Day Widgeon Sailboat. | GGA Image ID # 23e5c81ef1

Large enough for parents to sail with their children, small enough for a youngster to handle alone or race with a crew — just two features that make Widgeon so popular.

Add to that the fact that she's also trim, fast, and lightweight — yet roomy, stable, and sturdy- and you'll see why Widgeon was selected by Pleon of Marblehead, Mass. (America's oldest junior yacht club), for fleet use.

Widgeon will plane in moderate air, may be rigged with spinnaker or sailed as a sloop (jib or spinnaker), or with mainsail alone. Her kick-up rudder makes beaching easy; she's a cinch to car-top, haul, and launch.

There's flotation beneath the bow and stern seats and all around the gunwale. Great for camp, adults, juniors, experts, or racers.

Sailing in the O'Day Widgeon Sailboat. | GGA Image ID # 23e5e1f78a

Specifications:

• Length: 12'4";
• Beam: 5';
• Draft: Centerboard up 5"; down 3'6";
• Sail area: 90 sq. ft.

The O'Day Widgeon Sailboat in Action. | GGA Image ID # 23e5e72ae7

The Hull of the Widgeon Sailboat. | GGA Image ID # 23e5f45359

Top and Side Diagrams of the O'Day Widgeon Sailboat. | GGA Image ID # 23e6504e2c

Standard Features:

• Positive foam flotation under gunwales and in bow and stern tanks
• Foam filled mast of anodized aluminum
• Removable Philippine mahogany seats
• Kick-up rudder and centerboard
• Bow eye
• Drain plug in cockpit
• Vinyl gunwale guard
• Cam action main and jib sheet cleats
• 2 year warranty.
• More Specifications | More Information on the Construction and O'Day Sailboats

Source: O'Day 1967 Sailboat Catalog

GG Archives REF: BPODY-002-1967-C-CAT-07