O'Day 32 Yacht: Specifications and Standard Equipment (1977)

 

The O'Day 32 Yacht.

The O'Day 32 Yacht. | GGA Image ID # 30t6wvo6jt

 

Highlights

  • Diesel engine 2:1 reduction gear complete
  • Mainsail complete with 2 sets of reef points
  • Working Jib
  • 5" Fabric berth cushions main cabin; 4" cushions other berths
  • Curtains for both cabins
  • 2 self-contained heads
  • SS bow pulpit
  • SS stern pulpit
  • SS stanchions with lifelines
  • 2-burner alcohol stove
  • Wheel steering with 24" SS destroyer wheel
  • 2 #10 Barient halyard winches
  • 2 #21 2-speed Barient jib sheet winches
  • 2 Standard Barient winch handles
  • Teak cabin hand rails (both cabins)
  • Bilge pump–hand
  • Electric outlet, dockside 110 volt complete with 25' wire cord
  • Cold water pressure system
  • Shower
  • Lightning ground
  • Gate valve on all Thru-Hull® fittings below waterline
  • Jiffy reefing V-berth cushion

 

Deck

  • Flush bow anchor, chain and rope storage compartment with overboard drain
  • Mast stepped through deck
  • 2 sliding hatches (main & aft cabin)
  • 1 bow cleat
  • 2 bow chocks
  • 2 stern cleats
  • Flush forward hatch
  • All hardware non-corrosive or SS Non-skid deck
  • 2 large cockpit drains
  • Two-tone deck color
  • All colors molded in
  • 2 cockpit seat lockers (lockable)
  • 4 fixed windows in main cabin
  • 1 opening window in head
  • 2 fixed windows in aft cabin
  • 2 opening windows in transom
  • 2 deck port lights over forward V-berth
  • Teak toe rails
  • 2 Genoa/Jib cleats
  • Balsa wood deck core where necessary
  • Rich, oiled teak woodwork

 

Enjoying a Cruise Among Friends on an O'day 32 Yacht.

Enjoying a Cruise Among Friends on an O'day 32 Yacht. | GGA Image ID # 30tq3ie0yi

 

Interior

  • Folding galley counter
  • Two-tone interior liner pan
  • Engine room access through cockpit seat lockers and aft cabin
  • Recessed floor pans for carpet Hull liner with foam backing
  • Sleeping for 6 … 2 in forward V-berths, 1 in each settee in main cabin. 2 in double berth in aft cabin
  • 6'5" headroom in main cabin 6'1" headroom in aft cabin
  • Fully enclosed head with ample storage compartments
  • 3 hanging lockers (1 between V-berth and main cabin, 1 in aft cabin and 1 wet locker behind head)
  • 40 gallon water tank
  • 28 gallon fuel tank
  • 2 structural fiberglass pans
  • Formica counter and table tops throughout
  • Galley complete with SS sink, large icebox with drain and area for stove
  • Ample storage drawers and compartments in all 3 cabins
  • All hardware non-corrosive or SS Folding double leaf table Real teak wood, oiled 2 coats
  • Teak sea rails around all counter tops
  • 12 volt electrical system with running lights, mast light, twelve interior cabin lights. 1 engine room light, and fused switch panel complete with heavy duty marine battery
  • Textured fiberglass headliners in all 3 cabins

 

Hull

  • Inboard rudder behind skeg
  • Fiberglass C/B lead ballasted with cockpit pendant control via enclosed winch system One-piece fiberglass molded hull and keel
  • Vinyl gunwale guard (2-piece)
  • All hardware non-corrosive or SS
  • All colors molded in
  • Inside lead ballast on CB, external on fixed keel model

 

Mast and Boom

  • Anodized mast and boom
  • SS rigging with swaged terminals and turnbuckles
  • Finest dacron running rigging
  • Topping Lift
  • 2 Halyard cleats
  • Four-part mainsheet system

 

O'Day 32 and O'Day 37 Specifications and Equipment List. 1977 O'Day Yachts Catalog.

O'Day 32 and O'Day 37 Specifications and Equipment List. 1977 O'Day Yachts Catalog. | GGA Image ID # 30ttqj42d4

 

O'Day 32 Yacht Specifications (1977)

L.O.A. 31'-7" (9.63M)
L.W. L. 27'-31/2" (8.32M)
Beam 10'-6" (3.20M)
Draft (centerboard model) 3'-4"/7'-1" (1.02M-2.16M)
Draft (keel model) 4'-6" (1.37M)
Sail area (100% foretriangle) 470 sq. ft. (43.66 sq. M)
Displacement 11,000 lbs. (4944K)
Ballast (centerboard) 3880 lbs.
Ballast (keel) 3575 lbs.
Mast above water 43'-6" (13.26M)

 

O'Day 32 Rig Measurements

I (Foretriangle height) 39.0' (11.89M)
J (Foretriangle base) 12.75' (3.89M)
P (Mainsail luff) 34.0' (10.36M)
E (Mainsail foot) 13.0' (3.96M)

 

Three Views of the O'Day 32 Schematic.

Three Views of the O'Day 32 Schematic. | GGA Image ID # 30t7jbv4jy

 

O'Day Sailboats & Yachts

A Bangor Punta Company

Fall River, MA 02722

Additional manufacturing facilities in Costa Mesa, California.
Printed in U.S.A. © Bangor Punta Corporation

GG Archives REF: BPODY-027-1977-C-CAT-08

 

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