O'Day 37 Yacht: Specifications and Standard Equipment (1977)

 

Cruising on an O'Day 37 Yacht.

Cruising on an O'Day 37 Yacht. | GGA Image ID # 30w6oju2ur

 

Highlights

  • Diesel engine 2: I reduction gear complete
  • Mainsail complete with 2 sets of reef points
  • Working Jib
  • 5"Fabric berth Cushions main cabin: 4- other cabins
  • 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 28" SS Destroyer wheel
  • 2 #18 Barient halyard winches
  • 2 #25 2-speed Barient jib sheet winches
  • 1 #18 Barient mainsheet which
  • 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 –both cabins
  • Lightning ground
  • Gate valve on all Thru-Hull® fittings below waterline
  • Jiffy reefing

 

Deck

  • Flush bow anchor, chain and rope storage compartment with overboard drain
  • Mast stepped through deck
  • 2 Sliding hatches (main & aft cabin)
  • Main cabin opening skylight
  • 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
  • 2 opening windows in main cabin
  • Main cabin hatch sea hood with dodger coaming
  • 2 opening 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

 

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

 

Interior

  • Real teak wood, oiled 2 coats
  • 2 tone interior liner pan
  • Engine room access through cockpit seat lockers and aft cabin
  • Recessed floor pans for carpet
  • Sleeping for 6 –2 in forward V-berths, 1 in each settee in main cabin, 2 in double berth in aft cabin
  • 6'5" head room in main cabin
  • 6'1" head room in aft cabin
  • Fully enclosed heads with ample storage compartments
  • 3 hanging lockers
  • 120 gallon water tank
  • 40 gallon fuel tank
  • 2 structural fiberglass pans
  • Formica counters and table tops throughout
  • Galley complete with double SS sink, large ice box 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
  • Teak sea rails around all counter tops
  • Hull liner with foam backing
  • 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
  • One piece fiberglass molded hull and keel Vinyl gunwale guard (2 piece)
  • All hardware non-corrosive or SS
  • Inside lead ballast

 

Mast and Boom

  • Anodzed mast and boom
  • SS rigging with swaged terminals
  • SS turnbuckles
  • Finest dacron running rigging
  • Topping lift
  • 2 halyard cleats
  • Double lower side stays
  • Four main sheet system

 

Equipment selections for the O'Day 37 are being finalized as this catalog goes to press in August 1977, and this list must therefore be considered provisional. The first O'Day 37 will sail by January, 1978

 

The O'day 37 Yacht Charging Through the Waves.

The O'day 37 Yacht Charging Through the Waves. | GGA Image ID # 30vf9980k6

 

O'Day 37 Yacht Specifications (1977)

L. O. A. 37' 0"
L.W. L. 30'4"
Beam 10' 10"
Draft 5'0"
Sail area 582 square feet
Displacement 14,000 lbs.
Ballast 6000 lbs., lead
Masthead above DWL 47' (approximate)
Headroom 6'0"-6' 5"
Propulsion 30-40 h. p. diesel
Fuel capacity 40 gal.
Standard fresh water capacity 120 gal.
Optional fresh water capacity 200 gal.

 

O'Day 37 Rig Measurements

P2 (Foretriangle hoist) 43.0'
J (Foretriangle base) 15.0'
B (Mainsail base) 14.0'
P (Mainsail hoist) 37.0'

 

Two Views of the O'Day 37 Schematics.

Two Views of the O'Day 37 Schematics. | GGA Image ID # 30w3uubodm. Click to View a Larger Image.

 

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