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pwhallon
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Initially Posted - 05/30/2003 : 11:22:42

Hi Gang,

What are the differences between the O'Day 25 and the Catalina 25.

Thanks,

Paul

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Champipple
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Response Posted - 05/30/2003 : 11:41:46

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Hi Gang,

What are the differences between the O'Day 25 and the Catalina 25.

Thanks,

Paul

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Oday's in general are very seaworthy vessels. I haven't been on a 25 or 26 to give you vast details...however, take a look at this site.

http://www.sailboatowners.com/boats/specs.tpl?fno=60&sku=303483217313263&bts=T

D. Wolff - "The Flying Wasp" #401 sr/sk
Chief Measurer C-25/250 National Assn.
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John Mason
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Response Posted - 05/30/2003 : 13:27:27

I looked at the O'Day 25 when I was shopping for a boat. They seemed like a very good boat. Reviews were good.

The things that made me not choose one were the traveler goes right across the companionway opening and going into the cabin you have to step on the galley counter.

John Mason
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Champipple
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Response Posted - 05/30/2003 : 15:39:22

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The things that made me not choose one were the traveler goes right across the companionway opening and going into the cabin you have to step on the galley counter.<hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote>

I used to race an O'day 30 about 7 years ago. The owners of that boat didn't like the traveler issue either as it is in the same location as the O'day 25. They installed two fiddle block rigs, similar to a mainsheet or boom vang, on the aftermost corners of the cabintop both connecting to a common bale on the boom. It took some getting used to with respect to trimming, but it worked okay.

As for the galley Counter - they had stairs going all the way down. It is an interesting idea - I would assume the galley was a bit larger than the 25 then ?

D. Wolff - "The Flying Wasp" #401 sr/sk
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dlucier
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Response Posted - 05/30/2003 : 16:18:27

Coincidently, I was at the marina today and I went over to my friends boat and right across from him was an O'day 25 that had just pulled in this morning. It is a good looking boat and what I notice about most O'Day's is that no matter the age, the hull always seems to glisten.

The interior of the O'Day is rather spartan as compared to the teak trim of the C25 and I, too, am not fond of the ladder step on the galley counter.

<img src="http://www.catalina25-250.org/c25sm.gif" border=0>Don Lucier<img src="http://www.catalina25-250.org/c25sm.gif" border=0>
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Dave B
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Response Posted - 05/30/2003 : 23:31:58

I could be wrong, but I believe the O'Day 25 only comes as a centerboarder with a stub keel that contains the ballast. The board goes up inside the keel. The downside to that is a slightly more tender boat, since the ballast is not as deep. The upside is that the centerboard is weighted just enough to keep it down--like the C-250.

Otherwise, I've always found O'Days to be well built, well designed, with quality hardware, clean lines, and good accommodations above and below. I recall that the 25 has a narrower cabin trunk than the C-25, which makes for a less spacious feeling cabin but nicer side decks.

One more difference: The company is long gone. But an ex-employee has a business in SE Mass. that specializes in O'Day parts.

Dave Bristle, 1985 C-25 #5032 "Passage" SR/FK/Dinette/Honda in SW CT

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MattL
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Response Posted - 05/31/2003 : 00:37:11

There is one O'Day at our lake, use to be two but one moved away. As Dave said they are kind of tender. I feel much more comfotrable in our fin keel. With the board up their draft is fairly shallow. The interior is VERY comfortable for lounging, sorry to say I think more comfortable than my boat. You don't have the cabin trunk hitting you in the back of the head when you sit in the cabin. The ones I have been have very similar layouts with the steps comming in making up the top of part of the galley.
One of our friends takes his to Montery every year for a month or so. He usually takes a vacation then goes on week ends after work. I havent been on it in the bay but he is quite comfortable with it.
Even with that I think the initial stability of our boat is a bigger selling point. I don't think my wife would be nearlly as comfotrable sailing on the O'Day as she is on ours.
I think the weight is very similar so you would need a bigger truck for either of them.

Matt/Brigitte Loeffler
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