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Hi
I just bought a Daysailer I , there are two numbers on the builder's plate one is a hull number 17326 and then the other is class # either 3018 or 3078, just trying to get some idea of year built . I'm thinking that the 3018 or 3078 number is probably a hull number but am not sure.

Thank you

Joe

Well I checked it again, used an old genealogist's trick, I did a gentle rubbing of the number it comes out as 3078 , The DS II's seem to start in the 4,000's so might this have been among the last of the DS I's ?

It does sound like a late model DS1 but no guarantees. It would help if you could post a few pics of the interior of the cuddy and aft sections of the cockpit. Brad

Does your cuddy opening rectangular and have doors? If it doesn't, it's a DS1. The DSIIs also have a raised fiberglass floor in the cockpit that is molded to the seats and then out to the gunwales.

No there are no doors on the cuddy, and it is not rectanglular it also has wooden floorboards {really nice looking}, seats are fiberglass not wood. There is another Daysailer at the sailing club I belong to {Buffalo Canoe Club } that has wooden bench seats, according to the owner he purchased it from the factory in 1964 and has had it ever since.

I have hull #3395 and it is supposedly a '68. I refinished the wood seat and footboards, and they just glow. Worth the effort.

Here is a link to some pictures I took of the boat
http://ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/myodaydaysailer/spmkd
i hope this may clarify things

Joe

Joe:

The Walgreens link does not work without logging in.

To Kokko

Thanks for letting me know, I'll try to find another way to post them

Joe

Hi
Just posted these photos of the boat

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bccsailor/

Thanks

Joe

Joe,
You definitely have Day Sailer I, probably made between '66 and '69. with some TLC she should be a nice boat. Your sail number, if you put one on your mainsail would be 3078. The 17326 number is a serial number assigned by O'Day for all the boats they built. It means very little except to the licensing authorities.

Good luck with her!

Joe:

Nice boat. Let me second what kokko said about the wood bits. Take off the thwarts and coamings, sand them a bit, slap some varnish on them (or even teak oil,) and put them back on with some sealant. You'll marvel at how good it will make the rest of the boat look. Here's my DS before:



and after:



Now comes the great "should I cut the mast or not?" debate.

Hey - where are you in Buffalo? I grew up there and kicked around WNY for a good bit of my profligate youth.

Carlos

When I first saw hull #3395 it was full of wasp nests. The next time I had to shovel snow out of the hull. It was sadly neglected. I took possession in March and immediately began refinishing the boards.

Pressure-washing the hull stripped much of the paint off the interior. I checked with West and the recommended a West Marin interior paint. Since it was basically an exterior latex, I bought a quart of good exterior latex for $12 instead of West's at $35. I rolled and brushed it on to everything except the gelcoated surfaces - not the cockpit seats or the panel in the cuddy.
The boat had a "splatter" pattern with a contrasting paint to hide the relatively rough fiberglass surfaces. I reproduced that by sponging on a contrasting color. Looks great.