years of production update for the daysailer

[Roger]

The current issue of Boatworks (summer 2006) has a great article by Tom Dove on the Daysailer. He also included a list of all of the manufacturers.

It was with some dismay therefore that I discovered an error on the builder chart that I have been consulting when discussing manufacturers and years of production on this forum. The original chart on this website is accurate.

I am therefore including the updated, and as far as I know accurate chart reflecting the manufacturer, years of production and hull numbers. Please accept my apologies for any inconvenience or confusion this may have caused you in determining the age of your boat or its manufacturer, or whether your boat is a DS I II or III.

Roger Conrad


Manufacturer/years of production/from hull numbers
Oday  (DS )   1957-1972  1 to ?
Oday  (DS II) 1972-1984  4522 to 12943
Oday  (DS III)  1985-1990 uk
Can Am Sailcraft 1974  6960 to 7000
Rebel                 1979-1981 11000 to ?
Spindrift             1982-1985 11596 to 11920
Precision            1986-1988 13000 to 13113
McLaughlin         1989-1990 13150 to 13165
Sunfish 1991-1994 14000 to 14149
Cape Cod Shipbuilders 1994 to present 14250 still in production

[Bob Damon]

Any chance you can scan the article and post on this site? Thanks, Bob Damon

[Peter McMinn]

Heard a rumor that manufacture of DaySailers will soon be out of a Southern Cal. company. Any truth to this?

[Bob Damon]

Not that I am aware of. There has been some discussion by the DS Board about getting a new builder but no decisions have been made. We will be discussing it next week at the NAC's.