O'Day 15 daysailor

Taking delivery of our O'Day 15 (June 2014)

Our first foray into sailboat ownership was this lovely O'Day 15 (foot) daysailor. We needed something affordable within which we could expose the whole family to sailing, and gain some basic skills.

This vessel was built in 1981, and we paid $1,100 for her. She has a nice open cockpit, but still a bit of a tight squeeze with mum and dad and two teen kids!

Hope to use her more in 2015. Challenge we found was finding suitable launching ramps locally, but we lake sailed in Greenwood Lake, Lake Hopatcong, and Spruce Run Reservoir (all in New Jersey).

Very light winds on Spruce Run Reservoir, NJ