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In 1959 O'Day adapted the Philip Rhodes' Hurricane design to create the Stuart Marine Corp. - Rhodes 19 , Mariner , Stuart 19 , JC 9 , Stuart 9
/ref> The company built many very popular sailboat designs:
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sailboat builder, located in Fall River, Massachusetts
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History
It was founded in 1958 byGeorge O'Day
George Dwyer O'Day (May 19, 1923 – July 26, 1987) was an American sailor, Olympic champion and world champion, and boat designer. He was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, and died in Dover, Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard University ...
, the American Olympic and World champion sailor.
George O'Day sold the company to Bangor Punta Corporation Bangor Punta Corporation (traded on the NYSE under the symbol BNK) was an American conglomerate and ''Fortune'' 500 company in existence from 1964 to 1984. The corporation was a result of the merger of the Punta Alegre Sugar and Railroad Company, f ...
in 1966. Bangor Punta also acquired other boat builders around that time including Cal Yachts
Cal Yachts (also known as Jensen Marine and Cal Boats) was a manufacturer of performance oriented fiberglass sailboats from the 1960s to the 1980s. The Costa Mesa, California, headquartered company was founded in 1957, among the earliest of all ...
and Starcraft Marine. Bangor Punta was later acquired by Lear Siegler
Lear Siegler Incorporated (LSI) is a diverse American corporation established in 1962. Its products range from car seats and brakes to weapons control systems for military fighter planes. The company's more than $2 billion-a-year annual sales come ...
. O'Day went out of business in 1989.Sailboats built by O'Day Corp. by year on Sailboatdata.com/ref>
Boats
O'Day co-designed and built theDay Sailer
A daysailer, day sailer, or dayboat is a small sailboat with or without sleeping accommodations but which is larger than a dinghy. Dayboats can be monohull or multihull, and are typically trailer-able. Many dayboats have a small cabin
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which was inducted into the American Sailboat Hall of Fame
The American Sailboat Hall of Fame is a defunct hall of fame honoring 26 production sailboats built-in the United States. The hall of fame was established in 1994 by Sail America, a trade association for the U.S. sailing industry, to recognize in ...
in 2003. More than 12,000 Day Sailers have been sold.
In 1959 O'Day adapted the Philip Rhodes' Hurricane design to create the Rhodes 19
The Rhodes 19 is an American trailerable day sailer or sailing dinghy, that was designed by Philip Rhodes as a one-design racer and first built in 1958.Sherwood, Richard M.: ''A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition'', pa ...
. Over 3000 Rhodes 19's have been built. In 1982 Stuart Marine Corp. took over production of the Rhodes 19./ref> The company built many very popular sailboat designs:
See also
*List of sailboat designers and manufacturers
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Notable designers
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References
External links
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