The Day Sailer has been built by several different companies since 1958, starting with the O'Day Company out of Fall River Massachusetts. There have been 3 different models, with the current builder Cape Cod Shipbuilding Company building a modified version of the DS I.
Designed by Uffa Fox, the Day Sailer is a nice boat for cruising and racing. The current DS I, which I'll call the DS I+ has the following features:
-Hand-layed fiberglass hull and deck with high gloss gelcoat
-Waterat centerboard with bronze handle
-Lindsey rudder blade with aluminum rudder head and varnished ash tiller
-Stainless steel 1/8" forestay and shrouds with "T" ball fittings and turnbuckles
-2 sealed airtanks,1 cuddy airtank w/new style hatch
-3-1 mainsheet w/Harken swivel cam installed on centerboard trunk
-Dacron Sta-set Running rigging, Stainless Steel Standing Rigging
-Bow eye for trailering, stern eyes for docking
-Hull choices-red, blue, green or white gelcoat; deck = white
-Rubrail at shear
The Standard Day Sailer has a hinged mast, deck stepped w/ external halyards
The Race version comes with the following items:
-Zephyr aluminum mast, keel stepped with internal halyards led to the cuddy cabin
-Barberhaul
-Boom vang
-Cunningham
-Hiking strap
-Spinnaker gear
-Zephyr boom and internal outhaul, stainless steel and Harken fittings
-Adjustable traveler with Harken fittings. Skipper or crew can adjust from the rail
Wendy runs the show at Cape Cod, they can build a race ready DS I+ with keel stepped mast and hanked jib, or a cruiser friendly boat with mast tabernacle and furler jib. Give her a call and she'll get you set up.
Cape Cod Shipbuilding Company