Jackson of Island City Manufacturing Company (P. O. Box 444, Lower 

 Lake, Lake County, Calif.) is the designer and his company the builder. 

 With a V bottom, it is stiff for its size, and its two bulkheads with water- 

 tight openings make for dry storage and safety. There are about thirty of 

 these boats so far, in the San Francisco Bay area. Construction materials 

 are fir or mahogany plywood {Y^"). Price is $800 new, including Dacron 

 sails, or $500 in kit form; plans $10. 



VITAL statistics: L.O.A. 12'; beam 4'/"; draft without center- 

 board 3", with C.B. down 2'; sail area 85 sq. ft. (spinnaker allowed); 

 weight 200 lbs.; trailable. 



DAY SAILER 



The 17-foot Day Sailer, a centerboard sloop, was conceived by George 

 D. O'Day in the summer of 1957 and the design worked out during the 

 1958 London Boat Show with Uffa Fox, who calls it "one of the most 

 pleasing boats that I have yet designed." The combination of these two 

 outstanding sailers, an Olympic winner for the United States and one of 

 the most creative designers in England, ought to make for a very successful 

 boat. It has, for there are already 1075 Day Sailers in the world, most of 

 them in the United States. The earliest American fleets are as widely scat- 

 tered as Annapolis, Maryland; Marblehead, Massachusetts; Palm Beach, 

 Florida; Palo Alto, California; Belleville, Ontario, Canada; and Canandai- 

 gua. New York— formed in the above order. A Day Sailer Association has 

 been formed, of which the Secretary is Hans Gottschalk (Genesco, N.Y. ), 

 and the publication Day Sailer is issued from time to time, telling of doings 

 in this fast-growing class. The so-called California Day Sailer is the same 

 boat. 



The O'Day Corporation (9 Newbury St., Boston, Mass.) is the builder 

 and states that the Day Sailer "goes to windward exceptionally well, will 

 move in the lightest airs, stand up in the heaviest, and even plane under 

 proper conditions." The boat has an almost straight stem, a small cuddy, 

 and is constructed of single-mold fiber glass. Being fairly heavy (580 

 pounds) compared to some planing boats, we should expect it to take 

 more favorable conditions to get it planing than would be the case with 

 smaller and lighter craft. The cockpit is large and it seems to be a good 

 all-around, versatile boat, easy to handle. The boom is stepped high enough 



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