This later Hunt designed CAL 39 is completely different from earlier Lapworth designed 39’s. In 2001, George Crowell of Little Compton, Rhode Island, purchased the molds and continued building new boats on a limited basis. Shallow draft/wing keel: 5.33′.
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Sloop rig optional. A number were imported to the US by George O’Day during mid 1950’s.
A CB version of the Herreshoff FISH CLASS. A number have built of wood and plans are available. A FG version was built by Fairey Marine (UK) in the early 1960’s and imported to US by George O’Day.
The GANNET is a decked over version of an INTERNATIONAL 14 (Uffa Fox Mark IV), originally built of molded plywood by Fairey Marine, (FAIREY 14), imported to the US by George O’Day, who then had a fiberglass version built (by Marscot Plastics Inc. USA). Sold primarily as a trainer for colleges, sailing clubs etc. (The […]
Also available with a yawl rig. An updated MKII version was introduced in 1965. In the US, offered by George O’Day Associates as the OHLSON 35. (Not the same as the later fiberglass OHLSON 35.)
The first boats were ‘hot molded’ with wood veneers, using a method developed by Fairey Marine’s parent company for aircraft construction during WWII. (Fairey Marine built around 370 boats.) In addition to it’s initial popularity in the UK, a number were imported to the US by George O’Day, an agent for Fairey Marine at the […]
The DAYSAILER was a collaboration of Uffa Fox & George O’Day. Fox designed the hull, but the original cuddy was designed & molded by O’Day & his company. The DAY SAILER has been built by several builders and with a number of changes along the way but the basic hull design has remained the same. […]
The SCORPION hulls were built from a mold created from a wood 5.5 meter boat in which George O’Day won the 1960 Olympics. In 1967 Ericson produced 24 of these modeled after the COLUMBIA SABRE and called them the SCORPION 32. It was Ericson’s original 32′ yacht, sometimes called the ERICSON 32-I. It is nearly […]
Built by Le Compte in Holland. Initially sold in the US by George O’Day and US Yachts. Some later versions had a longer ‘trunk’ cabin. See vers. 2 and 3.
Twin centerboards, retractable rudder and narrow beam made this one of the earliest ‘trailerable’ cruising yachts of this size. The ‘hot molded’ construction method had been developed by the builder for the WWII Swordfish torpedo plane. George O’Day was, at the time, the US agent for Fairey Marine, and some were said to have been […]