I don’t know if it has been mentioned before, but the bell is your fog signal. In foggy conditions you move the bell into the cockpit (there should be a mount somewhere handy) and ring it periodically to alert others to your presence. This was in the old days. Now most people use an air horn.
28 feet? Hard to believe it's that size and have so much room. If she sails as good as she looks, you've got a good boat. Conratulations and good luck!
Excellent tour. I immediately recognized that was an O’Day. My little 1984 192 is it’s older baby brother. I’ve got the same fabric. That must be the best cushion fabric ever manufactured. After 40 years of use mine still looks brand new.
Honestly, i live in France and never sailed a day in my life, but i would buy Envison on the spot! That Boat is truly well made. I would probably make a few upgrades for 10/15 thousands Euros : like a Toqueedo electric prop, a couple victron 200 Amp batteries, an induction cook top, a 60 litres water heater...and i will totally consider living aboard. Thanks for sharing your life with us. Greetings from the south of France.
Ive been watching your progression in sailing and its encouraging to see a channel that shows the reality for a beginner and how you guys have learned and grew in sailing. Encouraging stuff. Thanks guys!
She is AWESOME, and the boat is a keeper too! ;) This size is GREAT for couples that are in synch with each other as one. I lived aboard 5 years while studying engineering in California and still have the boat 40+ years later for Channel Island cruising. Wishing you every success and happiness!
Thanks for your tour. Envision is a beautiful yacht. I once owned a 36 foot sloop and a 42 foot ketch that we used as a liveaboard before moving into a house. And neither of our boats were as well organized as the Envision. Well done!
Really roomy for a 28. Very nice! Although not sure why some boat builders decide to put electrical panels under the companionway. A potential deluge of water could come through there and they almost always leak in a storm. Like putting batteries in an engine compartment or beside the fuel tank. I realize it keeps things compact, but sometimes safety should trump convenience. :-)
I live in Chicago but was once on a boat that sank in the intercoastal near 150th Ave. Your videos bring back some memories and also inspire me to find a boat. I have never sailed but I think I will own a sailboat soon. I appreciate you sharing your time and experiences. And having a wife say you won't ever fight....you're blessed sir. Well done. And I love the aft berth....sorry if i used the wrong term, I'm still learning. I can't imagine myself sleeping comfortably in the v berth. Beautiful boat
Hi, we’re just getting our new first boat-a Catalina 30, and your videos are informative and fun to watch. Nice to see practical and real world videos. Thanks, Brian and Kim.
Lovely boat, happy for y’all! Nice layout for a 28fter! Since your new to the alcohol stoves I really want to give you a heads up cautionary on thee invisible flame that sometimes can bite you(plenty of UA-cam videos on that). Also I’m currently dealing with second degree burns on my hand after trying to refuel a canister (so I might as well pass on this valuable information because I don’t want this to happen too you guys or anyone reading this) The Can was flamed out and not even warm to my touch and I thought I had gave the canister enough time to be able to refuel to relight for something else like I’ve done hundreds of times before....nope! It exploded about 3 seconds later so I might have experienced spontaneous combustion, must have still been hot inside vaporizing the alcohol. Again I was confident the flame was out and this canister was not warm to the touch otherwise I would’ve waited longer. My jacket, hand, and the counter was all on fire and luckily I had purchased these little fire extinguishers by Tundra for extra on the boat in place and I was lucky enough to put the fire out before doing any damage other than putting my jacket off into the carpet. This whole event may have been 10 seconds but by the grace of GOD I’m lucky the actual alcohol in the tin can didn’t go off either(🙌God Is Good🙌). Not sure what would’ve happened if that did. Well, I have a testimony now to pass onto others while I can. My takeaway is if you have to refuel a canister, do give it some time to cool off, or if you were only using one canister and it flames out and you want to continue using that stove, move it over to the next burner and can and let the one you were using cool off. I just want you guys to stay safe out there and enjoy your new to you vessel!
I hear so many terrible stories about alcohol stoves, kinda want to just get an induction cook top or something. Saw a video with a guy that got the whole explosion, guy dove into the water and still had months of recovery from the burns.
That looks like a wonderful boat. I have a 38 foot Beneteau that doesn't look 10 feet bigger than that. I really dig the red/white interior lights. Makes me want to spend more money on my boat again.
Great tour and at last it is good to learn from another new bee! As a former power boat owner thinking about sail boats it is a big help and gives me confidence that if someone else can do it so can I. I have belonged to a sail club years ago. Mostly o'day day sailers that were great to learn on and teach others to sail and right up if capsized. I was always told that the bigger the boat the easier to sail. I just hope that was true.
Hi there! I would say it does seem to be easier to sail.. more speed and feels safer. I've been working on a small VS medium sailboat comparro video you'll want to see!
Susy wanted the TV gone so it's gone. I took it home to figure out how to work it and never took it back. But even if we don't use it, I still liked having a boat with a TV in it!
Great boat! O’Day are the best value in the used market. I almost got the same boat but was outbid at the last minute. However, it was a blessing as the following week a ‘nonsuch 26’ came to me and it’s perfect.
Thanks! Next I'm going to do a comparison of the differences between the 22 and 28... all aspects. It's interesting and some people might wonder what they are.
Looks good guys sorry to sound like a smart arse we were delivering a yacht after Sydney Hobart back to New Zealand and hit 33 kn down a very large wave with 60 kn of Breeze pretty rough down here sometimes looking forward to going back to Florida in the Bahamas
I had a 27 ft Ericson 1976 that I lived on and i always refer to it as my first come up, because it allowed me to save so much money.. It was NOWHERE NEAR as nice or as spacious as this one.. I bought it for 300 bucks though. .
Thanks... it turned out to be the perfect size and boat.. in many ways. Not too big, not too small, but mostly it just has a lot of nice design features and looks really nice inside and out. Thanks for watching!
@@AdventuresInParadise I picked up a Catalina 22 over the winter, and later an ODay 25 just to get the slip. Not as nice as yours, but I’m just falling in love with all the space in the O’Day. Looking forward to the weather turning and enjoying the summer here in Tennessee.
Regarding the "ships bell": The bell is to announce the time on board and the changing of a sailors duty watch. The bell it typically rung every half-hour so, for example, "eight bells" would signify "four hours" and the changing of the watch.
interesting... some said it's for fog... which I get, if it was 1890, but since we have air horns, not so useful. I took it off and replaced it with a useful LED light panel.
Oh man I’m hooked on these videos. I don’t even have a sail boat. I do watch some of the others. Lady k. Gbu ect. And you are unique because of your fun chill personalities. Thanks- new subscriber.
Thanks! We used to sit there watching these videos too, without having a sailboat... and we watched and watched and well, you know the rest of the story.
I love the layout of your boat -- I own a Columbia 29' (which I just had hauled out and repainting the bottom and replaced the zincs) and its similar but the galley is on the starboard side on my boat and the head is smaller. I have to admit I like your floorplan better, plus I'm jonesing for a dodger. lol
Thanks! I'm still trying to get used to the dodger and question if we should keep it there in the summer. It's in the way when I set down, when I stand up... makes it hard to see forward. Would hate to be caught in a storm without it, but maybe it's not a thing for a day sail on a nice day.
This video popped up on my home screen, most likely because I subscribe to a few "sailing channels". Now I subscribe to one more. I did a quick peek at your channel home page to get an idea of the type of sailing your two are doing. It seems to me that you are weekend/vacation sailors. That being the case an upgrade from a Cal 22 to an O'day 28 is not just an upgrade it is stepping from one world to another. Night and day as they say. You can go so many more places in comfort and security then you could in the Cal. I know your O'Day very well. From 1999-2004 my wife and I lived aboard out O'day 31. There are not big differences between the O'day 28, 30, 31. Wife and I did some serious off shore sailing with our O'Day the "MANGO TANGO". I did some very serious upgrades to all systems. The O'days while being great costal sailboats were not built for ocean crossings and that trip to the South Pacific. If crossing oceans and planting your flag in PAGO PAGO are in your plans, get another boat. What your O'Day does is open up going to Bimini for the weekend even. You can plan vacation sailing to West End, Marsh Harbor, The Andros Islands, Walker Cay and so much more. The Dry Tortuga's for a most enjoyable weekend. You are going to have so much more fun with the O'day then the Cal. I am looking forward to your exciting adventures. If you want to know some of the things I upgraded with my O'day that may help you. Just drop me an email: DOOM FISH @DOOM FISHING TACKLE. COM You be happy and safe now.
G"day. Very nice boat. I have hatch above in the vee berth. If i may add my advice, get some shade colth, to cover the foredeck and keep the forward cabin a lot cooler as the hatch will genearate a greenhouse effect and will get quite hot inside. and some shade cloth over the boom will reduce the heat in the main cabin. Well done. Gerard.
We're about to order a new hatch with a new solar fan in it... maybe we can get some sort of cover for it. The boat came with snap-in shades for inside the hatch, with a built-in fan cutout so air can still flow.
You are going to love (yea, right) the smell of sea water and body oil from the shower mixing in with engine oil in the bilge. It took me a while to find out what the stench was but a friend finally told me. If you ever get an oil spill, like an oil change done wrong, get out to sea and run the shower until your bilge is clean.
Oh man yeah, God I'm never going to get over the stench of leaves + hair + engine oil + body oil. Bacteria just loooooove it - ammonia producing bacteria.
Beautiful boat with a lot of space for a 28 foot and it Looks well maintained. Congratulations and enjoy! Although the bell is inside, could it be for signaling when sailing in dense mist 🤔
Thanks! I hit my head on the bell a few more times. I think it's going to become part of my home office decoration since it seems useless and takes up needed airspace in the boat. If we had 500,000 subscribers, I'd give it way to somebody.
Grab a little inverter generator for when you are anchored out and it's so hot you can't sleep to run the ac, or when the engine battery is dead and you can't get out of a cove. Great video!
Lovely looking boat, hard to believe it is only 28ft, given the cabin space. I've been looking at a lot of Westerlys and at a foot shorter and narrower, they look like a camper van in comparison. PS In the words of Captain Q, I think you may have found your P.B. Fair winds.
Wow! This weekend I went to look at a Hunter 35' and was really disappointed at the layout. It had cramped births, no AC, very limited storage, and a cramped cockpit area with very limited seating. After looking at your video I'm going to be looking at the O'Day line. Thanks for the video.
it's hard to find a boat that checks all your boxes. i was looking for a year... a couple of times a week - to where I would know when a new boat was added.
Hello, can you tell me the headroom measure and if you consider for your experience until now a good offshore sailing boat? Thanks in advance, Paul and congratulations for your pristine sailing boat.
safety note!...never add alcohol to the burners when they are hot!. boats have burned down from flare ups....the idea is to make sure full before lighting so wont run out while using. I have an oday 26 which im still working on...very similar to yours.... looks good have fun..
Thanks! ... Hmm.. I only know it's a marine system that's 12V so it can be on with Battery, but we only turn it on while the 100W solar is out.... and then we still aren't using all the juice. The compressor is under the cockpit laz... I think you'd have to get a kit or maybe have it done professionally. Not worth it for day sailing, but longer, yea.
Love the enthusiasm and excitement! You kept saying my height, or someone my size during the video. So how tall are you both so we can get a better reference?
Good point... Susy is 5'2". I'm nearly six feet tall and I can stand upright but it's better with no shoes on. We still duck all the time as we're used to the smaller boat.
Welcome to O'Day ownership. We own Brizo, an 1983 O'Day 34 in Palmetto/Bradenton, not far from you. I'm curious about your AC and heater. Can you share what brand it is? We do a lot of weekend trips for now, Egmont is our favorite destination for a quick overnight that feels a thousand miles away. If you ever get this way, let us know. Beautifully well taken care of boat by the way.
I don’t know if it has been mentioned before, but the bell is your fog signal. In foggy conditions you move the bell into the cockpit (there should be a mount somewhere handy) and ring it periodically to alert others to your presence. This was in the old days. Now most people use an air horn.
28 feet? Hard to believe it's that size and have so much room. If she sails as good as she looks, you've got a good boat. Conratulations and good luck!
Thanks!
Right? It looks it from the outside, but the footage onboard makes it look like a 34' or similar. A really nice boat.
My family had a Trojan 31 foot cabin cruiser, built in the early 60's
Your 28 ft Oday has more room. Modern space design is amazing
Glad to see Susie expanding her role as "on air" talent.
Thanks Jim... now that she has a sailboat she likes...
@@AdventuresInParadise been watching all your videos & got a chuckle out of that. You can see how much more excited she is about the new boat lol.
Excellent tour. I immediately recognized that was an O’Day. My little 1984 192 is it’s older baby brother. I’ve got the same fabric. That must be the best cushion fabric ever manufactured. After 40 years of use mine still looks brand new.
We had a 28, loved it. Good to see that you kept it original.
You have so much more space and amenities than my Catalina 27. Congrats
Honestly, i live in France and never sailed a day in my life, but i would buy Envison on the spot! That Boat is truly well made.
I would probably make a few upgrades for 10/15 thousands Euros : like a Toqueedo electric prop, a couple victron 200 Amp batteries, an induction cook top, a 60 litres water heater...and i will totally consider living aboard.
Thanks for sharing your life with us.
Greetings from the south of France.
Coleman makes a portable shower, works with propane. Basically a portable on demand hot water heater with a shower head wand.
A bell is required for vessels 40 feet +. Used during fog like conditions.
That boat looks very spacious for a 28 footer and very nicely kept. The wood work looks beautiful. Congrats.
Thank you!
Beautiful boat. Looks like a great buy. Congratulations!
Ive been watching your progression in sailing and its encouraging to see a channel that shows the reality for a beginner and how you guys have learned and grew in sailing. Encouraging stuff. Thanks guys!
Thank you!
She is AWESOME, and the boat is a keeper too! ;) This size is GREAT for couples that are in synch with each other as one. I lived aboard 5 years while studying engineering in California and still have the boat 40+ years later for Channel Island cruising. Wishing you every success and happiness!
Nice boat! I like it. Those old O’days are great. As a kid we sailed on my grandfather’s 19’ O’day Mariner. Great memories.
I love this boat. It’s just enough comfort and practicality.
I think you're right. We're wondering what it's going to be like to stay on for two weeks straight and hope to find out when we take a long trip.
Congrats on the new boat! Looking forward to following in on your adventures!!
Thank you!
Congrats on the new boat! Btw totally described my entire life with that remark... “have to get up and pee in the middle of the night”
Yea, how am I going to get up five times each night and do that!?!
What a beautiful boat ⛵❤
Nice boat.. a lot of nice features 👍🏼
Beautiful upgrade! Congrats!
Thanks for your tour. Envision is a beautiful yacht. I once owned a 36 foot sloop and a 42 foot ketch that we used as a liveaboard before moving into a house. And neither of our boats were as well organized as the Envision. Well done!
Wow, thanks!
Congratulations y'all!!
Nice boat!!
Very nice boat. Looks like the previous owner took pride in it with good care and the upgrades. Looking foward to following you on your adventures.
Thanks 👍
thats an amazing boat for 28 feet. impressed the functionality of it
congrats on the new boat :) looking forward to see more from you!
Great lookin interior.
Great review, nice little boat!
Congrats! Beautiful boat.
Thank you!
Congratulations on your new boat. Looks awesome. Have fun 🌬
I've always liked those O'days. Thanks for the tour and congrats!
Thanks for watching!
Wow, what a nice boat. I would love to start off with this boat. Very nice and useful tour. Thank you.
Really roomy for a 28. Very nice! Although not sure why some boat builders decide to put electrical panels under the companionway. A potential deluge of water could come through there and they almost always leak in a storm. Like putting batteries in an engine compartment or beside the fuel tank. I realize it keeps things compact, but sometimes safety should trump convenience. :-)
Looks very clean. Great small boat.
Congrats on your new boat. Looks like everything is in great condition and well cared for. Many happy days of sailing are ahead!
Thank you very much!
Yup, 28’ ! Super nice! Congrats!! Very clean!
Great looking boat and nice tour.
Glad you enjoyed it
Thanks for the presentation from both of you guys. Subbed!
Awesome, thank you!
Congratulations on your new to you sail boat! Very clean and well set up! Hope you get alot of enjoyment out of it!
Thank you!
Beautiful boat with a brilliant layout. I never would have pegged that at 28 feet.
Great boat!
Good step up from Knot Enough, which is also a great boat.
Wow !
What a great boat !
Congratulations, I am sure you will have lots of fun sailing .
Loved the episode...great job Susie !
Thanks so much!
I live in Chicago but was once on a boat that sank in the intercoastal near 150th Ave. Your videos bring back some memories and also inspire me to find a boat. I have never sailed but I think I will own a sailboat soon. I appreciate you sharing your time and experiences. And having a wife say you won't ever fight....you're blessed sir. Well done. And I love the aft berth....sorry if i used the wrong term, I'm still learning. I can't imagine myself sleeping comfortably in the v berth. Beautiful boat
A dream of sailboat !!!
Congrats !!!
Thanks!
Very nice boat. Certainly has had great care.
Very nice looking boat. Thank you both for the tour. Maybe my wife and I follow in your footsteps soon. God bless. Happy sailing.
Hi, we’re just getting our new first boat-a Catalina 30, and your videos are informative and fun to watch. Nice to see practical and real world videos. Thanks, Brian and Kim.
Thanks Brian and Kim. That's a big first boat! That should be exciting. Good luck and let us know how it goes!
Great video. Thanks.
Very nice boat, O'Day made great boats, very nice layout. Enjoy!
Many thanks!
Looks amazing
Thanks!
Lovely boat, happy for y’all! Nice layout for a 28fter! Since your new to the alcohol stoves I really want to give you a heads up cautionary on thee invisible flame that sometimes can bite you(plenty of UA-cam videos on that). Also I’m currently dealing with second degree burns on my hand after trying to refuel a canister (so I might as well pass on this valuable information because I don’t want this to happen too you guys or anyone reading this) The Can was flamed out and not even warm to my touch and I thought I had gave the canister enough time to be able to refuel to relight for something else like I’ve done hundreds of times before....nope! It exploded about 3 seconds later so I might have experienced spontaneous combustion, must have still been hot inside vaporizing the alcohol. Again I was confident the flame was out and this canister was not warm to the touch otherwise I would’ve waited longer. My jacket, hand, and the counter was all on fire and luckily I had purchased these little fire extinguishers by Tundra for extra on the boat in place and I was lucky enough to put the fire out before doing any damage other than putting my jacket off into the carpet. This whole event may have been 10 seconds but by the grace of GOD I’m lucky the actual alcohol in the tin can didn’t go off either(🙌God Is Good🙌). Not sure what would’ve happened if that did. Well, I have a testimony now to pass onto others while I can. My takeaway is if you have to refuel a canister, do give it some time to cool off, or if you were only using one canister and it flames out and you want to continue using that stove, move it over to the next burner and can and let the one you were using cool off. I just want you guys to stay safe out there and enjoy your new to you vessel!
Thank you. We appreciate you taking the time to let us know and now we will be more careful.
I hear so many terrible stories about alcohol stoves, kinda want to just get an induction cook top or something. Saw a video with a guy that got the whole explosion, guy dove into the water and still had months of recovery from the burns.
That looks like a wonderful boat. I have a 38 foot Beneteau that doesn't look 10 feet bigger than that. I really dig the red/white interior lights. Makes me want to spend more money on my boat again.
Awesome! Good luck!
Thanks!
Great video, pretty boat
Thanks 👍
Great tour and at last it is good to learn from another new bee! As a former power boat owner thinking about sail boats it is a big help and gives me confidence that if someone else can do it so can I. I have belonged to a sail club years ago. Mostly o'day day sailers that were great to learn on and teach others to sail and right up if capsized. I was always told that the bigger the boat the easier to sail. I just hope that was true.
Hi there! I would say it does seem to be easier to sail.. more speed and feels safer. I've been working on a small VS medium sailboat comparro video you'll want to see!
Great boat, enjoy!
It’s perfect!
Awesome little boat! 🤙
P.S. Even has a nice little tv to watch “Jaws “ on when you guys are bored...nice.
Susy wanted the TV gone so it's gone. I took it home to figure out how to work it and never took it back. But even if we don't use it, I still liked having a boat with a TV in it!
Enjoying watching your videos from our couch in Scotland. Looking forward to our first adventure this year. Keep them coming. Subbed 🏴🇺🇸
Scotland? Wow, that's great! Thanks for the sub!
@@AdventuresInParadise you may make it over sometime. Sure you could manage in the new boat lol. Whiskey waiting. Beats that tequila 🥃
Nice looking boat!
Congratulations a new sailboat ⛵
Greetings from the most romantic island 🏝on the planet Kauai
great looking boat
Great boat! O’Day are the best value in the used market. I almost got the same boat but was outbid at the last minute. However, it was a blessing as the following week a ‘nonsuch 26’ came to me and it’s perfect.
That’s in really great shape!
Nice. I like how you actually lay down in the V Berth, not many do that but it gives a good perspective of space.
Thanks! Next I'm going to do a comparison of the differences between the 22 and 28... all aspects. It's interesting and some people might wonder what they are.
Good job ! Really like your boat ! I hope to find something similar.
Thanks 👍
Looks good guys sorry to sound like a smart arse we were delivering a yacht after Sydney Hobart back to New Zealand and hit 33 kn down a very large wave with 60 kn of Breeze pretty rough down here sometimes looking forward to going back to Florida in the Bahamas
I had a 27 ft Ericson 1976 that I lived on and i always refer to it as my first come up, because it allowed me to save so much money.. It was NOWHERE NEAR as nice or as spacious as this one.. I bought it for 300 bucks though. .
my god i would love a boat just like that... Its such in great condition... congratulations ! :-)
Thanks... it turned out to be the perfect size and boat.. in many ways. Not too big, not too small, but mostly it just has a lot of nice design features and looks really nice inside and out. Thanks for watching!
Great video, great space for a 28th ft
That's a very nice boat, wow. I'm looking for something similar, really hope I'll manage to find her!
Awesome boat guys.
Thanks!
@@AdventuresInParadise I picked up a Catalina 22 over the winter, and later an ODay 25 just to get the slip. Not as nice as yours, but I’m just falling in love with all the space in the O’Day. Looking forward to the weather turning and enjoying the summer here in Tennessee.
Regarding the "ships bell": The bell is to announce the time on board and the changing of a sailors duty watch. The bell it typically rung every half-hour so, for example, "eight bells" would signify "four hours" and the changing of the watch.
interesting... some said it's for fog... which I get, if it was 1890, but since we have air horns, not so useful. I took it off and replaced it with a useful LED light panel.
Oh man I’m hooked on these videos. I don’t even have a sail boat. I do watch some of the others. Lady k. Gbu ect. And you are unique because of your fun chill personalities. Thanks- new subscriber.
Thanks! We used to sit there watching these videos too, without having a sailboat... and we watched and watched and well, you know the rest of the story.
@@AdventuresInParadise inspirations are the seeds of dreams.
I love the layout of your boat -- I own a Columbia 29' (which I just had hauled out and repainting the bottom and replaced the zincs) and its similar but the galley is on the starboard side on my boat and the head is smaller. I have to admit I like your floorplan better, plus I'm jonesing for a dodger. lol
Thanks! I'm still trying to get used to the dodger and question if we should keep it there in the summer. It's in the way when I set down, when I stand up... makes it hard to see forward. Would hate to be caught in a storm without it, but maybe it's not a thing for a day sail on a nice day.
Amazing boat. Beats the space in our c27. Wow!
This video popped up on my home screen, most likely because I subscribe to a few "sailing channels". Now I subscribe to one more. I did a quick peek at your channel home page to get an idea of the type of sailing your two are doing. It seems to me that you are weekend/vacation sailors. That being the case an upgrade from a Cal 22 to an O'day 28 is not just an upgrade it is stepping from one world to another. Night and day as they say. You can go so many more places in comfort and security then you could in the Cal. I know your O'Day very well.
From 1999-2004 my wife and I lived aboard out O'day 31. There are not big differences between the O'day 28, 30, 31. Wife and I did some serious off shore sailing with our O'Day the "MANGO TANGO". I did some very serious upgrades to all systems. The O'days while being great costal sailboats were not built for ocean crossings and that trip to the South Pacific. If crossing oceans and planting your flag in PAGO PAGO are in your plans, get another boat. What your O'Day does is open up going to Bimini for the weekend even. You can plan vacation sailing to West End, Marsh Harbor, The Andros Islands, Walker Cay and so much more. The Dry Tortuga's for a most enjoyable weekend. You are going to have so much more fun with the O'day then the Cal. I am looking forward to your exciting adventures. If you want to know some of the things I upgraded with my O'day that may help you. Just drop me an email: DOOM FISH @DOOM FISHING TACKLE. COM You be happy and safe now.
Wow, thanks Larry. I'll email you shortly.
I eliminated the spaces in the email address but google says it's not a valid email. Can you email me at adventuresinparadiseFL@gmail.com thanks!
Very nice boat !
In a renovation the kitchen and the chart table can be pushed foward a little bit.
Great amount of space for a 28
G"day.
Very nice boat. I have hatch above in the vee berth. If i may add my advice, get some shade colth, to cover the foredeck and keep the forward cabin a lot cooler as the hatch will genearate a greenhouse effect and will get quite hot inside. and some shade cloth over the boom will reduce the heat in the main cabin. Well done.
Gerard.
We're about to order a new hatch with a new solar fan in it... maybe we can get some sort of cover for it. The boat came with snap-in shades for inside the hatch, with a built-in fan cutout so air can still flow.
A huge step up in size from the 26, it seems. That 10 ft beam appears to make quite the difference.
You are going to love (yea, right) the smell of sea water and body oil from the shower mixing in with engine oil in the bilge. It took me a while to find out what the stench was but a friend finally told me. If you ever get an oil spill, like an oil change done wrong, get out to sea and run the shower until your bilge is clean.
Oh man yeah, God I'm never going to get over the stench of leaves + hair + engine oil + body oil. Bacteria just loooooove it - ammonia producing bacteria.
The bell is the dinner bell ))😊
Beautiful boat with a lot of space for a 28 foot and it Looks well maintained. Congratulations and enjoy! Although the bell is inside, could it be for signaling when sailing in dense mist 🤔
Thanks! I hit my head on the bell a few more times. I think it's going to become part of my home office decoration since it seems useless and takes up needed airspace in the boat. If we had 500,000 subscribers, I'd give it way to somebody.
Grab a little inverter generator for when you are anchored out and it's so hot you can't sleep to run the ac, or when the engine battery is dead and you can't get out of a cove. Great video!
Oh, and the bell is used during foggy situations to alert other boats of your location. It should be able to mount outside.
I have never seen that much room in a 28’ boat. I’m going to have to rethink!
very nice boat
Seems larger. Great buy. Safe selling ❤
really pretty boat. Only another month or so until we can put our boats back in the water in the North Chesapeake.
Great bidro.
Amazing boat. Only 28' but roomy like 35'
Lovely looking boat, hard to believe it is only 28ft, given the cabin space. I've been looking at a lot of Westerlys and at a foot shorter and narrower, they look like a camper van in comparison. PS In the words of Captain Q, I think you may have found your P.B. Fair winds.
Wow! This weekend I went to look at a Hunter 35' and was really disappointed at the layout. It had cramped births, no AC, very limited storage, and a cramped cockpit area with very limited seating. After looking at your video I'm going to be looking at the O'Day line. Thanks for the video.
it's hard to find a boat that checks all your boxes. i was looking for a year... a couple of times a week - to where I would know when a new boat was added.
We have the same boat, great boat! We,re down Bradenton way if you ever need a buddy boat.
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Hello, can you tell me the headroom measure and if you consider for your experience until now a good offshore sailing boat? Thanks in advance, Paul and congratulations for your pristine sailing boat.
safety note!...never add alcohol to the burners when they are hot!. boats have burned down from flare ups....the idea is to make sure full before lighting so wont run out while using. I have an oday 26 which im still working on...very similar to yours.... looks good have fun..
wow . such a large airy space in such small boat. How do they do that
Great video tour! Thanks so much. I own a 28' O'Day and would love to convert my icebox to a refrigerator. Any tips?
Thanks! ... Hmm.. I only know it's a marine system that's 12V so it can be on with Battery, but we only turn it on while the 100W solar is out.... and then we still aren't using all the juice. The compressor is under the cockpit laz... I think you'd have to get a kit or maybe have it done professionally. Not worth it for day sailing, but longer, yea.
Im liking the O’day alittle bit more but I’m still leaning toward a j120 or nonsuch
Love the enthusiasm and excitement! You kept saying my height, or someone my size during the video. So how tall are you both so we can get a better reference?
Good point... Susy is 5'2". I'm nearly six feet tall and I can stand upright but it's better with no shoes on. We still duck all the time as we're used to the smaller boat.
Welcome to O'Day ownership. We own Brizo, an 1983 O'Day 34 in Palmetto/Bradenton, not far from you. I'm curious about your AC and heater. Can you share what brand it is? We do a lot of weekend trips for now, Egmont is our favorite destination for a quick overnight that feels a thousand miles away. If you ever get this way, let us know. Beautifully well taken care of boat by the way.