Offshore Log: Essential Forecasting Tools
Our years of sailing in New England and the Caribbean, with their stable, predictable weather patterns, left us ill-prepared to deal with the vagaries...
Offshore Log: From the Americas Cup To You
At the America's Cup, Nick Nicholson tells how high-tech trickles down to the rest of us.
Consumer Alert: Surveyor Problem
I purchased a 1990 Beneteau in Florida in 1995 for $75,000 that had been in charter for five years in Tortola. The boat was...
Sydney-Hobart Race: Rogue Waves Do The Damage
The report on the disaster that took six lives points the finger more directly at gear and seamanship than yacht design.
Guided Tour – Caribbean, Erie Canal, Great Lakes! The Beneteau Oceanis...
This week we get a tour or a Yacht Club in Toronto and have a guided tour of a Beneteau Oceanis 45 that sailed...
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O’Day 30 Used Boat Review
Over 350 O'Day 30s were built between 1977 and 1984. During 1984, the 30 was modified by changing the keel and rudder, and the stern was lengthened to accommodate a European-style boarding platform. This "new boat" was called the O'Day 31, and it stayed in production until 1986.