- Length
- 7.83 m
- Beam
- 2.44 m
- Draft
- 1.83 m
- Sail area
- 25.83 m²
Specifications
Dimensions & displacement8
- Length overall
- 7.83 m
- Waterline length
- 6.58 m
- Beam
- 2.44 m
- Draft
- 1.83 m
- Minimum draft
- 0.76 m
- Displacement
- 2,177 kg
- Ballast
- 839 kg
- Mast height above water
- 10.26 m
Sails & rig9
- Rig type
- Sloop, masthead rig
- Sail area
- 25.83 m²
- Mainsail area
- 11.61 m²
- Foresail area
- 14.4 m²
- Foretriangle height (I)
- 9.14 m
- Foretriangle base (J)
- 3.15 m
- Mainsail luff (P)
- 7.62 m
- Mainsail foot (E)
- 3.05 m
- Forestay length
- 9.67 m
Layout & accommodation1
- Headroom
- 1.69 m
Hull & construction2
- Hull material
- Fibreglass
- Keel type
- Keel with centreboard
Tanks1
- Fresh water tank
- 76 L
Production & design4
- Production started
- 1983
- Production ended
- 1985
- Hulls built
- 85
- Designer
- C. Raymond Hunt & Associates
Performance ratios6
- Sail area / displacement
- 15.68
- Displacement / length
- 213.23
- Ballast / displacement
- 38.5 %
- Comfort ratio
- 20.37
- Capsize screening
- 1.9
- Hull speed
- 6.22 kn
Yacht photography
Years, generations and variants
O’Day 261 generation
01
1983–1985