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O'Day Corp
O'Day Corp. was a America sailboat builder, located in Fall River, Massachusetts. History It was founded in 1958 by George O'Day, the American Olympic and World champion sailor. George O'Day sold the company to Bangor Punta Corporation in 1966. Bangor Punta also acquired other boat builders around that time including Cal Yachts and Starcraft Marine. Bangor Punta was later acquired by Lear Siegler. O'Day went out of business in 1989. Boats O'Day co-designed and built the Day Sailer which was inducted into the American Sailboat Hall of Fame in 2003. More than 12,000 Day Sailers have been sold. In 1959 O'Day adapted the Philip Rhodes' Hurricane design to create the Rhodes 19. Over 3000 Rhodes 19's have been built. In 1982 Stuart Marine Corp. took over production of the Rhodes 19. The company built many very popular sailboat designs: See also * List of sailboat designers and manufacturers This is a list of notable sailboat designers and manufacturers, which are d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Private Company
A privately held company (or simply a private company) is a company whose shares and related rights or obligations are not offered for public subscription or publicly negotiated in the respective listed markets, but rather the company's stock is offered, owned, traded, exchanged privately, or Over-the-counter (finance), over-the-counter. In the case of a closed corporation, there are a relatively small number of shareholders or company members. Related terms are closely-held corporation, unquoted company, and unlisted company. Though less visible than their public company, publicly traded counterparts, private companies have major importance in the world's economy. In 2008, the 441 list of largest private non-governmental companies by revenue, largest private companies in the United States accounted for ($1.8 trillion) in revenues and employed 6.2 million people, according to ''Forbes''. In 2005, using a substantially smaller pool size (22.7%) for comparison, the 339 companies on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Day Sailer II
A day is the time period of a full rotation of the Earth with respect to the Sun. On average, this is 24 hours, 1440 minutes, or 86,400 seconds. In everyday life, the word "day" often refers to a solar day, which is the length between two solar noons or times the Sun reaches the highest point. The word "day" may also refer to ''daytime'', a time period when the location receives direct and indirect sunlight. On Earth, as a location passes through its day, it experiences morning, noon, afternoon, evening, and night. The effect of a day is vital to many life processes, which is called the circadian rhythm. A collection of sequential days is organized into calendars as dates, almost always into weeks, months and years. Most calendars' arrangement of dates use either or both the Sun with its four seasons (solar calendar) or the Moon's phasing ( lunar calendar). The start of a day is commonly accepted as roughly the time of the middle of the night or midnight, wri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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O'Day is a surname of Irish origin. Notable people with the surname include: *Alan O'Day (1940–2013), American singer-songwriter * Anita O'Day (1919–2006), American jazz singer * Aubrey O'Day (born 1984), American singer, dancer, actress, songwriter, fashion designer, former member of the group ''Danity Kane'' *Caroline Love Goodwin O'Day (1875–1943), American politician * Constance O'Day-Flannery, an American author of romance novels *Daniel O'Day, one of northwestern Pennsylvania's earliest independent refiners to be brought into John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company * Darren O'Day (born 1982), Major League Baseball relief pitcher for the Atlanta Braves. Real last name Odachowski, not Irish. *George O'Day (1923–1987), American sailor, Olympic champion and boat designer * Hank O'Day (1859–1935), American right-handed pitcher, umpire and manager in Major League Baseball *Jeremy O'Day (born 1974), offensive lineman for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Footb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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O'Day is a surname of Irish origin. Notable people with the surname include: *Alan O'Day (1940–2013), American singer-songwriter * Anita O'Day (1919–2006), American jazz singer * Aubrey O'Day (born 1984), American singer, dancer, actress, songwriter, fashion designer, former member of the group ''Danity Kane'' *Caroline Love Goodwin O'Day (1875–1943), American politician * Constance O'Day-Flannery, an American author of romance novels *Daniel O'Day, one of northwestern Pennsylvania's earliest independent refiners to be brought into John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company * Darren O'Day (born 1982), Major League Baseball relief pitcher for the Atlanta Braves. Real last name Odachowski, not Irish. *George O'Day (1923–1987), American sailor, Olympic champion and boat designer * Hank O'Day (1859–1935), American right-handed pitcher, umpire and manager in Major League Baseball *Jeremy O'Day (born 1974), offensive lineman for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Footb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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O'Day is a surname of Irish origin. Notable people with the surname include: *Alan O'Day (1940–2013), American singer-songwriter * Anita O'Day (1919–2006), American jazz singer * Aubrey O'Day (born 1984), American singer, dancer, actress, songwriter, fashion designer, former member of the group ''Danity Kane'' *Caroline Love Goodwin O'Day (1875–1943), American politician * Constance O'Day-Flannery, an American author of romance novels *Daniel O'Day, one of northwestern Pennsylvania's earliest independent refiners to be brought into John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company * Darren O'Day (born 1982), Major League Baseball relief pitcher for the Atlanta Braves. Real last name Odachowski, not Irish. *George O'Day (1923–1987), American sailor, Olympic champion and boat designer * Hank O'Day (1859–1935), American right-handed pitcher, umpire and manager in Major League Baseball *Jeremy O'Day (born 1974), offensive lineman for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Footb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariner 19
The Mariner 19 is an American Trailer sailer, trailerable sailboat, that was designed by Philip Rhodes and first built in 1962.Sherwood, Richard M.: ''A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition'', pages 102-103. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats'', page 73. International Marine/McGraw-Hill, 2010. Production The design was initially built in 1962 by O'Day Corporation in the United States. O'Day sold the molds to Rebel Industries in 1980 and that company built the design as the Spindrift One, with a modified cabin, with 76 boats completed. Stuart Marine became the licensed builder in 1986 and the design remained in production in 2020. By 1994, 4,100 boats had been completed. The Mariner 19 shares the same hull design as the Rhodes 19. Design The Mariner 19 is a small recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass. It has a Fractional rig, fractional sloop rig, a rounded raked stem, a verti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kitten (dinghy)
A kitten is a juvenile cat. After being born, kittens display primary altriciality and are fully dependent on their mothers for survival. They normally do not open their eyes for seven to ten days. After about two weeks, kittens develop quickly and begin to explore the world outside their nest. After a further three to four weeks, they begin to eat solid food and grow baby teeth. Domestic kittens are highly social animals and usually enjoy human companionship. Etymology The word "kitten" derives from the Middle English word , which in turn came from the Old French or . Juvenile big cats are called "cubs" rather than kittens; either term (but usually more commonly "kitten") may be used for the young of smaller wild felids, such as ocelots, caracals, and lynxes. Development A feline litter usually consists of two to five kittens, but litters with one to more than ten are known. Kittens are typically born after a gestation lasting between 64 and 67 days, with an aver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jollyboat (dinghy)
Traditionally the term jolly boat refers to a boat carried by a ship, powered by 4 or six oars and occasionally yawl rigged sails. The term might also refer to *A Jollyboat is a 1953 sailing dinghy designed by Uffa Fox. It was the fastest dinghy in its day, and was built by Fairey Marine 1953 - 1971* A Jollyboat (John Spencer), Jollyboat is a New Zealand sailing dinghy designed by John Spencer. It is intended to be suitable for low cost home construction for sailing by teenagers or a parent and child. * Jolly Boat a 15-foot ketch rigged heavy open boat available in GRP and designed by famous yacht designer Laurent Giles and made by AJS Marine in Chichester Chichester () is a cathedral city and civil parish in West Sussex, England.OS Explorer map 120: Chichester, South Harting and Selsey Scale: 1:25 000. Publisher:Ordnance Survey – Southampton B2 edition. Publishing Date:2009. It is the only ci ...AJS marine brochure Ship types {{ship-type-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Javelin Dinghy
The Javelin, also called the Javelin 14 and O'Day Javelin is an American sailing dinghy that was designed by Uffa Fox as a one-design racer and first built in 1960.Sherwood, Richard M.: ''A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition'', pages 38-39. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. Production The design was built by O'Day Corp. in the United States. The company produced 5100 examples of the design, but it is now out of production. Design The Javelin is a recreational sailboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a fractional sloop rig with anodized aluminum spars, a nearly plumb stem, a vertical transom, a transom-hung, kick-up rudder controlled by a tiller and a retractable centerboard. The hull alone displaces and carries of galvanized steel ballast. A fixed keel model was produced in small numbers and carries of iron ballast. The boat has a draft of with the centerboard extended and with it retracted, allowing beaching or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Cadet
The Cadet is a class of sailing dinghy designed to be sailed by two children up to the age of 17. It is a one-design class, originally designed by Jack Holt in 1947. Cadets are sailed worldwide in more than 40 countries. History In 1947, '' Yachting World'' organised a design competition for a beginners' sailing dinghy that the current Cadet-design won. Design The boat is crewed by two people and sails with a bermuda rigged mainsail, jib and spinnaker. The Cadet is the only recognised two persons youth-boat by World Sailing (formerly ISAF) as an International Competitive Youth Sailing Class since 1958. Over 10,000 Cadets have been built worldwide by registered licensed builders on four continents. The Cadet is sailed internationally throughout Europe, Asia, Australia and South America. Originally made of wood, the majority of the international fleet is now constructed of fibreglass. The strongest fleets are currently situated in Ukraine, Poland, Belgium, Australia and Argent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interclub Dinghy
The Interclub Dinghy is an American sailing dinghy that was designed by Sparkman & Stephens as a one-design racer and first built in 1946. It is sailed in frostbite racing on the US east coast, particularly on Long Island Sound. Frostbite races are the series held after the normal sailing season is finished.Sherwood, Richard M.: ''A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition'', pages 12-13. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. Production The design was sponsored by the Larchmont Yacht Club and initially built by the Zephyr Boat Company, with the hull made from molded plywood. It was later built by the Dodson Plastic Corp from fiberglass and marketed by the O'Day Corp in the United States. A total of 1200 examples of the type were completed. When it was in production the boat could be purchased as a bare hull, with the centerboard, rudder, tiller and spars purchased separately. The mast and boom were also available as "blanks" for finishing. A launching dolly was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gannet 14
Gannets are seabirds comprising the genus ''Morus'' in the family Sulidae, closely related to boobies. Gannets are large white birds with yellowish heads; black-tipped wings; and long bills. Northern gannets are the largest seabirds in the North Atlantic, having a wingspan of up to . The other two species occur in the temperate seas around southern Africa, southern Australia, and New Zealand. Etymology "Gannet" is derived from Old English ''ganot'' meaning "strong or masculine", ultimately from the same Old Germanic root as "gander". Taxonomy ''Morus'' is derived from Ancient Greek ''moros'' "stupid" or "foolish" due to lack of fear shown by breeding gannets and boobies, allowing them to be easily killed. Behaviour Hunting Gannets hunt fish by diving into the sea from a height of and pursuing their prey underwater, and have a number of adaptations: * They have no external nostrils; they are located inside the mouth, instead. * They have air sacs in the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
