Hello everyone,
I am also about to buy my first DaySailer. Going to look at a 1980 model (does that make it a DSII?) on the weekend and if it looks as good in real life as it does on the internet, I will put my money down. It comes without a mainsail, and, from what I've read on your excellent forums, the mainsail needs to be 6.5m luff and 3m foot. (I'm in Australia so I apologise for the metrics - 20' luff and 9' foot?). Is that about right?
Anyway, I'm excited at getting my first proper sailboat. I have an 11' rowing dinghy that can take a sail, but it weighs 100 pounds and I weigh double that, so things can get wobbly pretty quick.
There are not many O'Day DaySailers out here, but I reckon I can get by with help from this forum.
Cheers!