Andrea Van Inwegen, from CCSB, graciously responded to my query regarding accurate dating of our Daysailers with this:
Thanks for your e-mail. The DaySailer Association owns the molds and the rights for the DaySailer and has contracted with us as the current builder.
We do keep records for DaySailers that we build and are always available to help Cape Cod built DaySailer owners to identify the age of their boats etc.
Additionally at the end of our fiscal year we send the Association the
details of what DaySailers were sold and who they sold to. When we started building the DaySailer in 1995 we did not receive any prior production records from O'Day or any of the other builders.
It's my understanding that in the late 1970's O'Day contacted the
association to tell them that they were no longer going to produce the DaySailer I and offered for the class to purchase the molds, which they did.
I don't believe that any production records were passed onto the Association when they purchased the molds. When O'Day was still in business DaySailer owners could easily contact O'Day and get any of those details. Since then, O'Day went out of business and I believe those records have been lost. Rudy at D&R Marine might have a better handle as to what happened to any of those records. There is a good spreadsheet here that the association has put together for identifying the age of DaySailers based on sail numbers -
http://forum.daysailer.org/tech_hullindex.php. Otherwise, I would think the
association secretary would be able to offer any further assistance with
regard to this.
Please let us know if you have any further questions or concerns.
Sincerely,
Andrea L. Van Inwegen
Cape Cod Shipbuilding Co.
7 Narrows Road P.O. Box 152
Wareham, MA 02571-0152
Phone: (508) 295 - 3550 Fax: (508) 295 - 3551
www.capecodshipbuilding.com