19' O'Day RHODES 19 Daysailers

Inventory

• Rhodes 19 keel sailboat.  Constructed in 1960 and rebuilt in 2014 (ribs replaced and keel re-bolted to hull)
• Original mast, floor boards, rudder.
• Sail inventory include main and working jib (both new in 2014)
• New jib sheet deck hardware (2014)
• Boom vang
• Canvas cockpit cover\boom tent.
• Teak ensign
• Auxiliary power Nissan 3.5 hp long shaft on Garelick motor bracket

     "When WWII ended, the Allied Aviation Corporation of Cockeysville, Maryland was forced to convert its molded plywood production facilities from airplane fuselages to a product that could survive in a peacetime economy. In those pre-fiberglass days, a number of one-design sailboats such as International 14s’, Thistles and Jolly Boats used molded plywood as a hull material.

     Accordingly, Allied commissioned Philip Rhodes, to draft the lines for a wholesome, inexpensive sailboat that was fun to sail. He responded with a nineteen foot, round bilged centerboarder, the Hurricane. It had a small forward deck, wooden spars and a sail plan much the same as the pre-war Lightning.

     A Hurricane fleet formed at Greenwich Cove, Connecticut and competed in Larchmont Race Week for a few years. Unfortunately for Allied, no national interest in the Hurricane developed and after an initial flurry of orders, the company fell back to producing bare shells for buyers to finish as they saw fit.

     In 1947, The Southern Massachusetts Yacht Racing Association (SMYRA) was searching for a sturdy boat to serve as junior trainer and club racer. Palmer Scott, an established New Bedford, Massachusetts small boat builder, purchased a number of Allied’s unfinished hulls and fitted them with keels, flotation and a redesigned deck with cuddy cabin. The resultant fast, unsinkable boat with aluminum spars was accepted.

     Sporting a jaunty whale sail logo, new SMYRA class boats sold in 1948 for $1,695.00, complete with Ratsey sails. They became especially popular at Edgartown and other Martha’s Vineyard locations.

     In the 1950s, fiberglass began to replace molded plywood for boat building. Marscot Plastics of southern Massachusetts established itself in the new industry and with Palmer Scott’s blessing, used a SMYRA hull to build a production mold. Subsequently, Marscot associated with American Boat Building of East Greenwich, Rhode Island and the George O’Day organization.

     Before long, Marscot and American Boat Building moved on, leaving the SMYRA with O’Day’s company. In 1958, O’Day arranged with Philip Rhodes to use his name to identify the boat. In 1959, the O’Day Company changed the name to “Rhodes 19� and sold fifty of the new one-designs. At this time, they decided to offer centerboard as well as keel models. Over the years, centerboarders have flourished in shallow water areas such as Cape Cod, Nantucket and the New Jersey shore." ~ Fred Brehob Rhodes 19 Class Association 

     The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.

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