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04/18/03

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Why an O'Day 40?

Posted by Karen A. Brown

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In March of 2003, we became the new owners of an O'Day 40 named "Sails Call". After spending a large portion of 2003 looking at boats, evaluating them and trying to determine which would be best for us, we "settled" on an O'Day 40. I say "settled" because we were originally looking at heavier boats, thinking we would need the weight in Lake Superior. What we've discovered is that accidentally bought the best boat on the lake.

Ultimately there were a number of reasons why we decided on the O'Day 40 (among them the reputation of the O'Day boats, the design of the 40 -- both the sleekness of design and the layout of the interior, and the price).

We had two to look at and were able to focus on a 1988 O'Day in Muskegon, Michigan. Named Sails Call, she was owned by a salesperson who used the boat to take out clients. She was obviously both very well cared for and extremely lightly used. After much arranging and signing of documents, we had her shipped to Minnesota.

She arrived in our home port of Duluth, Minnesota on April 18, 2003 in the morning. Though we had hoped to see her traveling on the road, we didn't get an opportunity. At the first chance we were in the car and traveling to Spirit Lake Marina, where we kept her for the first year and a half.

Spirit Lake Marina is situated about 7 miles from Lake Superior on the St. Louis River. It is a popular marina of power boaters and filled with nice, friendly folks. We initially chose the Spirit Lake Marina as our home port because of a bit of confusion as to our draft. We were under the impression we needed a deeper marina then we do. With that said, we wouldn't trade our time at Spirit Lake. We learned a lot about our boat and had many happy voyages that started there. The trip up the river is usually filled with wildlife and plenty of ore boat watching as well.

In July of 2004, we moved WhimSea to the Knife River Marina. Knife River is located 15 miles north of Duluth on the scenic north shore. The people are absolutely great, the management is responsive and we've found it to be an excellent jumping off point to great weekend get-aways like Cornicopia and the Apostle's.

We named our boat WhimSea because we sail that way, wherever the whim of the wind and wave (and our spirits) take us.

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