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Oday 30 Mk Ii Performance

How the Oday 30 Mk Ii performs on the water — racing handicap, speed, sail-carrying power, stability and comfort.

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Performance Ratios

Racing handicap, sail-carrying power, stability and comfort — and what each one actually tells you about a day on the water.

Ballast / Displacement
38.1%
Stiff enough to carry a big genoa comfortably into moderate breeze.
Capsize Screening
1.97
Below the 2.0 offshore threshold — acceptable for ocean passages.

Motion & Offshore Suitability

Two ratios that matter most when you're planning passages — how the boat feels in a seaway, and whether the hull geometry is suitable for open ocean.

Capsize Screening Formula
1.97
Below the 2.0 offshore threshold — acceptable for ocean passages.
Under 2.0 — Acceptable for offshore
Over 2.0 — Coastal / protected waters

PHRF Fleet Position

Where the Oday 30 Mk Ii sits on the PHRF handicap spectrum — lower numbers mean faster boats.

Cruiser/Racer 90–150
Cruiser 150–210
Heavy Cruiser 210–300
Catalina 30 180s/nm
Oday 30 180s/nm
Oday 32 198s/nm

How It Compares

Side-by-side with the boats most often cross-shopped against the Oday 30 Mk Ii.

Oday 30 Mk Ii Catalina 30 Oday 27 Oday 30 Oday 32
Dimensions
LOA 30.0 29.9 27.0 30.0 32.0
LWL 25.0 22.8 25.4 27.3
Beam 10.8 10.8 9.0 10.8 10.8
Displacement 10,500 10 6,700 10,500 11,000
Ballast 4,000 4 2,230 4,000 3
Sail Area 446 340 441 470
Performance
PHRF 180 180 198
SA/Disp 15.2 15.3 14.8 15.3
Bal/Disp 38.1 41.2 33.3 38.1
Comfort 24.9 22.9 25.3 24.7
Capsize 1.97 2.00 1.91 1.97 1.94
Hull Speed 6.7 6.4 6.8 7.0