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There are currently 9 names in this directory beginning with the letter O.
O Class
O Class - In terms of numbers, the O class is the most popular, designed for a group of Marblehead, Massachusetts, yachtsmen, as trainers for teenage sailors. - LOA: 18′ 01″ / 5.51m – LOD: – LWL: 15′ 05″ / 4.70m – Beam: 06′ 08″ / 2.03m – Draft: 01′ 01″ (Board up) / 0.33m – Ballast: 550 lbs – Displacement: – Sail Area: 192 sq ft – Yard Number: 188 – Hull material: Wood construction – Rig: Fractional Sloop Rig – Designer: John G. Alden – Built by: – First Year Designed: 1924 – Number Built: 600 – Restored By: – Current Name: – Original Owner: – Contract Price: $650.00 – Current Owner: – Sail Number:

Oenone
Oenone - In Greek mythology, Oenone (/ɪˈnoʊniː/; Greek: Oinōnē – Οἰνώνη “wine woman”) was the first wife of Paris of Troy, whom he abandoned for the queen Helen of Sparta. - Oenone is a Bermuda 15 meter long cutter, built in 1935 by Lymington’s Berthon Boat Co. of England by Fredrick Sheperd. The construction is in pitch pine, revisioned and rebuilt with bronze screws and totally claped, rendered in English white oak. The interior, largely original, is in Mahogany of Honduras. - Sail Number: 25 - Type: Marconi Cutter - Oenone Specifications: - LOA: 50’10″ / 15.50m - LOD: 44’11″ / 13.70m - LWL: 34’5″ / 10.50m - Beam: 10’9″ / 3.30m - Draft: 7’2” / 2.20m - Hull Number: - Designer: Frederick Shepherd - Original Owner: Mr. E.G. Wardrop - Current Owner: Enrico Zaccagni – Commodore of the Viareggio Historic Sailboat Association - Year Launched: April 6, 1935, Lymington UK - Built By: Berthon - Boat Shipyard, Lymington UK - Displacement: 17 tons - Engine: Yanmar 50 HP

Oiseau de Feu
Oiseau de Feu - At the request of Ralph Hawkes, commodore of the RORC ( Royal Ocean Racing Club ), Charles E. Nicholson draws a lighter, faster boat than its predecessors to win races like the Fastnet. - LOA: 68.04′ / 20.74m - LWL: 48.35′ / 14.74m - Beam: 12.99′ / 3.96m - Draft: 9.71′ / 2.96m - Designer: Charles E. Nicholson - Original Owner: Ralph Hawkes, commodore of the RORC (Royal Ocean Racing Club) - Current Owner: - Year Built: 1937 - Built By: Camper & Nicholson, Gosport UK - Hull Material: - Gross Displacement: 38 tons - Sail Number:

Orianda
Orianda - Ragna IV was designed by Danish naval architect Oscar W. Dahlstrom. It was originally designed as a racing cruiser in 1937 and was completed by C. Andersen Shipbuilders in Faaborg. The earliest known owner was Ole Sundo according to the Lloyd’s registry in London in 1939. - Sail Number: - Vessel Type: Bermuda Staysail Schooner - LOA: 85 ‘0″ / 25.90m - LOD: 74’6″ / 22.70m - LWL: - Beam: 16’ 8″ / 5.08m - Draft: 10′ 6″ / 3.20m - Displacement: 47 tons - Sail Area: 2,135 ft² / 198.40 m² - Built By: Andersen, Faaborg (Denmark) - Designed by: Oscar Wilhelm Dahlstrom - Launched: 1937 - Original Owner: - Former name(s) Ragna IV, Sabina - Engine: Cummins BTA 305 cv - Registration No. - Flag: United Kingdom - Club: CRV ITALIA (Circolo del Remo e della Vela Italia)

Oriole
Oriole - Type: New York 30 - LOA: 43′ 9″ - LOD: - LWL: 30′ 0″ - Beam: 8′ 9″ - Draft: 6′ 4″ - Hull Number: 637 - Rig: Gaff Sloop - Sail Area: 984 sq ft - Original Owner: L. Delano - Designer: NG Herreshoff - Built by: Herreshoff Boatyard - Year Built: 1905

Oriole II
Oriole II - was one of the first American designed and built thirty-square meters to race competitively in international competition. She was designed in 1930 by the famous yacht designer Lewis Francis Herreshoff for Elizabeth ‘Sis’ Hovey. - Sail Number: X 4 - Vessel Type: 30 Square Meter - LOA: 39’0″ / 11.88m - LOD: 39’0″ / 11.88m - LWL: 27’0″ / 8.22m - Beam: 6’11” / 1.82m - Draft: 4’9″ / 1.21m - Displacement: 5,557 lbs - Original Name: Oriole II = Original Owner: Elizabeth ‘Sis’ Hovey, an early pioneer of women’s yachting who grew up racing in Massachusetts. In the thirties, the family name Hovey was widely associated with yachting and America’s Cup history. - Year Launched: 1930 - Designed by: L. Francis Herreshoff, design number #46 - Built by: George F. Lawley & Son - Hull Material: Caravel planking mahogany on white oak frames - Location: Greenport, New York, United States

Oriole IV
Oriole IV - Oriole was originally laid down as Oriole IV, the successor in a line of vessels named Oriole that were in service as the flagships for the Royal Canadian Yacht Club of Toronto, Ontario. - LOA: 102’0″ / 31.08m - LOD: 91’0″ / 27.73m - LWL: 63’0″ / 19.20m - Beam 19’0″ / 5.79m - Draft 10’0” / 3.04m - Hull Number: - Designer: George Owen - Original Owner: Mr. G.H. Gooderham, Commodore of Toronto’s RCYC - Current Owner: Royal - Canadian Navy - Year Built: June 4, 1921 - Built By: George Lawley & Sons, Neponset, MA - Hull Material: - Displacement: 92 tonnes - Sail Area: 6,133 sq ft - Contract Cost: $100,000

Orion of the Seas
Orion of the Seas - The 162’ long twin-masted schooner rolled out of the Camper & Nicholson shipyard in Gosport, United Kingdom in 1910 and was christened Sylvana. Rumor has it that the vessel was commissioned for the Spanish royal family. Over the next century, she was known under five different names and was cared for by 12 meticulous owners, one of whom followed her for 30 years before acquiring her and funding a complete, two-year refit beginning in 2003. With a full restoration to her historic glory, but with modern updates including twin Caterpillar engines and new generators, Orion of the Seas was launched to once again sail the Mediterranean in style. - Sail Number: - Type: - LOA: 161’9″ / 49.30m - LOD: 126’10” / 38.66m - LWL: 90’0″ / 27.43m - Beam: 24’0″ / 7.32m - Draft: 13’10” / 4.22m - Designer: Charles E. Nicholson - Original Name: Sylvana - Original Owner: - Year Built: 1910 - Built by: Camper & Nicholsons Shipyard, Gosport, UK - Hull material: Teak and oak planking / Steel frames - Sail Area: - Spinnaker: - Displacement: 122 - Engine: Caterpillar Inc 3306TA Diesel - Flag: - Location: Marine Traffic

Ortac
Ortac - Appearing in 1937, and without tuning up, she went on to win her maiden race, the Heligoland, in spite of competing with such well known ocean racers as the Latifa, the Trenchemer, the Roland von Bremen, and the Hamburg.

After winning the RORC in 1937, the ORTAC went on to win many of her races and to become one of the most successful racers of the period, with a performance that has been outstanding over a period of years, and in the hands of a variety of owners. Even in 1955 she went on to win the Royal Engineers Yacht Club cup, and in 1970 the Cowes Week Championship.

She was one of the “designed for the job” boats. Beginning in 1930 with the 52 foot yawl Dorade and followed by Stormy Weather, both designed by Olin and Rod Stephens and both winners of the Fastenet Race. The British owners soon followed suit commissioning boats specifically designed for ocean racing and the RORC rule, such as Charles A. Nicholson’s Bloodhound and Foxhound, Laurent Giles’s Maid of Malham for John Illingworth and Robert Clark’s ORTAC. - Sail Number: - Type: RORC Class ll Racer - LOA: 49’2″ / 14.99m - LOD: 49’2″ / 14.99m - LWL: 35’0” / 10.67m - Beam: 11’1″ / 3.39m - Draft: 7’6” / 2.29m - Designer: Robert Clark - Original Owner: Colonel C. F. King - Current Owner: Inversail - Year Built: 1937 - Built by: Morgan Giles - Hull material: Burma Teak / Oak Frames - Sail Area: 940 sq ft / 87.30 sq.m - Displacement: 14 tons - Engine: 72hp Sole OM 616 diesel - Flag: - Location:


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