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The Flagship of Javelin Point is a 1967 O'Day Javelin sailboat that I have restored and actively use. Here you can see pictures of "Pelican" as well as detailed information on my repairs, restorations, modifications, and sailing adventures.

O'Day Javelin Specifications
  • Hull Number: 683
  • Designer:....Uffa Fox (1960), 5,250 built
  • LOA:....14' 0"
  • LWL:....13'2"
  • Beam:....5'8"
  • Displacement:....475 lbs.
  • Ballast: 28# Swing Keel
  • Draft:....CB board up/dn....6"/3'10"
  • SA(sq.ft.):....Main & Jib..125
  • Spinnaker:....90
  • Price:(FOB)....$4,295 (circa 1967?)
  • Mast Height: 23' 5"
  • Aux. Power: 2hp

Pelican Pics in water: 2005            (click for larger view - approx. size: 800 x 600; 200k)

Pelican's Story
I found my 1967 O'Day Javelin in the summer of 1997 when I had my primary vessel - then, a restored 1964 Westerly 25, out of the water for a year. The javelin was in decent shape and was on a usable trailer. The old fellow that had her had already put a decent amount of work into fixing up her hull, including a new transom, some minor hull repairs and reinforcements, new foam flotation in the three watertight compartments, and new hull and deck paint. The price was only 700 bucks and so I went for it.
 
For the next six months I worked on the boat, re-doing and replacing various parts and finishing up in June, 1998. As the old man had brought her up from Florida, I gave her the name: Pelican (she had none previously).
 
1997~1998 upgrades included:
  • New custom main sail (w/slugs & reef points) and new jib sail from Banks Sails
  • New custom sail covers for mail sail and jib bag
  • New mail halyard, jib halyard, main sheet line, head sail sheet line
  • New topping lift with halyard and block
  • Addition s/s eyes added to mast
  • Yacht ensign added for topping lift
  • Additional line added to mast so mast would not lift off mastjack when raising
  • New upgraded rigging with heavier gauge wire and real turnbuckles
  • New special folding headstay connector / easy adjust fitting.
  • New vinyl shroud cover & boots
  • New cam cleat for main sheet line
  • 6 new black nylon cleats added to cockpit for gear attachment, etc.
  • Custom custom rowing seat across centerboard trunk at thwarts installed
  • New bronze oar locks on mahogany pads installed.
  • Added 9’ ash oars for rowing (not always aboard)
  • New bottom paint after complete sanding and void repairs
  • Added 2 fenders
  • Added gear locker to stern cockpit area
  • Added hike-out tiller extension
  • Added Tiller Tamer
  • Added lifting knob to rudder blade
  • Modified rudder blade for more of a kick up to 85 deg. max. up
  • Full repaint of interior
  • Re-caulk of rubrail w/5200
  • New keel drop wire
  • New keel wire pulley wheels / wire housing rebuilt
  • Keel removed and serviced
  • Graphic added to stern: PELICAN
  • New wheels for trailer
  • Trailer repainted
  • New winch for trailer
  • New bunk covers for trailer
  • New receiver for trailer
  • New trailer jack
  • New trailer lights and wiring
  • Float on pylon guides added to trailer
The above being completed, I used Pelican in the summer of 1998 - leaving her on a mooring most of the time. Unfortunately, the bottom paint I used was the wrong type - Tri-Lux III, and it failed, leaving me with a huge mess on haul out. Additionally, some of the previous owners topside paint (which was two part epoxy) blistered, making bubbles along the water line. Grrrrr.
 
Pelican slept on her trailer in storage for the next five years. I finally began to work on her again in the summer of 2004, stripping and refinishing her hull with new bottom paint: this time - Interlux Micron CSC w/biotox - in shark white. I also did some refinishing of the blistered paint sections as well as repainting the boot strip.
 
Late in the summer of 2004, my Westerly 25 became a casualty of Hurricane Charley - I sold her in the fall of that year after fixing her up a bit - with a desire to return to my roots as a small boat sailor, unattached to any boatyard.
 
Thus, 2005 saw Pelican rise to “primary vessel” status, with all the attention that gives. She was lavished with care and additional upgrades through most of the warm and dry summer season.
 
2005 upgrades included:
  • New 8” hollow base s/s bow cleat
  • New 5” left / right skene bow chocks
  • New 6” hollow base s/s stern cleats (2)
  • New 4” two hole s/s cleats for halyards
  • New 5/16” bolt w/ring fitting for harness tether attachment
  • New bolts & re-fit of stem head fitting
  • Repaint, refinish of cuddy roof area
  • Repair of cracked thwart supports
  • Removal of all wood trim & sand/varnish 2 coats, re-attached
  • Repair of crack at base of centerboard housing.
  • Repaint and touch-up of topsides, deck, and cockpit
  • Compound, wax, re-wax
  • New s/s SeaFit articulating vertical lift outboard motor bracket
  • New 2 HP Honda outboard motor
  • S/S hooks added to bulkhead and cuddy roof for net door attachment.
  • New stern mast rest designed and manufactured.
  • New SparFly wind indicator added.
  • Sand and repaint on rudder assembly.
  • Refinished tiller & new tiller tamer line
  • New slug stop.
  • New 3/8” dock lines
  • New mooring pick-up line with s/s cleat
I was out for a few sails with Pelican this year and overall was delighted with her upgrades and performance.
 
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