O Day Sailboats

Stuart Marine and the Rhodes 19

Fred Brehob is a historian of the Rhodes 19 and, not surprisingly, he is a veritable fount of information about the boat. I learned that in 1952 distinguished yachtsman George O'Day formed his own company to build affordable, trailerable sailboats. (George O'Day was the first American to win both an Olympic gold medal in sailing and the America's Cup.) In 1958 O'Day arranged with the original designer, Philip Rhodes, to use his name to identify the boat. The next year, O'Day officially changed the name to Rhodes 19 and began to market the boat up and down the east coast.

Stuart Scharaga is an entrepreneur who lives in Florida and a Rhodes 19 enthusiast. By 1980, the O'Day Corporation had fallen on hard times. In December 1982 Stuart Scharaga bought the Rhodes molds and inventories when he found they were for sale.

R-19 historian Fred Brehob was impressed with Scharaga's fast action. "Thanks to his dedication and integrity, Rhodes 19 fortunes took a sharp upturn".

Scharaga said, "I put the whole load on a truck and drove to Maine, where I planned to open a boatbuilding business." After negotiating with the town of Rockport, he set up Stuart Marine. Two years later operations were moved to a larger, less expensive site in Rockland. Naval architect Jim Taylor, from Marblehead, Mass., was hired to develop production methods and molds that would produce a profitable, sound boat.

Jim Taylor told me the problem with the O'Day design was that it used old-school fiberglass technology. "It was labor intensive." Jim came up with a three-piece unit: a hull, a deck and an IGU or internal glass unit. The boat's aesthetic appearance was maintained, but it was easier to produce. Rhodes 19 supporters initially objected, until they tried one out and liked it. "They liked it even more after they won a race," Jim laughed.

Meanwhile Stuart Scharaga had discovered that building boats was a tough business as he rapidly went through his available cash. What he thought would be a fun "retirement project" was turning out to be a grind. "The boat business is a tough way to make a living," he told me. "There is a saying, ‘if you want to end up with a million in the boat business, start off with two million'. Boy, I found that out to be true."

In 1988, Dave Whittier bought Stuart Marine and Stuart Scharaga returned to his real estate business in Florida. Dave Whittier has directed Stuart Marine operations in Rockland ever since. Dave modestly describes himself as, "a small businessman in Maine who runs a one-man office. We do whatever it takes to keep the lights on.

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