Not just a girl thing, Zee. On my straight razor forum, we always say, "Pics, or it didn't happen" lol!
Wannado, that is a very good first boat and it will teach you a lot about sailing, and you will have a lot of fun with it. I advise getting LOTS of inland experience before venturing outside, though.
Neo is spot-on about the reefing. Before you ever consider going to sea, you need to be able to do a few things quite well, without having to think much about the doing. One is reefing. Your O-Day won't like taking a knockdown and you could find yourself in a serious situation in one at sea. Reefing early will help keep you out of trouble. Learn to heave to, also. A valuable skill when
singlehanding a
small boat at sea.
Initially you really ought to at least take the
Power Squadron course. You will learn a lot of
safety and
legal stuff that you MUST know before being in charge of any vessel. The
ASA courses are good too but a bit pricier. The PS basic course is
cheap as beans.
USPS - America's Boating Course 3rd Edition for the basic course offered by the
Power Squadron. You can even take it online. They have more advanced courses available too.
You can also learn a lot by
crewing on other
boats. Get your face known at your local marina or sailing club. There are usually informal races on Sunday or on Wednesday evening, and a lot of skippers will take you on as "rail meat", and all you got to do is scramble over to the other side of the boat when told or when everybody else does. Meanwhile you gradually get a good understanding about what makes the boat go, and how it is made to go in different directions. You might find someone willing to go out with you on your boat the first few times you take her out, and give you pointers specific to your boat and correct your
mistakes.
Good luck, keep it
legal, keep it fun, and BE SAFE.