Oz Goose Sailboat Building Videos – Philippines Method
These are the step by step building videos that the Philippines group has made for building the Oz Goose from their prepared flat pack. It covers moving from 2D to a real 3D boat
Rope Sizes and fittings for the Oz Goose Rigging
he background thinking of this is that building boats in the Philippines means that many parts are not available.
This has forced us to eliminate fittings – it is unlikely that you will find another racing class with as sparse a list as this. And remember … we still want to win races, so this very small list has to work.
Useful drawings for builders – CAD model of Oz Goose
A set of wonderful Oz Goose construction images in CAD by Benjamin Shaw show just how easy it is to build.
They will be hugely useful to help builders understand the relationship of the different parts during building
2 Videos Rigging a Lug Rig – Oz Goose Sailboat or any Dinghy
A nice video on step by step rigging from our 10 boat build in Cebu last year. It applies to many small boat lug and lateen rigs.
Videos – Knots for Lug Rig Setup – Oz Goose Sailing.
There are just a few knots to learn. Part of the reason is that because we can’t buy sophisticated fittings in the Philippines we have found simpler and cheaper ways that cut out a lot of expense. By replacing manufactured parts with spectra rope as far as possible. In Australia, the USA, Europe, UK it will save you a big bundle of money when you rig your lug rig boat.
Close sailboat racing for peanuts in Developing Nations – Philippines
A very easy to build boat from local materials might be a solution for sailing clubs in the developing nations as well as the advanced economies.
The Philippines has a track record of building 10 Oz geese for the equivalent cost of importing one Laser Radial. 10 to 20 participants for the price of 1.
Order Oz Goose sails
Order sails for your Goose or OzRacer or PDRacer if you don’t want to make them. Available “off the shelf” from Duckworks USA – delivered promptly worldwide.
Rigging the Oz Goose, cheapest, most efficient lug rigs for any small boat
The cheapest rigging for a a lug rigged OzGoose no performance sacrifice. Poor availability of fittings in Asia means low cost innovation and fleet testing works for any lug rigged boats learned by sailing and racing the sixteen (now 27 as of last weekend) Oz Geese in the Philippines. Some money saving simplifications and some tweaks that will give a lot more performance to most lug rigged (and other boats). There is nothing unusual in these methods, just a translation of regular racing practice in more conventional boats. Don’t scoff – you can say “I’m a cruiser” – but there are times when everyone wants or needs to get upwind 10 or 20 percent faster.
Substituting aluminium spars on the Oz Goose sail boat
The plans for the various Goose versions show timber spars, butwhat about Aluminium tubing for spars. Here are sizings in Imperial and Metric below. Here is Brad Hickman practicing on Lake Eufala. Video below. I do like the timber spars because they look nice. But you can save a bit of weight on the yard …
Albay Yacht Club Legazpi City
The Albay Yacht Club was set up in 1907 but has been dormant for decades. But that has changed with setting up a club site and building 12 Oz Goose Sailboats. Albay Yacht Club is a great Sailing Destination. Sail with the Whale Sharks. In 2020 a group of enthusiasts decided to run a Family …
Sailing Techniques and Tuning for the Oz Goose and Lug Rigs
summary of the learnings in practice from racing our 100 Oz Goose sailing dinghies over the last 5 years. Sail and rig settings and techniques for upwind, downwind
Nationals 2018 – Oz Goose Championship on Taal Lake
Gallery of my favourite images from the 2018 Oz Goose Nationals on Taal Lake with 25 boats participating.
2019 Philippines National Championship 30/31 March, Taal Lake
The Third Oz Goose Nationals are being held March 30 and 31 2019 at Taal Lake Yacht Club. More Information Facebook. Notice of Race (NOR) with contact details etc) We have moved the event from November because competitive sailors’ schedules are very full at that time of year and we are keen to attract a …
2018 Philippine National Championships for Oz Goose Join Us!
Come Join us – The Oz Goose National Sailing Championship event has been announced and we expect between 25 and 35 Oz Geese to compete for the championship titles this year on Taal Lake an hour and a half south of Manila. Accommodation is not expensive and boat charter is not expensive either.
Hull strength and stiffness vs low weight for plywood sailing dinghies
Because our boats were going to be built of much thinner ply than their North American predecessors they were going to weigh much less so some were concerned that they would not be strong enough.
Oz Goose and Oz Racer and not buying crappy plywood
When we originally chose 4mm plywood for the OzRacer hull most people involved in discussions thought we were crazy as most were using plywood around 8mm and still having some structural problems. Turns out we were fine.
The OZ Goose and Oz Racer are planing hulls – some trim tips
There was a lot of discussion about whether the shorter Oz Racer would plane. Phil Bolger the originator of the concept was categoric in saying there was too much bottom curvature. He was probably right with the original 40 to 50 square feet of sail. But we had 82. This was a big discussion between …
OzGoose and OzRacer Sailboat design, construction and performance questions
Inquiring minds The OzRacers and Oz Geese have always been attractive to beginner sailor – but particularly to beginner sailors with a good technical background that like to ask interesting questions about sailboat design, foil and sail design and how to keep boats light but strong. The boats have gone a long journey since famous …
Effects of offset mast or leeboard – Lee helm and weather helm.
Centreboard and leeboard position on small sailing boats. Looking at design factors and how they lead to factors to be considered when sailing. How a lee helm feeling might not actually be lee helm as a truly balanced boat behaves a bit differently.
Learning from racing and coaching in an inexpensive boat
Ok, what are the main lessons we have learned about boat trim and boat speed from racing geese for three years? How to find speed, how to point the boat in the right direction, how to sail in big waves. This is a summary of our boatspeed “secrets”.
Is Oz Goose crew weight sensitive for club racing? Big Small, Single or double handed
My friend and knowledgeable critic Tink on the Woodenboat forum asked if the Goose was crew weight sensitive in our racing. In other words whether light or heavy crews have an advantage in Oz Goose racing for getting the best speed. We now have two years of club racing experience to base our comments.
New Oz Goose Building Group USA – build a sailing dinghy in South East Virginia
The first USA Group building Oz Geese sailing Dinghies is underway in Portland South East Virginia. They received the materials a few weeks ago and got started. The eventual idea is to build a fleet. They are mostly experienced small boat sailors who are tired of the expense of racing conventional boats.
Videos – Capsize and recovery with the Oz Goose Sailing Dinghy
Capsize and recovery should be a routine part of small boat sailing. It should be practiced until you are confident. This means you can go sailing by yourself any time.