Sailing in Waves with the OZ Goose Dinghy
Sailing in Waves with the Oz Goose. The wide bow causes concern, but here are some photos and videos of what we have found about sailing in serious waves and chop.
Oz Goose on Prime time TV in the Philippines.
On TV – Oz Geese and our super cheap group builds. Taal Lake Yacht Club Commodore (and winner of the recent nationals) shows host of ABS-CBN “On the Money” running through the costs and trying sailing for the first time.
Oz Goose vs Firebug Dinghy
Some people have asked me about the differences between the Goose and the John Spencer Firebug dinghy. Both are excellent boats but slightly different purposes – and one is much cheaper to get on the water.
Video – Oz Goose Nationals – Philippines 2017
A video of a great first ever National Championship event with 17 Oz Geese on the starting line and 45 sailing participants. Many of them had just started sailing in the previous year or two. That is exactly what we want to achieve with the Oz Goose.
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.
First Oz Goose in Hungary – Az első hazai OZGoose építése
Photos and links to a great photo essay of getting the first OZ Goose to the water in Hungary. Az első hazai OZGoose építése.
Oz Goose Plan now available in Hungarian – Magyar.
Oz Goose plan now available in Magyar – Hungarian.
Az OZGoose egy házilag könnyen megépíthető, 1-3 személyes, kiemelkedő teljesítményű vitorláshajó. Barkácsboltból beszerezhető anyagokból, különösebb faipari tudás nélkül, mindössze egy jobb okos-telefon árából megépíthető.
Hyde International report on first OzGoose National Championships Philippines
Article from Hyde Sails International the major sponsors for the recent Oz Goose Philippines National Championships. 17 boats, 45 sailing participants, 8 races. #sailozgoose #ozgoose
Oz Goose Class Rules 2023 (Philippines) – subject to change.
This is an initial set of class rules for the Oz Goose Class sailboat. They are to provide a framework for the upcoming 2017 National Philippines Championships. As this is a Philippines Sailing Association (PSA) sanctioned event we need to have a basic class rule available for competitors and measurers. The rule is purely aimed at keeping the boats simple and affordable.
1st National Championships for Oz Goose sponsor Hyde Sails International
The first National Championships anywhere for the Oz Goose Sailing Dinghy Class will be held this November in the Philippines. Hyde Sails International will be the major sponsor. We have 14 boats confirmed, but it is possible the fleet could reach 20. There will be crews coming from Central and Southern Philippines as well.
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.
Massive Nosedive Video, but all is fine sailing an Oz Goose – GPS shows 18 knots.
Racing was cancelled because of strong winds. But all the geese were out on the water. Some did speed runs including some massive nosedives and impressive GPS numbers, others just sailed around.
Oz Goose Nationals Slideshow – 17 boats.
The Oz Goose Nationals had 45 participants over the 2 days and 8 races. The most experience sailors came in first and second, but a relative newcomer to sailing slotted into third place.