Gallery of my favourite images from the 2018 Oz Goose Nationals on Taal Lake with 25 boats participating.

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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 ...

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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.

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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".

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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