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

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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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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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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.

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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.

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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.

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Is bamboo a good choice for small boat spars? As a professional designer I can't specify bamboo because of a huge variation in density, wall thickness and diameter. However I can recommend some guidelines for bamboo for the Oz Goose to help with experiments.

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