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 ...

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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

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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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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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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.

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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.

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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.

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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 ...

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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 ...

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