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 …
Gallery of my favourite images from the 2018 Oz Goose Nationals on Taal Lake with 25 boats participating.
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 …
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
Two consecutive weekends of sailing saw a big jump in the boat handling of the Philippines Oz Goose fleet. A huge amount of help from the Taal Lake Yacht Club. We were also joined by members of the National Paralympic Sailing Team.
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.