Rope Sizes and fittings for the Oz Goose Rigging

Rigging sailboats cheaply - the Oz Goose

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 anotherĀ  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.

Rigging the Oz Goose, cheapest, most efficient lug rigs for any small boat

downhaul tension for light and moderate winds on lug rig - oz goose sailboat

The cheapest rigging for a a lug rigged OzGoose no performance sacrifice. Poor availability of fittings in Asia means low cost innovation and fleet testing works for any lug rigged boats learned by sailing and racing the sixteen (now 27 as of last weekend) Oz Geese in the Philippines. Some money saving simplifications and some tweaks that will give a lot more performance to most lug rigged (and other boats). There is nothing unusual in these methods, just a translation of regular racing practice in more conventional boats. Don’t scoff – you can say “I’m a cruiser” – but there are times when everyone wants or needs to get upwind 10 or 20 percent faster.