Spars - Mast, Boom, Yard Archives - Oz Goose Sailboat

Bamboo for sailing dinghy spars – Oz Goose sailing dinghy

June 4, 2019December 9, 2016 by Michael Storer

bamboo for boat masts and spars ... Oz Goose sailing dinghy

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.

Substituting aluminium spars on the Oz Goose sail boat

April 5, 2023January 7, 2016 by Michael Storer

Aluminium spars on PDRacer that won world titles - opengoose.om

The plans for the various Goose versions show timber spars, butwhat about Aluminium tubing for spars. Here are sizings in Imperial and Metric below. Here is Brad Hickman practicing on Lake Eufala. Video below. I do like the timber spars because they look nice. But you can save a bit of weight on the yard …