Viola 14 Lug Rigging Details and Setup Guide
Joost Engelen has provided another hugely useful file for setting up the lug rig on the Viola 14 canoe.
College Students build 10 Sailboats in 2 weeks
Just back from Butuan, Mindanao, Philippines where the PHBYC group I belong to has helped college students build 10 Oz Goose sailboats to initiate collegiate sailing at the fraction of the cost of commercially available boats.
Wood Gluing Sandpaper Grit: Why Coarser Than 100 Fails
Sandpaper – don’t use COARSER THAN 100grit ON TIMBER TO BE GLUED (or Painted/Varnished). We provide reasons.
Viola Canoe Blitzes Regatta to Finish an Hour Ahead
So had the tent pitched and was completely installed by the time the first boats started to arrive 1-1.5 hours later.
Oz Goose Collegiate Build: 20 Sailboats in the Philippines
College build 20 boats – The PHBYC yearly boatbuilding program is 20 Oz Goose sailboats to start a sailing curriculum for the Cadet training. These are young engineers.
Plywood Canoe Instructional Video: Building the Quick Canoe
One of the best instructional videos on the net. How will Chris Heubert of the creative steampunk website LostWax go building a plywood canoe – he normally builds amazing things out of common materials, provides patterns and “how to” videos.
Surprising Speed Difference: Oz Goose vs OzRacer
Crazy speed difference between 8ft and 12ft version of same boat. A resizing that worked beyond all expectations and taught us something about the limitations of conventional thinking about hullforms and performance
Cheap Hack: Accurate Foils Boat Performance Gains Up to 10%
When a boat owner considers upgrading their boat to make it safer and get more performance, often the first thought is for new sails which is expensive, but a cheap hack is to improve the foils (centreboard or leeboard) which might take little more than a couple of weekends and cost around 50 bucks.
Another Goat Island Skiff Launch and Review – Wisconsin
Greg and Leigh Kremer have been building the family Goat Island Skiff for a few months and finally it is launched so herewith a few photos and a launching day video along with comments from our very active and helpful Group on FACEBOOK.
Hungary Launches Viola Canoe: Boat Show Build to Sailing
The Hungarian Wooden Boat group displayed the build of a Viola 14 Sailing Canoe at the annual boat show from a flat pack kit with a complete boat appearing 3 weeks later along with sailing videos.
Slideshow Building Viola 14 Sailing Canoe Hull Construction
Careful documentation most construction steps in building the plywood Viola 14 Sailing Canoe Hull – a sailing canoe with sailing dinghy stability and excellent performance.
Gust Stability Sailing Downwind and Reaching
“Sailing for balance” is an essential method to increase crew control of sailing boats in stronger winds when reaching across the wind as it maximises speed and reduces the forces trying to heel or tip the boat.
Advantages Epoxy Fillet Construction vs Timber Framing: Oz Goose
First Photos epoxy fillet OZ Goose plywood sailing dinghy. Why choose fillets rather than timber? Explained.
Oz Goose Nationals 2019: 21 Boats Race in Philippines
Great images from the 2019 Oz Goose Nationals held on Taal Lake with 21 sailboats and over 40 participants in competition in tricky conditions
Boat Building Mistakes, Psychology of Perfectionism
Judging their own work so harshly; one reason is that we all get used to looking at the boat construction from a few inches away so we over value both mistakes and an idea of perfectionism.
VIDEO Cruising Dinghy Italy – Day5 – Genova – Varazze.
5th Day cruising and boat handling tips. from Genova to Varazze on a homemade dinghy, Goat Island Skiff.
Video Goat Island Skiff Cruising – Day 3 Sestri Levante – Camogli
Video of Third cruising day of the “Liguria Project”, with the intent to sail from East to West along the coast of Liguria, from Bocca di Magra to Bordighera, on MIRA, a homemade dinghy, class Goat Island Skiff.
Come to 2019 Oz Goose 3rd National Championship 30/31 March, Taal Lake, Philippines
Join us for the 3rd Oz Goose National Titles 1 hour south of Manila. Charter boats available at modest cost.
Coastal Dinghy Cruising Liguria: Levanto to Sestri in a Goat Island Skiff
Video Dinghy Cruising 2nd day of the “Liguria Project”, East to West along the coast. Bocca di Magra to Bordighera on a homemade Goat Island Skiff