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Goat Island Skiff group has developed a faster reefing system for cruising dinghies. No special fittings are needed so quick cheap and simple

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Videos of best speed upwind in the Oz Goose to handle large waves - a video of depowering a lug by reducing the downhaul tension slightly.

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Some of the decisions that have to be made before ordering Goat Island Skiff or other lugsails.

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Question was how to stop a freestanding mast from falling out on a small sailboat? A few simple fittings and a neat solution

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Controlling sail twist on any boat is critical for performance. Here we describe two methods for getting more performance all round and safer handling downwind.

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The last day of the 20 boat Oz Goose sailboat build brought out the cameras of the TV News as well as the student's own view of introducing collegiate sailing into the Philippines for around the price of importing two Laser dinghies.

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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.

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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.

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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

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