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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Two Videos rig a Lugsail. 1/ Last step construction - set up hull, spars and sails. 2/ Setting up the boat to go sailing is simple and quick.

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Fittings list for the Goat Island Skiff and other Lug rigged sailboats. Two suppliers who can ship full package.

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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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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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Joost Engelen has provided another hugely useful file for setting up the lug rig on the Viola 14 canoe.

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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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What your sailmaker needs to know about making Goat Island Skiff sails. Our stock sails and a lightweight boom design.

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Cost of lug sails on unstayed masts is so much cheaper than stayed sloop rigs - and the lug sails take only a few minutes to rig and unrig.

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