The Oz Goose is an affordable, simple, light, and stable sailing dinghy for families, training, and racing. It is an ideal first boat build and a great boat for learning to sail. The rig is an 89sf balanced lug.
We offer a Plywood Kit and a Timber Foils Kit, which can be purchased together or separately.
Plywood Kit – All 4mm plywood parts are included and are precision-cut from 4 1/2 sheets of BS 1088 Lloyd’s Register Okoume marine plywood using a CNC router. All parts are numbered and keyed to a drawing for reference. Parts may have little tabs (shaker tabs) along the perimeter remaining from the cutting process that you’ll be able to quickly and easily remove with a sanding block. Other than that, they are ready for epoxy coating and assembly.
Not included in the kit are 1 1/2 sheets of 6mm Okoume marine plywood for the bottom of the boat as these require no cutting.
Timber Foils (Daggerboard and Rudder) Kit – A daggerboard and rudder precision-cut from a blank (essentially a breadboard) made of Western Red Cedar staves for lightness and a hardwood trailing edge for durability. Both are given a precise NACA profile as specified by the designer using a CNC router. This profile is key to the boat’s performance. The surface finish will be uniform, but a little rough. You can give each a light sanding if you like, but I’ve never found this necessary. All you will need to do to each is round the bottom edge, shape the top edge, and add holes for a rope handle per the plans, and they will be ready for fiberglass and epoxy coating.
Not included in the kit are all other timber parts as these are all rectangular sections easily cut on a table saw. They are made of Western Red Cedar or Douglas Fir per the plans.
Please note that, in addition to what I describe above, you will need other specialty items to undertake and complete your boat build such as epoxy resin, fiberglass cloth and tape, rigging, and sails. All of these items can be purchased through various online retailers. You can purchase the plans, which grants you a license to build one boat, at Storer Boat Plans. The tools and other supplies you will need are readily available at your nearest home improvement store.
$717.00 – $1,158.00
The Oz Goose was almost overlooked until Texan Ian Henehan started to put videos of what it could do on YouTube.
He showed:
Michael Storer
Designer
2016
Plywood Kit – All 4mm plywood parts are included and are precision-cut from 4 1/2 sheets of BS 1088 Lloyd’s Register Okoume marine plywood using a CNC router. All parts are numbered and keyed to a drawing for reference. Parts may have little tabs (shaker tabs) along the perimeter remaining from the cutting process that you’ll be able to quickly and easily remove with a sanding block. Other than that, they are ready for epoxy coating and assembly.
Not included in the kit are 1 1/2 sheets of 6mm Okoume marine plywood for the bottom of the boat as these require no cutting.
Timber Foils (Daggerboard and Rudder) Kit – A daggerboard and rudder precision-cut from a blank (essentially a breadboard) made of Western Red Cedar staves for lightness and a hardwood trailing edge for durability. Both are given a precise NACA profile as specified by the designer using a CNC router. This profile is key to the boat’s performance. The surface finish will be uniform, but a little rough. You can give each a light sanding if you like, but I’ve never found this necessary. All you will need to do to each is round the bottom edge, shape the top edge, and add holes for a rope handle per the plans, and they will be ready for fiberglass and epoxy coating.
Not included in the kit are all other timber parts as these are all rectangular sections easily cut on a table saw. They are made of Western Red Cedar or Douglas Fir per the plans.
Please note that, in addition to what I describe above, you will need other specialty items to undertake and complete your boat build such as epoxy resin, fiberglass cloth and tape, rigging, and sails. All of these items can be purchased through various online retailers. You can purchase the plans, which grants you a license to build one boat, at Storer Boat Plans. The tools and other supplies you will need are readily available at your nearest home improvement store.
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