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available from - Duckflat - Australia - Duckworks - USA - Seawing Boats - UK (they also sell building materials and accessories) Latest news on the Goose I have just put more photos of the PDGOOSE plywood DIY sailing boat up on this page. We really do recommend the OZ PDRacer for most people and you do need to purchasethe plan for the OZ PDR to build the PDGoose. If you are interested in the shorter, lighter, simpler boat go to the OZ PDR page. The Story Bob Alston contacted me a couple of years ago wondering how to change the just under 8ft (2.4m) Oz PDR (now the OZ Racer) into a just under 12ft (3.5m) boat more suitable for two people. The standard OZ does take a passenger fine and sails well, but it is not a particularly participatory place to sit.  However, stretching the boat to 12ft allows two people to sit side by side as in the cover illustration below. So it would be simple to share the sailing responsibility. One with the rudder and one with the mainsheet. Much better for sharing and learning. The nice point about the PDGoose (Bob’s name for it) is that it uses ALL the bits the same as the OZ PDR and OZ Racer – so rudder, tiller, centreboard, mast, the same two sail options. So if you have an OZ ... you can build a OZ PDGoose hull and go sailing with friends The 12 footer will be able to carry quite a lot of weight and might make a good boat for events like the TEXAS200 event, though a lot of preparation and knowledge about the boat is necessary for tough events of this type. We recommend the lug sail with an extra reef point. A bigger boat when friends drop round You can see more pics of this boat built by Jim Post here or the full set of PDGoose simple sailboat pics on Flickr here The OZRacer is the ultimate in cheap, light and easy. It is a boat that a sailor can dominate because it is so small, simple and light. Not to mention easy to store and transport. There are lots of arguments for not getting a bigger boat if you really don't need it. Listen to them! The great thing about the original OZ Racer or OZ PDRacer is that it is so simple and quick to use. The hull only weighs about 65lbs. However I think some PDRacer owners will enjoy having a PDGoose as well as more people can go sailing with you and it will be a little bit faster than the PDRacer which might be useful sometimes. The goose has the same enclosed side tanks as pioneered on the OZ PDR so if you do capsize the boat will float on its side and then will come upright with very little water aboard. See the capsize sequence for the PDR here. |
