Fantastic work! I was very intersted in how the spars are completed. The hull looks great. I am looking forward to your posting of all the great adventures you will have with Goose.
Such a lot of work to put the mast together. I wonder whether a 50mm x 3mm aluminium pole would be just as good. Something like what is done for the Storer sailing canoe, but without joining two lengths together. It would possibly be a cheaper option as well.
Hi Lee, the force needed to heel/capsize the canoe is way less than the force needed to capsize the Goose. Without making any stress tests I would risk saying that a 50x3 aluminium mast would not be strong enough for the Goose. As for the work making the mast...it's just me being me. you could make that mast on the floor and the max deviation/bend you would have would be 8mm which is completely irrelevant. 😉
@@TheBoatRambler good point... it has the righting, to put power onto getting over it's bow wave, but will probably be a little more reactive to waves in general.
@@TheBoatRambler when you think design though ...too much rocker, in general, isn't good for planning vessels, so a designer does have to be very careful with it....on the oz goose it is still good, because the rocker, In Design Trim, will not increase the quarter beam angle much..
Each video is a fine woodworking lesson. Thanks Leo. When you refere to "white spruce" is it what in Portugal is caled "abeto" or regular pine wood? Thanks
Great progress! I got a bit lost with the mast shim part, (I assume it's to put in the right taper), but I'm sure it would be obvious if the plans were in front of me. Also encouraging to see you successfully use diy shop wood (but it does take ages sorting through it). I live in the middle of nowhere, but one thing we do have is an actual sawmill. Which might be handy someday... I hope your cruiser is ok in the storms. We had a beautiful 22C sunny lightly breezy day yesterday! I guess that's normal for you in Portugal, but it was an unexpected Easter gift for us up here in Germany! You'll be sailing that Goose in no time!
Hi Kirsty, yes the shims are to maintain the right taper, and tbh not really needed as the max deviation if not using them would be 8mm which is completely irrelevant as far as a mast goes. But I'm a bit like that 😅 Regarding the wood...had to go through maybe a hundred boards to find some acceptable ones! The cruiser survived another storm, it's a tough one! 😁
I'm thinking of building an Oz Goose, but instead of making a lug sail, I would make a Bermuda sail rig with a jib. Do you think this would work well, particularly for upwind sailing?
I see no reason to change the rig. It's actually an advantage in my opinion.. To use a bermuda sail you would need a very tall stayed mast and a bowsprit for a jib. More trouble than it's worth tbh.
