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I've just seen my last post was on the 28th Sept 2013 and that was about the last time I worked on the Goose until a couple of weeks ago. There's so much that can get in the way of boat building. It...

Looks nice out there B2.

Cheers

Kev

Thanks Blue Sailor. I really have to do some measuring to find out if we can transport the whole lot. They have strict laws here on how you transport things.

G'day,

I've been off the map for a while doing everything but boat building. Something else always seems to get in the way like life and such:roll:. I haven't been near the PD Goose this year and...

Looking good.

With the bottom lining up and coming together it was the same with the Eureka. At one stage I thought there was no way it would pull together but in the end it worked out fine.

Great idea. I'm looking forward to the build.


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Cheers Kev.

There seems to be quite a few problems you're having Canoath that I had as well. In the end my biggest problem was rushing things especialy not letting the varnish cure long enough between coats. I...

Aaaaaahhhhhh Trevor. You too.

Looking good Trevor. I have three different containers with wood flour in for any of those emegency patch-ups if I've got a bit of epoxy left over. I've saved the wood flour from oregon, okoume and...

I've had a few goes at finishing the foils but it's one of those jobs that "nearly" is not good enough. I got the last side down to shaped with a coarse finish yesterday and spent a couple of hours...

:U Yes it's the Oktoberfest in Munich and the Cannstatter Volksfest in Stuttgart. At €9.00 ($12.00 U.S.) for a litre of beer we are definitely steering clear. I can buy a crate (12 half litre...

G'day,
I finally got around to epoxying the mast, spar and boom. I didn't have a roller tray or anything I could use as one so I brushed the epoxy on. It gives a really nice finish. I think I'll do...

Really nice to watch the progress. This is a really clean and precise build Surlyone. You have great woodworking skills.

Cheers,
Kev.

G'day,
I popped this question quite a while ago and here's the response I recieved ; https://www.woodworkforums.com/f169/inspection-ports-154061/

I hope this helps,

Cheers,
Kev.

G'day Trevor,

Looking good Trevor. An ingenious jig for glueing the foils. I was actually jealous of the fact you are using recycled timber. I would love to do a build out of recycled material but...

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I had all intentions of going into the garage today and setting up the spars ready for epoxy but somehow finished up starting to shape the rudder. I don't know what happened there :rolleyes:....

Thanks for the reply Dave,

I've just been reading some of the stuff on your blogs. I'll have to take some time out with a beer and have a good read.

I'm still tossing it around with which way...

I'm getting to the point where I'm just about ready to epoxy the spars. I've been looking around at other threads to see if I can get an idea of how to set them up. Michael suggests using a piece of...

G'day,
I'm still trying to work out why anyone would take a really nice square length of wood and then make it round.:rolleyes: I mean it started off round as a tree and then was milled square and...

G'day TeeDee,

Thanks. I try my best :U. The broom and I go way back. I was always taught to keep my work space clean and clear. I guess it's a good habit. Besides my wife has to put her car in...

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I've spent the whole day getting the foil blanks to size and ready for shaping. The guy I bought the wood from said he would run them through his thicknesser for me but that would have been a...

G'day,
In my boom and spar blanks there's a slight curve in the length. It's fair along the whole length. The timbers are 3.5m Oregon and the curve is about 15mm. I'm wondering if I have to have the...

G'day Alex,

Following your builds is allways fascinating espcially your attention to detail but what is amazing is how you manage to move around what your working on with so little space. You must...

G'day Barry,
It sounds like your build is coming along nicely. As for material availability, there are quite a few here that have had to use what they could. One of the great features of Michaels...

G'day,

Bolts and slots aside :U.

I got into some serious planing and sanding and now have the mast ready for the wet stuff. Planing the mast down I think I wrecked a set of blades on my...

After looking through the PD/OZ Racer and Mkll builds I see the mast step is constructed differently and in the RV's the bolt isn't used. Therefore no slot in the mast foot :-.

Note to Michael....

G'day Michael,

In the RV plan on the page titled "Epoxying and Glassing the Spars" you mention the slot in the bottom of the mast. How does this get there and what is it for. I never came across...

That was some good cursing I used too Bruce :U You've just jogged my memory. I knew that and never even thought about it. The immediate problem was that the staves wanted to slip upwards but I...

Absolutely beautifull Theodor.Your patience has created a really nice boat. I think if I'd had to wait that long to do a build I would have been chewing pieces off the furniture:;:U.

My wife wants...

I got into some serious gluing last night and today. I glued up the rudder last night which went smoothly but when I glued up the rest today it was a fight from start to finish. Just one of those...

Thankyou Engblom,

I think if you like doing something you'll do it well. Michaels plans are foolproof if you stick to them and follow his advice. I learnt so much from the Eureka build including...

"It's all about saving weight". Says it all really.

G'day,
The idea of butt joining the Paulownia for the foils didn't appeal to me in the end so I'll glue them seperate. I cut them up tonight and cleaned up the mast ready for glueing.

Cheers,...

I got the core blocking cut up this morning and glued up the narrow staves. The old ladder worked great as a support to glue up the staves.

I started on the foil staves this afternoon. I'm...

Well. Maybe not so fast.

I 've marked out the mast staves and planed down the two narrow staves. When I marked the center line I used a lenght of stretch cotton which gives a fairly fine line to...

My wife and I payed a visit to the biggest wood handler in South Germany this morning and for my up-coming birthday my wife gave me the timber for the mast, spar, boom and foils as a present. We were...

Thankyou Bruce and Michael,

I was trying to think of what I was looking at at first and then realized it was a GIS :U
I'm not really slow. Really nice Bruce.

I'm going with fine grain spruce...

Hi Michael,

Thanks for the reply.

Can I use Paulownia on the framing ? It's all about weight after all :U.

Cheers, Kev.

After looking at the material I've got laying around I'm going to start my build with the rudderbox. Looking at the plans it says that with the framing the width can be a minimum of 42mm. That makes...

Hi Mick,

I used beech on my centre spreader and seats in the Eureka. I laminated it with the Abachi. The center spreader was cosmetic but the strip under the seats was to stop the Abachi from...

Hi Mik,



????? Is there such a thing. I have the Oz Racer RV plans. The side panel for the Goose you sent me is titled "Oz Mk3 cruz post new website".

I have cubic meter prices for the wood...

Hi Mik,

Thanks for the help.



Are you throwing down the gauntlet ? :U

The local hardware here has Blauglockenbaum :U (Paulownia) in 18mm x 300mm x 2000mm. With a little bit of scarfing...

Hi Mik,
I came across this https://www.woodworkforums.com/f169/pd-goose-almost-12ft-sailing-report-photos-videos-100265/

Down the page there is a post with Bob Alstons boat weighing in at 120lbs...

Hi Mik.

I've been trying to find the weight of the Oz Goose. I found the Oz Racer 65 lbs (30kg) but I couldn't find a weight for the Oz Racer RV either. Using the extra sheet of ply wouldn't make...

I'm working from the OzRacer RV plan Mik.



The title is the "OzGoose RV sidepanel gsd (1). pdf".

Is "OzGoose RV" the official name for the boat now? Last time I asked you seemed a bit...

G'day all,

I haven't posted for a while but I've been dropping in and been keeping up with what's happening. There're some really great builds going on. There's some very talented and skilled...

Fantastic build. I really like the colour.:2tsup:

Your video shows how easy and relaxed it is to paddle the Eureka.

Cheers, Kev.

Very nice Arbordg. Beautiful woodworking skills.

Hi Tatolazo,

I used 5mm ply and used 2.5mm copper wire that I stripped down from 3 core eletric cable and drilled a 3mm hole with a new wood bit. Just the every day cable you find in houses. I had...

Hi Tatolazo.

I'm a bit busy at the moment but I'll get back to you as soon as I can and hopefully I can help.

Kev (Flatdog)