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Welcome aboard! A couple years ago, i was in a similar place asyou. I ended up making Michael's Oz RV and enjoyed every moment of building it and sailing it. I think one of the key differences to...

Hit enter too quick. What I was going to say was that Rick L. Has made both and, as I understand it, has faired very well in racing both.

I have only built the RV and would pass along that I enjoy the extra room and regularly have adult sized passengers that can sit comfortably in the boat. Rick Landrev

My humble little OZ has a similar feature with a fore/aft spacing gap. I use a PVC pipe that is slit lengthwise. That serves to both solve the gap concern as well as some cushion when (not if) I...

I am pleased to share the mast issue is resolved! Thank you all for the advice.

Here are a couple recent pics. At a lake near Ashland Oregon (sailing and a Shakespeare festival = good times)...

Ok, all glued up. I ended up "pressing" the runny-peanut-butter consistency glue in the best I could using my glove hand because I could not wedge the crack without damaging other parts of the mast...

The glue was epoxy but since it was my first attempt at epoxy and was the first part of the boat I built, I am pretty sure it was glue starved or I didn't add enough glue powder. The separation is...

Here is a pic of the crackhttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/07/06/vury9ebu.jpg

Snap but no pop (in the mast). Yesterday I took the boat out and gave it a go in 20+mph winds. I am happy to report that that with some great advice from Michael that the bow of the boat pops up...

It sails! This is serious fun!

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I had just enough wind to scoot...

All ready for water!! 269260
Any suggestions?
1) I went with what I think is like a bleater instead of the square knot on the mast269261
2) I went with a loose footed lug. Hope it is set up...

I am just putting the finishing touches on my RV build after a very leisurely (& therapeutic) build. When I was reading the thread I was thinking about how great the question and answers were. ...

I am out of town but thinking about the boat. I have gone back and forth on colors and recall the sage advice of letting the wife pick the colors. So, I came up with this MS Paint hand-scrawled pic...

First of all, I apologize for the longer than normal post up front. Since I have been somewhat quiet up to this point, and because I am so excited to be getting to the end of my build, I thought I...

Michael, Good call on the Ply, I took it in and the dealer gave me both a new sheet and an apology. So, after all of the family gatherings subside, I will be getting back to finish the 3d of the...

I am plodding along and have got all the main parts cut out and chine & glue logs glued on. But with the seriously wet weather in my area (85-90% humidity in a cold garage) and my snails pace, I...

Thank you for the guidance and I am getting some epoxy for the high stress parts!

New question is about the foil sizes. When I laid up the staves for the foil I ended up with a taller blank. I...

First of all, thank you all for the thoughtful and pain saving comments! The idea of setting goals and picking some time to focus on the building will save me from turning this into a race or chore....

Recently I had the pleasure to get a kick start on my OZ Racer build – mostly in the form of inspiration from Rick Landervile and him saying “Hey, just get started! The only mistake you can make is...