Build an Oz Goose Sailboat in three days or at your own pace and start sailing in the Philippines! Families Communities and Friends.
DATES AND LOCATIONS TO BE ANNOUNCED FOR 2023.
- Build a kit at home following the videos and supported by us on Social Media
- Join a FBW in your region
- Create a FBW group to build several boats.
- Start a school or college building and sailing program
To register interest or propose a group build location contact Roy Espiritu (Pinoypiper) on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/pinoypiper
The cost is the same as an iPhone, but your whole family can join in sailing events. Family and community groups are guided through the process of building their boat by experienced instructors.
Cost 2022 – PHP60,000 (US$1050) for everything to build the boat and be ready to sail.
Volunteer Effort – The FBW is run by the volunteers of the Philippine Home Boatbuilders Yacht Club which is a nonprofit.
To Register your interest please visit the facebook event page for the Family Boatbuilding Weekend – links below. There is no commitment needed at this point. Please register your interest and we will keep you informed.
Register Your Interest – Online Form
FBW Oz Goose Sailboat Building October 2022
Or if you have questions visit our Facebook Event Page
Or if MORE questions please talk to Roy Espiritu via Facebook
This is the 15th Year of Family Boatbuilding Weekends being run by the PHBYC volunteers. The Photo is of our first group building the Oz Geese in 2015 at the Taal Lake Conservation Centre.
These are the Maritime Students from St Joseph’s Institute of Technology in Butuan building the first group of 20 boats for their ongoing sailing program.
Affordable Sailing for ALL Filipinos with the Oz Goose Sailboat.
Affordable sailing boats mean that families and friends right across Filipino society can join in sailing. We have from Cooks to CEOs, from Drivers to Property developers, from Fisherfolk to Engineers, Youth Sailors and PWD sailors.
We all love sailing and help each other.
There are Clubs and groups with fleets of Oz Goose sailboats in
- Albay
- Taal Lake
- Butuan
- Subic Bay
- Cebu
Some of the group from the recent Sunday Oz Goose Racing at the Taal Lake Yacht Club.
Big things from little things grow
The year before this video … there were no sailboats in Albay.
This is Albay early 2022. What a great thing for Tourism and local employment!
Vision!
Two years ago several people in Albay decided that they would like to start a yacht club. They rounded up friends and helpers and built 12 Oz Geese.
They used kits provided by PHBYC as part of the Family Boatbuilding Weekend program. But because of Covid they built the boats at their homes supported by the Oz Goose building videos here and instructors available via social media to answer questions promptly. The kits were purchased at reduced cost as part of the Family Boatbuilding Weekend Project.
Those boats are out sailing several times a week. They are used for fun racing, sightseeing (I saw a whaleshark go right by my boat) and for kids to learn sailing.
This Video Shows the Oz Goose Spirit
if a Family Boatbuilding Weekend is not your thing …
- Build a sailboat from a kit at home! Using our detailed videos and Social Media Support
- Buy a used Oz Goose
- Rent an Oz Goose and have Sailing Lessons at one of our clubs.
- Join a sailing event at one of the Oz Goose Clubs.
Affordable Sailing for all Filipinos!