Main and Mizzen Sails for Jim Michalak’s Haps Cut ketch
Photos and short review of Mainsail and Mizzen for perhaps the most famous of Jim Michalak’s Hapscut cruising scows. Tested in an extremely blowy Texas 200 event.
Custom Sails
Echo Bay Dory Skiff – Lug and Sprit Sails for Clint Chase Boat Plans
Sails for Clint Chase’s Echo Bay Dory Skiff and his other plans and kits from really simple sails.
Annabelle – Sails for Dave Gentry Skin on Frame Boat Plans
Standing lug sail for the Dave Gentry Designed Annabelle Skiff
Up to date rigging guide for lug rig sails on opengoose.com
A great article from the Open Goose website on setting up lug rigs of all types.
Sail setting info for the Saturday Night Special – Boat design by John Welsford
A sail for the Saturday Night Special designed by John Welsford. And some setup tips from John Goodman.
First photo 50sq ft laminate sail for canoe
First photos of our square top sail suitable for sailing canoes
We are now making custom sails and standard sails in custom materials
RSS is now getting sails laser cut by a third party to our designs. We can now make affordable custom sails and have access to a much larger selection of materials and fabrics.
“That Crease” on a balance lug sail
A crease in the sail is a common problem that is easily remedied. Here we go through a quick diagnosis and correct setup.
Big Sail price reduction of $100 for GIS and OZ.
Price drop of $100 on our larger sails – Oz and Goat Island Skiff. Also announcing that we can make sails for many more types of boats as we are getting the sails laser cut to our designs.
Canoe Sail 36 square feet with reef
Introducing a small 36 sq ft (3.36sq m) sail for sailing canoes and dinghies. Same RSS quality and a very nice price.
A bigger, inexpensive sail for John Lizardi’s CLC NorthEaster Dory
John was looking for more oomph for his NorthEaster Dory by CLC. He decided to try the RSS 89 square foot lug sail. He found himself sailing happily alongside Lasers for an extended period, causing puzzled looks from the young Laser sailors. Boat handles much better too.
Resources for setting up, tuning and handling balance and other lug sails
You have a new Lug sail from us or someone else, or have just gotten your first lug sailed boat. This page has the resources to make it simple, trouble free and efficient.
Balance Lugsail for Michael Storer’s Oz Goose design
The Goose is a blown up version of the OzRacer boats developed by Michael Storer. Being a bigger boat there is a chance of it carrying more people and carrying more load that the smaller version. The stock sail is a 89 square foot balance lug from 4oz Challenge dacron. It can also be set …