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hobbyists of the Philippine Home Boatbuilders Yacht Club<br />
(PHBYC). It is designed as an easy to build sailboat using<br />
nothing more than marine plywood, lumber, and locally<br />
sourced materials.<br />
PHBYC executive director Roy Espiritu is enthusiastic of<br />
the Oz Goose’s potential to bring recreational boating to<br />
the Philippines.<br />
“...the regatta<br />
organizers have gone<br />
all out to embrace the<br />
Batangas theme, that’s<br />
why Ala eh! is in the<br />
event name.”<br />
“The Oz Goose<br />
sailboat sails really<br />
well and makes for an<br />
ideal platform to teach<br />
people the essential<br />
skills involved in<br />
sailing, from weather<br />
awareness to basic<br />
physics,” expressed<br />
Mr. Espiritu. “Racing<br />
sailboats is the best way to improve one’s skill as a sailor,<br />
you have a clear objective that you need to complete<br />
efficiently, and have other sailors around you that you can<br />
learn from.”<br />
Batangas Governor Hermilando Mandanas is optimistic<br />
of the regatta’s role in promoting the province as a water<br />
sports haven.<br />
“Our province is becoming the Mecca for water sports<br />
enthusiasts from Metro Manila and Calabarzon, from<br />
canoe, kayak, and dragon boat paddlers, scuba and free<br />
divers and, of course, sailors on various forms of watercraft,”<br />
said Governor Mandanas. “I was told that the participants<br />
will also be treated to the rich flavors of Batangas, and<br />
the regatta organizers have gone all out to embrace the<br />
Batangas theme, that’s why Ala eh! is in the event name.”<br />
This year the event got underway in a grand style with fresh<br />
winds blowing to give an exciting day of racing, that seen<br />
a few mishaps all in good fun with no one being injured.<br />
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