This capable, 45-foot, full-keeled blue-water cruising home is custom designed and built by the Skoog brothers in Washington state. She sports roller furling jib and staysail, jiffy reefing main with lazy jacks and she is rigged such that all lines leed aft to the cockpit. A marinized 96-hp Isuzu diesel w/ 3 blade Luke reverse / feathering prop. 325 gal fuel. 400 gal/day watermaker (1 qt / hr fuel). Radar, SSB, GPS, hydraulic steering, forward-looking depth sounder, 90 gal holding, pressure water.

The Goose is a stretch version of the Atkins Wild Duck design, hence the name. With a wine glass transom, flush deck, pilot house and stand-up engine room she was designed as a no-nonsense long distance cruiser. She is fit for any type of seas and has traversed the Pacific Ocean twice.

Her FRP hull is thick (over 1 inch thick at the turn of the bilge) and beautifully laid up. The hull to deck joint is extremely robust and accessible. Plywood / fiberglass decks complete this strong cruiser. 8 ports, 4 port lights, 3 hatches, 6 dorades and two 5-amp bilge blowers provide light and air below.

Fore to aft you find the: chain locker /stowage, shower, head w/ linen closet, master state room, full width galley, salon, engine room, pilot house and cockpit. The master state room has a large berth and many drawers. The galley, with top loading fridge, 4 burner propane stove and ample stowage serves admirably at anchor or at sea. The salon table seats 6. The salon can sleep 4 in single berths. The engine room has chart stowage starboard with a work table above, to port is a work bench with vice and the Kubota-powered water maker. The pilot house has an inside steering station (with remote for autopilot), a chart table and electronics arrayed for easy use. There are two berths in the pilot house. The cockpit is small but comfortable. Three can sleep in the cockpit, with the broad stern seat being our favorite.

She weighs in at 60,000 lbs, which results in great stability in heavy seas.  But it does not cost in speed.  She averaged 6.6 kts from the Galápagos to the Marquesas (and this with two days calm).

The walk-in engine room allows better than average access to the engine. 4 fuel tanks feed to a gravity-fed day tank. Dual Racor filters ensure clean fuel. Fuel can be circulated for cleaning. Borg-Warner 1:1 drop shaft transmission with a Luke 3 blade feathering prop provide ample power in forward and reverse. An alternator aft of the transmission can be used to charge the starter bank under power or sail. Two alternators on the main engine independently charge the port and starboard house banks. A 15 amp inverter provides 120 VAC for those tools that just don't like 12 VDC. The Watermaker Store watermaker provides 400 gallons per day of water at a fuel consumption of about 1 qt per hour. The water maker also charges the batteries with an 80 amp alternator (output can be directed to any of the battery banks).

A diesel-fired pot belly stove in the salon provides warmth on those cold tropical nights. Heat from the stove can be circulated to a radiator in the Master State room. You can also circulate heat from the engine through the heating system.

The pressure water system, large tankage and watermaker provide for generous fresh water in the galley and head. A salt water wash down pump / spigot are located forward on deck. The Goose has 4 automatic bilge pumps and one manual (operated in pilot house).