Wanted - Topaz Uno Race X

Timnoyce said:

"Another interesting point is that the characteristics of the plastic change due to the colour of the pigment added so the performance will be different throughout the boat as there is a marbled effect." -

For my Topper Topaz: (see photo on previous posting) - I really hope the White part is no slower than the Purple part........otherwise things are going to get a bit tricky when it tries to overtake itself  ! 

 

I'm quite aware that the Topper Topaz is slow - the PY number makes it quite clear that it's no rocket ship. It's designed for beginners - I'm a beginner, my wife’s a beginner too hence it seems like quite a decent choice for us…….perhaps it’s just not appropriate to mention beginners or Rota-moulded boats in this forum ?  The very mention of this type of boat seems to hit a raw nerve here  - sorry

Sorry 'webmuppet' my post was not meant to slate your boat in any way, I just found it amusing that to someone who knew nothing about boats (the rest of my design group), they could quite easily be fooled into thinking that rotomoulding was a standard production method for performance boats!

As a cheap production method it is actually very useful as they can produce a large number of hulls at a reasonably low cost due to the reduced tooling costs (the moulds don't need to withstand the same sort of pressures as blow moulding or injection moulding).

Don't worry too much about the different colours of your boat unless it is blue! The blue pigment is notoriously hard to work with and it suffers from UV degredation much more than the other colours for some reason!

Enjoy sailing whatever you do it in, i've had just as much fun sailing rotomoulded picos as i have in any other class! (just need more wind to achieve it!)  Happy sailing

From my experience the main problem with the Topaz is the way it performs downwind.  They're an absolute pig to sail and frequently do things like this at my club.  Admittedly the guy sailing this is pretty bad but there seems to be a trend..............

That Picture is the best ad I've seen for the Topaz - they can be exciting!