Wanted - Topaz Uno Race X

Loving the colour scheme on your boat `Muppet 

I've only sailed a topaz a few tomes .. about 3 years back in Norfolk on the broads.

We seemed to be going quite well, and were chasing down yachts etc that were on the same broad as us!

They were basically my introduction to "faster" sailing (after sailing oppies / toppers for the previous few days, and wayfarers for about a year before that in light wind)

Of course, it would have probably felt faster than it was ... I was 14 at the time!

Who's getting technical ? ........anyway you're quite right about the way I was sailing that Topaz ! The photo was taken in October at my fourth ever attempt at racing, so whilst all you experts are very quick to criticise,  I was very pleased with my efforts having only been sailing for less than a year. With the benefit of hindsight I now know that I should have been sitting slightly further forward, the boat should have been flatter and the sail should have been set slightly better. I purchased some extra tell-tails at the Dinghy show to help to get more out of the sail and I hope to have some more lessons in the near future. All the photos posted so far have implied that the Topaz would be the first thing to fall over.......my photo just shows that this is not always the case   

Now I know I've used this image before - however may I point out that 1) The Topaz Uno Race is the right way up and 2) the boat in the background is a Laser 4000 which may not be the right way up 

A new olympic sport perhaps?

Originally posted by Andrewst I notice that nearly all the topaz uno races in the above pics are using the old semi battened mains the one in the distance has got a full battened rig. I have found that running the boat in race x mode is better than the standard race as it avoids the downwind tipping due to the angles you have to run to get the most out the the aysmetric. However running the optional race x jib which is larger than the standard gets far to much in the way and so I hardly ever use it. I have also found that you can avoid the tippyness when not using the aysmetric by using the jib.

If your only using a main dead down wind then you can expect them to behave like all similar rigged boats.  Just cause they are made of plastic will not stop the dreaded death roll.  I don't imagine the mast is the lightest weight section, which wouldn't help either.