Wanted - Topaz Uno Race X

Aye to be sure - 4-up in a Topaz!  Cadet week's the worst! 

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.

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

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..............

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