Topaz TAZ Customer Feedback | |
As Australia is still a young market for the Topaz range these quotes come from NZ owners- "I love it! A fantastic boat that can be sailed in pretty much all conditions either one up or two. I always recommend it to people who see me sailing and it normally draws a small crowd when on the beach as it looks so modern. It is very fast to rig and with the mylar sails I have the vision through the clear main makes for safer sailing."
- "Makes every other sailing dinghy on the water including the Laser look old fashioned."
- "When I was sailing a Taz with YNZ Sailing... Have A Go! program in light winds the Opti's were barely moving, while I was out there having great fun shooting past them (young pupil)."
Greg Burns: Commodore of Point Chevalier Sailing Club in Auckland:
"I noticed that the TAZ was a bit smaller and livelier than the Uno when I tested it a fortnight ago. This is similar to larger people on those moulded kayaks, where the amount of displacement causes more of a roll-over effect. There would be quite a bit of difference with smaller children. I am over 100Kgs and found it a bit tippy, but had to force it over to test capsize and recovery.
"Getting back on board was the easiest boat I have ever had to recover from. During the capsize, I could easily have ‘dry rolled’ it as the capsize was not that quick and there is time to make a choice to go over with the boat or mount the windward rail and roll it back."
- After a major sea trial of the Topaz Taz by YNZ for their Sailing... Have A Go! program with both experienced and beginner sailors, the end conclusion was " We were very impressed by the Taz and will be ordering nine for our program. The only issue we had was with the built in buoyancy on the head of the sail (which can be removed) as in heavy winds the boat would be blown to leeward while in the capsized position, but we found that this only happened for a short initial distance and on balance we thought it a good idea". |
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