Brief specification
Lenhth: 4.25 m
Beam: 2.05 m
Crew
1 – 3
Trapeze
Single
Lifting rudder
Safe and simple system
Furling jib
Sealed mast
Trilam construction
“ON THE WATER IT FEELS STIFFER, LIGHTER AND MORE DYNAMIC THAN ANY ROTOMOULDED CAT PRODUCED BY DART OR HOBIE, WITH TAUT FEEDBACK THAT QUALIFIES AS ‘TRUE PERFORMANCE’ SAILING”
YACHTS & YACHTING
Available in 2 exiting versions
SUPERB 14 FOOT RACING CATAMARAN
Great racing catamaran for lighter weight crews:
- True performance catamaran sailing
- Precise, well mannered handling
- Very robust, ultra-tough, maintenance free TRILAM construction
- WORLD SAILING (ISAF) Learn To Sail Class
- As used by Sunsail, Mark Warner, Neilson, RYA OnBoard
- Internationally Award Winning Design
- Sailing World Best Catamaran Winner
Voiles & Voiliers Coup de Coeur Best Catamaran Winner
The Topaz Catamarans have been designed by International multihull racing legends Yves Loday and Robert White. With such sailing experience and pedigree, not to mention their proven design track records, it comes as little surprise that the Loday/White team have produced such a stunning range of cats.
The Topaz 14 is an accessible but high performance cat designed for two medium to light crew. There is room on the trampoline for three for cruising. The Topaz 14T has a twin trapeze and a powerful 9.98m2 sail area courtesy of a large Dacron main and jib. The 14XT has a decent 10.00m2 gennaker to provide a more powered up downwind ride.
The TOPAZ 14 XTREME is a souped up singlehanded variation. The XTREME version has a superb fathead Mylar mainsail coupled with a 9.90m2 asymmetric gennaker plus a trapeze to take full advantage of the staggering amounts of available power. The 14 XTREME is a sublime creation suited to a wide range of crew weights.
The Topaz cats are all roto-moulded in tri-laminated Metalicene™polyethylene producing the stiffest, lightest and most dynamic hulls available. The hulls are also extremely robust and low maintenance making them ideal for even the toughest sailing school environments.
“VERY QUICK BUT EASY TO SAIL. IT’S A BEAUTIFULLY BEHAVED BOAT THAT WOULD MAKE A GREAT RACING CLASS FOR LIGHTER WEIGHT SAILORS. IT’S ALSO A GREAT PRICE”
YACHTS & YACHTING
FEATURES
The 14 is a wonderful 14 foot catamaran that is fast, fun and forgiving and is ideally suited to lighter weight crews:
- High foredeck with lots of volume in the bow area is great for stability, handling and taut feedback
- The built-in skeg design hulls (so no need for daggerboards) make for user friendly sailing
- No boom makes for one less thing to worry about
- Lock-in beams combined with stiff hull construction provide a stiff, rigid and dynamic sailing platform
- Adjustable, safe and simple ‘Race’ Rudder System allows you to adjust the rake of blade dependent on conditions
- Fully battened mainsail provides exciting performance
- Durable and manageable Dacron radial-cut mainsail and furling jib as standard
- Reefing mainsail as standard
- Single-line ‘Race’ Gennaker System is easy and effortless
- Snuffer tube and gennaker sock
- Twin trapeze as standard
- High quality foot straps for trapezing
- Unique non-slip pattern is user friendly and provides extra grip when trapezing
- Foam filled sealed mast for extra safety
- Step hinged mast makes rigging quick and easy (even for one young person)
- Incredibly high quality hardware including ball bearing blocks and race specification cleats
- Auto-ratchet gennaker block
- Hard wearing injection moulded polyethylene rudder blade
- Total rigged weight of just 110kg
- TRILAM technology unique to Topper gives unrivalled strength to weight ratio and great uniformity, buoyancy, stiffness, dynamism, lightweight and durability
- Three year hull warranty
- 14 Xtreme singlehanded rig option
