TAZ

A QUALITY DINGHY, DESIGNED FOR TEACHING CHILDREN TO SAIL

Construction Trilam Polyethelene  rigid, strong, durable.   designed by           IAN HOWLETT of course! Race Model        $2500.00.  includes yellow trimmed mylar main and jib.

LENGTH  2.95m  (9.7 feet)    BEAM  1.20m   (47 inches)     WEIGHT  40kg  (88 pounds)

Sail Area:  Main 4.39m2    Jib 1.00m2

Bermuda rig, anodised aluminum mast and boom.  Molded daggerboard and Toppers famous 3 position lifting rudder.         Crew 1-2  330 lb. max.  Self Bailing, Unsinkable. 

Shock absorbent centerboard hull plates help prevent hull damage if run aground.       Go ahead!  Try to beat this price. 

Carry Handles, inspection hatches.  Mast rotates within stirrup boom fitting allowing easy reefing.  Foam pad sewn into top of "race" sail helps prevent the boat from turning turtle.   Topper mastgate system....a child can step the mast.  Three position lifting rudder.  This boat was selected, as #1 beginner boat and teaching boat for 2011.

Here's what YACHTS & YACHTING said about the TAZ

Smaller and lighter, nippier and more handy than a Topper or Pico which makes it more suitable in size for introducing children to sailing.  In fact the TAZ has quite a racy hull shape with a flat rocked back end starting to taper at the daggerboard towards a fine bow.   So the TAZ appears to cut upwind quickly, pointing high, tacking easily and accelerating with each gust.  Sailing offwind on flat water, the TAZ stayed stable downwind and in gybes.  The TAZ has plenty of room for two children in its cockpit and unlike the Optimist has a high boom that should stay clear of small heads.  The Design Category CE Certificate for the TAZ recommends a maximum of two people or 150 kg (330 lb.), which in theory allows a suitably enthusiastic 100kg (220 lb.) Dad to sail with his child.  How would the TAZ beat to windward against a strong spring ebb tide in a gusty wind?  This scenario confronts many coastal sailors and the TAZ performed extremely well

 TAZ VIDEOS        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAMfex163GE

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