Guest M3CONV Posted October 8, 2002 Report Share Posted October 8, 2002 I currently own a NACRA 5.8 and enjoy it immensely, however, being such a big beast it is difficult to rig and crews are not always available. I was considering purchasing a second boat that can be sailed both single handed and 2up. I was thinking of the Taipan 4.9 but as I am not up to date with all the options I would truly appreciate any advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berthos Posted October 8, 2002 Report Share Posted October 8, 2002 M3CONV, I recently bought myself a Taipan 4.9 and sail it cat rigged. It is a hoot!! and at 97kg it is a breeze to move around the beach and I can easily put it on and off it's trailer on my own. The class is growing quickly as well with nearly 50 boats sailing in the last Australian Taipan 4.9 Sloop Championships. Keep an eye out for the next Aus Sailing magazine as it will contain a feature on the 4.9. You may also like to take a look at the National Taipan website: http://www.taipan.asn.au or the Australian High Performance Catamaran's website: www.ahpc.com.au You can even build your own Taipan. My Taipan is a homebuilt timber boat. The timber boats are as quick as the glass ones. Testimony to this is the fact that 12 out of the 13 cat rig Aussie titles have gone to timber boats. The Taipan 4.9 is also a foundation boat of the Formula 16 High Performance class. This class includes a 4.9 with spinnaker in both the 2 up and 1 up configuration. By design these boats will be able to race F18 boats on elapsed time. There are increasing numbers of 4.9's being sailed with spinnakers in Australia and as far as I know all 4.9's outside Oz are being sailed with spinnakers. For more information about F16HP see the official website: http://www.geocities.com/F16HPclass/ I hope this is of some help. Rob Wilson Taipan 4.9 #175. [This message has been edited by berthos (edited 08 October 2002).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mal gray Posted October 9, 2002 Report Share Posted October 9, 2002 Rob, You might want to check in with the Taipan sailors who went to Forster before you crank up the F16 option. Regards Mal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berthos Posted October 11, 2002 Report Share Posted October 11, 2002 Mal, What happened at Forster? Tell me, I can take it! Look forward to meeting you in person at Mission Beach next weekend. Rob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HooD Posted October 12, 2002 Report Share Posted October 12, 2002 M3CONV, If I were you, I would go along to the yacht club where you want/do sail and look at the 16ft fleet. whatever they are into to, try and buy one the same, you will have more fun and closer racing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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