Topcat K1 Jib - Kangaroo Sails

The Topcat K1 jib from Kangaroo Sails comes in three cuts: Easy for leisure sailors, Beach for leisure and club racing, and Hightech for serious racing. You then choose the cloth, batten type, window and Qbond option to suit the way you sail.

Sail cuts

• Easy – for leisure sailors, in durable white Dacron: panels run at right angles to the leech. Fewer panels mean fewer seams that can fail and an economical build. Flat, horizontal reinforcements.
• Beach – for leisure and club racing sailors: radial cut with panels from the head, tack and clew (2 panels from the head, 6 from the tack and clew). The cloth is aligned with the loads in the sail, and there are only a few seams. Radial reinforcements.
• Hightech – for racing sailors: radial cut with 3 panels from the head, 6 from the clew and 1 from the tack. The extra panels follow the loads even more closely and allow a finer profile. Reinforcements are cut radially and fully bonded.

Options

• Window or window-film panels possible with all three cuts
• Battens: full-length, for a furling system, or straight battens
• Qbond option (yes or no): the panels are joined with the patented Q-Bond process, bonded under high pressure instead of stitched – no needle holes, so the sail is lighter, holds its shape better and lasts longer.

Sailcloth

• Dacron (white): woven polyester sailcloth, easy to handle and long-lasting.
• Pentex (black, smoke, white, silver): three-layer laminate for racing and cruising with a Pentex fibre core and Mylar film outer layers, bonded under pressure – high strength and shape stability at low weight.
• Mylar (smoke, blue, white, green, red): built like Pentex, but with polyester fibres.

Compatible with

• Topcat K1