Topcat F2 Mainsail - Kangaroo Sails

This Topcat F2 mainsail is made to your specification by Kangaroo Sails, the sail brand of Sven Lindstädt Segeltechnik. Choose the Beach cut for leisure sailing, the Hightech cut with more panels for racing, or a Decksweeper version. You decide on the cloth, colour, window and battens.

Sail cuts

• Beach – for leisure sailors: radial cut from the head and clew with 4 panels from the head, 10 from the clew and 1 panel along the luff. Flat, horizontal reinforcements; batten pockets in white Dacron.
• Hightech – for racing sailors: radial cut with 6 panels from the head, 11 from the clew and 1 along the luff. The extra panels align the cloth more closely with the loads in the sail and give a better profile. Reinforcements cut flat and fully bonded; batten pockets in the same cloth as the sail.
• Decksweeper – available as a further cut option. On a Decksweeper the foot reaches down to just above the trampoline (usually with a curved boom): sail and trampoline act like an end plate, reducing the tip vortices along the foot for better pointing and speed upwind. Widely used in racing since the 2017 F18 Worlds.

Options

• Window: lower panels in window film (Beach and Hightech)
• Multi-colour layout possible
• Battens: none, with battens, or battens for the Decksweeper (DS)
• Qbond: yes or no

Sailcloth

• Dacron in white: woven polyester sailcloth with good handling and a long life.
• Pentex in black, smoke, white or silver: a laminate for racing and cruising sailors made of three layers bonded under pressure. The Pentex fibre core gives high strength and shape stability at low weight; both outer layers are Mylar film.
• Mylar in smoke, white, blue, green or red: a laminate with the same construction as Pentex, but with polyester fibres.

Compatible with

• Topcat F2