

1977-1979 Production of the first 60 Topcats.It had a mast height of 7.00 m, a jib sail of 3.6 m², and a mainsail of 11.2 m². 1977 The first Topcat appeared, a 4.80 m long twin-hull boat that was simply plugged together.The rudder and other Topcat details were registered as patents. 1976 The new "Kick-up" rudder was added to the prototype.Klaus Enzmann build a first prototype without daggerboards or rudders, similar to the Spanish "Patin-Vela", but with many of the successful details of the later boats. 1975 In the mid-70s two German A-Cat sailors, Bernd Breymann und Klaus Enzmann, were unhappy with the complicated transport and assembly of their boats.

