Mosquito Catamaran Information
The Mosquito has been around now for over 35 years and for all that time its performance has been shown to be consistently good for a 4.9 metre catamaran, often beating much newer designs around the course.
The Mosquito is a restricted class rather than a strict one design, which has allowed the class to take advantage of developments in hull shape and sail design over the years. This continued development and the light hull weight combine to make the current Mosquitoes very efficient and competitive over a very wide range of conditions.
One of the big attractions of the Mosquito is the price. A brand new set of carbon or Kevlar composite hulls cost around $8000. This combined with the low cost mast and beam sections supplied by the Association means a complete new boat with Mylar sails can be on the water for less than $15,000 (information for builders).
Alternatively a competitive second-hand boat (up to 8 years old) can be obtained for under $8,000. Further an older ply hulled entry level boat could be picked up for around $3000 and these still mix it amongst the fleet today.
The standard Mosquito delivers performance for reasonable dollar spend but when you add the spinnaker for approximately $1500 more, there is no competition.
The Mosquito can be sailed cat style (single-handed) or sloop rigged (with crew) on the same VYC handicap of 84 and when raced with the spinnaker the current VYC is 80.
Ideal for one up, two up or parent / child sailing arrangements and with the light weight it can be rigged by one adult.
Consider the mosquito - an all round great boat.