MOSQUITO CAT
Fractional Sloop • Catamaran Twin Cbrd. • Built 1966
Dimensions
- LOA
- 16.08 ft
- LWL
- 15.09 ft
- Beam
- 7.17 ft
- Max Draft
- — ft
- Displacement
- 121 lbs
- Ballast
- — lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 5.80 (use caution offshore)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 104.6
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 16
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- —
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 160 sq ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Catamaran Twin Cbrd.
- Rig Type
- Fractional Sloop
- Hull Material
- FG or Plywood
- Ballast Type
- —
Production
- First Built
- 1966
- Last Built
- —
- Number Built
- 1800
Notes:
The MOSQUITO is a one-design racing cat seen mostly in Australia and South Africa..
Mark I is Cat rigged. SA: 12.5m2 /134 sq.ft.
Mark II is Sloop rigged. SA: 14.9m2/160 sq.ft.
Originally designed as a one person (on trapeze) cat rigged yacht. Later the jib and the second trapeze were added and the Mosquito became an easily converted one-person/two-person yacht able to be built at home by the amateur or by professional builders but not restricted to one manufacturer.
Contact:
Mosquito Catamaran Association of South Australia.
Designer
- Neil Fowler (1922–2006)