Hi Nick,

don't lose interest, if you are after a good cheap competitive boat you can't go wrong with a Mosquito. Alot of them are timber, in fact the only older boat I would look at is timber, old glass boats where generaly hard to fix and heavy.

The other advantage is if you get a Mossie, all the gear to set up for spinnaker has been worked out. There must be some in northern states for sale, check in Trading Posts etc. and on Mossie site. http://home.vicnet.net.au/~mosquito/

Regards Gary.