| Boat name | Larapinta |
| Designer | A C Barber |
| Builder | William Gordon |
| Year launched | 1945 |
| Rig | Ketch |
| LOA | 37 ft |
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| Sail number | MH 36 |
| Owner | |
| ARHV Number | HV000280 |
History
LARAPINTA is a heavy displacement 11 metre (37 feet) cruising yacht designed by prolific Sydney naval architect AC Barber. Launched in 1945, it was sailed by Peter Mounsey and his wife Lesley who became the first Australian couple to make a world-circumnavigation in the late 1950s. This was at a time when few couples of any nationality had taken to ocean cruising and it is probable that Lesley was the first Australian woman to sail around the world on a yacht.
(From the ARHV)
