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Reader Boat: Little Barrier Sprinter

Reader Boat: Little Barrier Sprinter

Nov 01, 2024
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Article by Neil Blavin

Built by Express Multihulls in 2005, imported to the U.S. in 2009.

Only two Little Barrier Sprinters (LBS) were ever built in Australia before the factory burned down in 2005. The factory had been building fiberglass catamarans for years prior to building this trailerable model. Approximately a dozen Little Barrier Expresses were built also, with a smaller sail plan and no daggerboard. I saw an article about this boat in an issue of Multihull World, found this one, and had it shipped to the U.S. from Australia.

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