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Keeping just ahead of the 'Parade of Sail', MINOCQUA motors into Constitution Dock for the 2007…
Minocqua
Keeping just ahead of the 'Parade of Sail', MINOCQUA motors into Constitution Dock for the 2007…
Keeping just ahead of the 'Parade of Sail', MINOCQUA motors into Constitution Dock for the 2007 Australian Wooden Boat Festival.
Photographer D Payne, ANMM Collection

Minocqua

Vessel numberHV000112
Vessel Registration NumberNB 080
Date1947
DimensionsVessel Dimensions: 15.24 m x 14.93 m x 4.27 m x 1.37 m (50 ft x 49 ft x 14 ft x 4.5 ft)
DescriptionMINOCQUA was launched in 1947 and is a bridge-deck cruiser from Lars Halvorsen Sons.The design was done by Harold Halvorsen. It was given the job number 820 and was built at their Ryde shipyard.

When first launched the bridge-deck was open, and the fixed flying-bridge canopy is a later addition that blends in well with the stylish lines of the vessel. The hull lines are also ideal for their purpose as fast displacement hulls, quite capable of offshore passages in good conditions.

It was luxury craft like these that made Halvorsens the premier motor cruiser builders for many years after World War II, and encouraged them to look at exporting their designs to the USA.

MINOCQUA is one of the flagship craft around Australia for the Halvorsen fleet, and has featured at a number of Classic and Wooden Boat festivals in recent years.


SignificanceMINOCQUA is a large motor crusier built in Sydney in 1947. It is an outstanding example of the early post World War II luxury motor cruiser designs from Lars Halvorsen Sons, the premier motor cruiser builders in Sydney from the 1930s through to the 1970s. It remains in excellent condition and helps interpret the important story of motor launch designs and their evolution over many decades.
JASMIN on the Hawkesbury River in 2008.
Lars Halvorsen Sons Pty Ltd
1962
SILVER CLOUD at the ANMM in March 2010
Lars Halvorsen Sons Pty Ltd
1939
MEGSIE on the way to Hemmet, Queensland in 2007
Lars Halvorsen Sons Pty Ltd
1947
SILVER CLOUD II cruising along at moderate speed, note the expanse of foredeck.
Lars Halvorsen Sons Pty Ltd
1968
ANITRA V on Sydney Harbour
Lars Halvorsen Sons Pty Ltd
1956
KWEENA at Batemans Bay NSW 2012
Lars Halvorsen Sons Pty Ltd
1933
LYNDALL II's elegant profile has the plumb stem and more upright styling seen on Halvorsen desi…
Lars Halvorsen Sons Pty Ltd
1934
KU-RING-GAI
Lars Halvorsen Sons Pty Ltd
1951
AOMA on Pittwater in 2011
Lars Halvorsen Sons Pty Ltd
1963
MOLLYHAWK III at Goolwa 2015
Lars Halvorsen Sons Pty Ltd
1945
MAKARA in its current configuration
Bjarne Halvorsen 1916-1994
1959
FREYA on the Solent in the Admirals Cup
Lars Halvorsen Sons Pty Ltd
1963