NEWPORT 16
Fractional Sloop • Swing Keel • Built 1965
Dimensions
- LOA
- 15.58 ft
- LWL
- 13.67 ft
- Beam
- 6.25 ft
- Max Draft
- 3.75 ft
- Min Draft
- 1.75 ft
- Displacement
- 750 lbs
- Ballast
- 250 lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 2.75 (use caution offshore)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 26.6
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 131
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- 33.3%
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 137 sq ft
- I
- 15.25 ft
- J
- 7.25 ft
- P
- 18 ft
- E
- 9.75 ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Swing Keel
- Rig Type
- Fractional Sloop
- Hull Material
- FG
- Ballast Type
- —
Production
- First Built
- 1965
- Last Built
- —
- Number Built
- —
Notes: The same hull as the earlier COLUMBIA 15 but with a cabin added. The molds were bought by Enterprise Yachts of FL in mid 1970's and then later came into the hands of Newport Boats which became Lockly Newport. It was later modified by enlarging the cabin top and renamed the NEPTUNE 16. Later still, the molds were sold to Gloucester Yachts were it became the GLOUCESTER 16.\nThe NEWPORT 16 came in fixed keel as well as a trailerable swing keel versions.\nDraft for the keel version is 2.5'
Designer
- C. William Lapworth (1919–2006)
Builder
- Lockley Newport Boats (USA) (1964–1988)
Class Association
Related Boats
| Name | LOA (ft) | Year | Rig |
|---|---|---|---|
| GLOUCESTER 16 | 15.58 | 1986 | Fractional Sloop |
| NEPTUNE 16 | 15.75 | 1981 | Fractional Sloop |