Lockley Newport Boats was an American

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. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of

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, 2010. The company was founded in 1964 and went though several name changes and changes of ownership prior to going out of business in 1988.

History

Lightning dinghy on Lake Wallenpaupack, Pennsylvania

The company was founded as Newport Boats in 1964, building a line of sailing dinghies and small

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s. An east coast factory was established in

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to provide boats for that market. The company was acquired by the

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. In 1976 the company was bought by Lockley Manufacturing and was renamed ''Lockley Newport Boats''. In 1981 the name was changed again to Gloucester Yachts. The company went out of business in 1988. The molds for a number of the designs built by the company were later bought by Classic Yachts of

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and produced, including the

Gloucester 22 The Gloucester 22 is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Stuart Windley and Harry R. Sindle as a cruiser and first built in 1983.Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats'', page 172. International Mari ...

and the

Lockley-Newport LN-23 The Lockley-Newport LN-23, also called the Gloucester 23, is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Stuart Windley and Harry R. Sindle as a racer-cruiser and first built in 1978.Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book of Small Cru ...

, which were built until 2000. In a series of 2010 boat reviews Steve Henkel criticized the company's work, calling the quality of construction "so-so", noting that they were aimed at a budget market and that "the low cost is obtained partly by offering what is usually standard equipment as optional".

Boats

Summary of boats built by Newport Boats, Lockley Newport Boats and Gloucester Yachts: *

Albacore (dinghy) The Albacore is a 4.57 m (15 ft) two-person Planing (sailing), planing Dinghy sailing, dinghy, for competitive racing and lake and near-inshore day sailing. Hulls are made of either wood or fiberglass. The basic shape was developed i ...

- 1964 *

Finn (dinghy) The Finn dinghy is a single-handed, cat-rigged sailboat, and a former Olympic class for men's sailing. Since its debut at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, the Finn has featured in every summer Olympics, making it the longest serving dinghy ...

- 1964 *

Flying Dutchman The ''Flying Dutchman'' ( nl, De Vliegende Hollander) is a legendary ghost ship, allegedly never able to make port, but doomed to sail the seven seas forever. The myth is likely to have originated from the 17th-century Golden Age of the Dut ...

- 1964 *

Lightning (dinghy) The Lightning is an American sailing dinghy that was designed by Olin Stephens of Sparkman & Stephens, as a one-design racer and first built in 1938.Sherwood, Richard M.: ''A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition'', pages ...

- 1964 *

Mobjack (dinghy) The Mobjack is an American sailboat that was designed by Roger Moorman as a one design racer and first built in 1956. The boat is named for Mobjack Bay, Virginia. Production The design was built by Mobjack Manufacturing in Gloucester, Virg ...

- 1964 *

Pacific Catamaran The Pacific Catamaran or Pacific Cat is a sailing catamaran capable of high speeds across open water. PC-19 Newport Boats and Mobjack Manufacturing began building the Pacific Cat PC-19 in 1960. It has a fiberglass hull with fractional sloop stand ...

- 1964 *

Windmill (sailing dinghy) The Windmill is an American sailing dinghy that was designed by Clark Mills as a one-design racer and first built in 1953.Sherwood, Richard M.: ''A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition'', pages 58-59. Houghton Mifflin Co ...

- 1964 *

Kite (sailboat) The Kite is an American sailboat that was designed by Carter Pyle as a one design racer and first built in 1965. Production The design was built by Newport Boats in Newport Beach, California and Mobjack Manufacturing Corp. in Gloucester, Vi ...

- 1965 * Newport 16 - 1965 *

Skipjack 15 The Skipjack 15 is an American sailing dinghy that was designed by Harry R. Sindle and Carter Pyle and first built in 1965.Sherwood, Richard M.: ''A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition'', pages 46-47. Houghton Mifflin Co ...

- 1965 *

Buccaneer 18 The Buccaneer 18, also called the Buccaneer dinghy and the Gloucester 18, is an American planing sailing dinghy that was designed in 1966 by Rod Macalpine-Downie and Dick Gibbs as a one-design racer and day sailer. The prototype was first s ...

- 1968 *

Flipper (US dinghy) The Flipper is an American sailboat that was designed by Carter Pyle and Joe Quigg (naval architect), Joe Quigg as a daysailer intended for children, first built in 1966. Named for the Flipper (1964 TV series), period TV series, the boat is so ...

- 1968 *

Newport 20 The Newport 20 is an American sailboat, that was designed by Gary Mull and first built in 1968. The design is out of production. Production The boat was built by Newport Boats and also by Lindsey Plastics under its Capital Yachts Inc. brand ...

- 1968 * Surprise 15 - 1969 *

Blue Crab 11 The Blue Crab 11, also called the Gloucester 11, is an American utility dinghy that can be rowed, used as a motorboat or as a sailing dinghy. It was designed by Harry R. Sindle and first built in 1971. The design is named for the family of cr ...

- 1971 * Bullet 14 - 1971 * Newport 212 - 1972 * Holiday 20 - 1973 * Newport 17 - 1974 *

Newport 214 The Newport 214 is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Harry R. Sindle as a pocket cruiser and Midget Ocean Racing Club (MORC) racer and first built in 1975.Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats'', ...

- 1975 * Harmony 22 - 1977 *

- 1978 * Lockley-Newport LN-27 - 1979 * Gloucester 20 - 1981 * Gloucester 19 - 1983 *

- 1983 * Gloucester 27 - 1983 * Gloucester 18 (Whitecap) - 1984 * Gloucester 18 - 1985 * Gloucester 16 - 1986 * Gloucester 15 - 1987

References

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History

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