Capital Yachts Corporation, also called Capital Yachts, Inc. was an American boat builder based in

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. The company operated as a division of Lindsey Plastics and specialized in the design and manufacture of

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s.Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats'', pages 47 & 299.

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, 2010.

History

The company was founded by Jon Williams and Bill Smith in 1971 when they purchased the tooling for the Newport series of boats from Elgin National Industries of New York, who owned Newport Boats. Capital Yachts put the Newport series back into production and also had new boats designed by American

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and the

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design firm of Cuthbertson & Cassian, famous for the

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series. Williams and Smith had their start as sailboat dealers in the area of

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, before moving into manufacturing. The company produced boats in three marketing lines: Gulf, Neptune and Newport, ranging in size from the

Neptune 16 The Newport 16 is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Bill Lapworth as a daysailer and a pocket cruiser and first built in 1965.Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats'', page 33 and 47. International ...

to the Newport 41. In a 2010 review Steve Henkel noted that the company was focused on low-price over quality construction using iron keels in place of lead ones. The company continued until business was suspended in 1996.

Boats

Summary of boats built by Capital Yachts: * Newport 27-1 - 1970 * Gulf 27 - 1971 * Gulf 32 - 1971 * Gulf 39 - 1971 *

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- 1971 * Newport 30-1 - 1971 *

Newport 33 The Newport 33 is an American sailboat, that was designed by Gary Mull and first built in 1971. The Newport 33 is a development of the Newport 30. Production The boat was built by Capital Yachts in the United States from 1971 to 1996. The de ...

- 1971 * Newport 33 PH - 1971 * Newport 41 - 1971 * Newport 27S - 1974 * Newport 28 - 1974 * Newport 30-2 - 1974 * Newport 41S - 1974 * Newport 27-3 - 1975 * Neptune 24 - 1978 * Newport 27S-2 - 1978 *

- 1981 * Gulf 29 - 1982 * Newport 28-2 - 1982 * Newport 41 Mark II - 1982 * Newport 30-3 - 1984 * Newport 41 Mark IIIA - 1984 *

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- 1987

References

External links

* {{Capital Yachts Capital Yachts

History

Boats

See also

References

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