NEWPORTER ROSTER
By Lee E. Owens, Historian
As of May, 1996
Updated by Gerald Muffley
As of 2008
(Notes
in italics were added in 2013 by Clyde A. Phillips)
NC NUMBER (Newporter Class
hull and sail number, found on bronze oval plate in deckhouse, on sail, or in
bow of dinghy). Cutter and sloop are used
interchangeably in the roster. Ackerman used"sloop" in his records,
but some owners use "cutter"—possibly there are Newporters of both types. There were three gaff-rigged ketches,
NC2, 3 and 5; and four sloop/cutter rigs, Ne21, 27, 53 and 66. Three Newporters
are known to be lost: NC 50, NC61 and NC123.
NOTE: Many of
the addresses or phones are NOT verified.
1. AQUILA, Former owner: Foster Warwick, 12 Palermo Walk, Long Beach, CA 90803 (213) 439-1468.
2. EL VIENTO, Now in San
Diego, former owner Leigh and Rachel
Dunn
3. FALCON? Gaff rig.
4. KUHELA, Roger Waid, 5834
Ward Ave. NE, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110.
Former owners- Glenn and Virginia
Blumenstein. Before that Emile J. Turk
5. CON BRIO? Gaff rig. Ex Amiga.
Former owner- J. R. Frawley
6. WINDBAG, Former owners-
Frank A. Aries, T.I. Norris, original
owner Frank Burke
7. GLOBETROTTER (Ex Meridian?), Harvey Burger, 1812 Port Sterling Pl.,
Newport Beach, CA 92660 Former owner
Milton Nehls
8. MISTRI, Gerald Muffley and Jakki Andrews, P. O. Box 801, Fontana,
CA 92334 213 308 4150
e-mail gmuf48@aol.com Ex ROUGH DRAFT, former owner Jim and Jeanne Vaughn, ex- MISTRI earlier
former owners, Stephen and Rosalie
Kew. Perkins 4-108 diesel.
9. SERENUSE, Leon and Molly Lyon, 84 Linda Isle, Newport Beach, CA 92260,
10. ETOILE, Robert and Marion Seaman, 19009 Laurel Park Rd., #64, Dominguez
Hills, CA 90220. (310) 632-4748. MarionSeaman1@aol.com Yanmar 55 HP diesel. Former owners- Jean & Grayce Peterson,
Actress Jane Powell.
11. RESTLESS, Desota Bock
12.
KAISERAN, (Arabic for “good luck”)
Lt. Col. Eric B. Brockmyre and Robin R. Hammontree, 305 731 4983. Ex MILADY, former owner Christopher Chamberlin, James
& Elsie Hobson, Ex Khairuzan, owned by actor Rock Hudson.
13. KIVA, Rolla & Allene Hays
14.
RUBAIYAT, Art and Toni Shimmelman
15. AlKANE? Dan Thesman?
At Dinner Key, FL?
16. WINDBIRD, John Davidson, LA Yacht Club. Former owner, Howard Stein
17. No name of record.
Boat gone? Any clues?
18. PASADO MANANA, Rocky Shelton. Former owners- Wesley and Nancy Train. Osco 59 HP diesel.
19. KAOMI. Bill Davis, 25805 Hampshire Lain, Rolling Hills
Estates, CA 90274, 310 378 4139. Ex
HALEKAI, former owner Col. Daniel & Helen Cooper.
20. CONCUBINE, Lane Smith
21. WINDSONG III, Jerald and Fran Trieweller, fftrier@aol.com
Former owners- John Osberg,, Ex
Sea Wyf, Former owner John & Kathie
Russell. Sloop rig.
22. PINOCCHIO, John Heitz, 500 E. Weber Street, Compton,
CA 90222. Former owner- J. Walter & Eileen Williams.
23 . CURLEW,. Robert Frazee. Izuzu 85 HP diesel. Ex ANDANTE, former owner John & Donna
Fyke
24. HIGH PRIESTESS, Hans Petrie, hanspetrie@yahoo.com. Ex PYEWAKET, Gene and B. Wild. Ex BLACKSAINT, Wilton & Darlene
Hutcherson. Perkins M50, 50HP Diesel.
25. QUERIDA MARIA, Lee and Erika
Owens,
26. GEORGIANNA, Harold & Debbie Golden.
27. RAVEN, Luther and Tena Woodridge, former owner John Williams. Sloop.
28. MARTINIQUE, Harry & Betty Jo Lorenzen
29. IBO LE LE, Mike May, 310
974 2846. Former owners Phil and Erline Magruder,
30. STARDUST, Ray Berngardt,
Box 114B, Chiloquin, OR 97624.
541 783 2051? Former owner Edward
Goddard
31. PINK LADY, Bruce Barnes, 390
Pioneer Way, Yakima, WA 98908. Ex ENDEAVOUR Alfred and Doris Jones, who
sailed her to Alaska and Hawaii. Ex
OCEAN CAPE, Serge & Margaret Becker.
Perkins 4-108 diesal.
32. CORSICAN, Dr. James & Shirley Teal.
33. VIAJADOR, Jasper Shore and Karen Wristen, jsprlxx@hotmail.com. Ex WUNDERBAR, Dr. and Mrs. Smith, who sailed
her from Alaska to Mexico. Ex BLUE MOON
, Linda and Ford Cannon. Isuzu 240, 70HP
34. CASA
DEL MAR, James Hatch, Ex YANKEE, Barney Wright..
35. RED’S
ROGUE, Orie C. Boyer, Ex
DEBUTANTE, Baylis E. Harriss
36. LADY
OLIVIA, Ex JABBERWOCK III, Dr. Allen
Donovan.
37. MIRACLE, Stephen Barnard, PO Box 428, Manchester
ME 04351 steve@stephenbarnard.com. Rebuilt in 1992 with Volvo 2003 T
diesel, Luke propane stove, and has the original wood fired fireplace. Ex GINANDO, George & Peg Reade.
38. MARANATHA, Ex CONSTITUTION, John Hill.
39. SOLENT, Daniel Gribbon
40. GRACE, nee RED
WITCH, Greg & Angie Wheeler, former owner Jaime Lopez-Balbontin, Morro Bay, CA. jaibalb@hotmail.com. Former owner Harry & Patricia Roth.
42. TIVOLI,
William Delle, Jr.
43. MADAM,
Dr. Robert Rutherford, Seattle WA.
Ex MOONRAKER
44. MINOAN,
Erle & Donna Halleburton.
45. ESPRIT, Dr. Gerald & Nancy Mraz
46. VENA M,
Fenton Earnshaw.
47. KING’S RANSOM, John Holly, 2504 Via
Ramon, Palos Verde Estates, CA 90274, (310)
373-4818 Ex 13 KEYS, William Falls or Jane Barton.
48. PEG O’ MY HEART, Don and Peggy McGugin, Box 27, Ronald, WA 98940.
cell 360 301 9939, H 509 649 2983. At Pleasant Harbor, Hood Canal, Brinnon WA. Ex
SERAPIS, Robert and Ann Reeves, ,former owners Louis & Betty Gerlinger.
49. BLACK
SWAN, Actor TyronePower first owner.
Boat was freighted to Majorca for a film. Taylor lived aboard. The boat was sailed home across Atlantic by a
professional skipper – writeup in an early Newporter Eagle.
50. Lost on rocks off Mexico, but took a week's beating
first.
51. WINDSONG, Martin & Sally Holt
52. DANCER, Charles & Gladys Henderson.
53. PINK CLOUD, Current owners:
Jan Hayashi and Paul Poehlman. 4348
Waialae Avenue #167 Honolulu, Hawaii 96816. "Pink" is a staysail
schooner w/ two clubfoot jibs, we also have a gollywobbler. Galley up in
doghouse, head forward. Recently installed
outside wheel (main wheel is in doghouse) - Perkins 105 diesel
engine. Former owner-Former owner--Katherine Lake, Napa, CA. Staysail schooner. Galley is in the wheelhouse, the head is forward . lakewatercraft@yahoo.com Former owner Gwynne & Lynn Austin
54. KAMERA, Former owner Charles Coleman, 2091 Shelter Island Dr., San Diego, CA 921 (619) 225-0382.
55. ENCHANTRESS, Don Patterson, ketchgaff@yahoo.com. Former owners Howard and Wilma Gee. ,.
Ex SACHEM Col. Stanley & Margie
Stewart. Before that Robert & Diane
Kelce.
56. KOTKA,
Woodburn Lamb.
57. SALEE,
Roy and Bette Kobe, (MR) 783,
Port Townsend WA 98386 Before that
Thomas & Barbara Berkin.
58. SPANISH
MAIN, P. T. Deeth, English Harbour,
P.O. Box 187, St. John’s, Antiqua, British West Indies.
59. STARGAZER, Vince D’Acquisto, (MR.) 837 Commercial, N. Bend, OR 97459, (503) 756-7704? Have note: Ex Finale,
Ralph N. Baker, Stuttgart, Germany? Built 1957. Poss. address Warrenton OR
(503)
861-3151. Recent owners David and Frances Nicholls, 15807 NE
Sacramento, Portland, OR 97230, (503) 254-3526. Was this boat in Germany?
60. GOLDEN EAGLE, Paul and Roslie
Siconolfi, 1027 Goldenrod Ave.,Corona del Mar, CA
92625.
They mention a Steve Rosko-- anybody have info- a former or
present owner?
61. SUMMER SQUASH, From S.C. Bodell, Providence, RI "Sold my
boat several years ago. It was then sold again to a woman who planned~o
sail around the world. While being fitted out in a Connecticutboat shed,
it was totally destroyed in a fire."
62. SIGNA,
Peter Mills.
63. MARQVESA, R.E.H. and L.L. Richardson,
1489 Oceanspray Dr.,Sidney, B.C., Canada, V8L 5J7. He sailed to Alaska last summer
along with Tom Niederhauser, owner of Maranatha, NC38. Former owners Frank & Cecilia Lewis.
64. LADY
MARION? DIALINN, William & Peggy Sherwood.
65. STAFFORDSHIRE, James Blackburn, P.O. Box 103, St. John's, Antigua.
(Last known address.)
66. PEREGRINA, Carlos Vales, Avenida Poniente, 143, #740,
Mexico City 16, DF was orig. owner, sold to Sam Forner, Heroes of Veracruz #12
Costa Azul, Acapulco, Gro., Mexico, a sloop. Former name Matricula. This info from
a 1977 letter to Ackerman repairing hurricane
damage. Possibly last boat completed in Costa Mesa/Newport Beach.
66A. WAYFARER, No
number given but we'll assign this one. We think this was one of two or three·
boats sold unfinished at auction., completed by owner. Planked?
CC
66B. SUNDOWNER,
Sold by Earl Gibson, 19226 Gunlock Av., Carson CA 90746, (213) 774-2527 or 7772335.
New owner info coming. Gibson says boat not numbered. We assume this was one of
the boats, (see 66A), that were
sold unfinished at auction when Ackerman ran into financial problems. A group of local businessmen bought him
out and gave him 25% of the
company which may have built 10 more boats
at Costa Mesa. Production moved to
Dorchester, N.J. with, it has been
reported, #67 the first off there. Sundowner is
cutter rig and planked.
67. MERDEKA, First Newporter built at Dorchester?
68. MORENA,
Robert & Ellin Pierce.
69. FAITH, George Henderson, New Orleans, 857 221 1581, george@starttcrm.com Ex SENESCENCE, Ex TIDEOVER,. Built Dorchester 1959. Iraj and Nenette Bozorgmehr
70. LEPRECHAUN,
Whitney Collins, 10 Corinthian Walk, Long
Beach, CA 90803, (310) 438-4235. Osco 59 HP diesel. Original owner. Races, has all sails (see photocopy of photo
in packet). Was in Transpac Race-- finished-- about 1970.
71. SO NICE, Ken Mathis, 18810 Citrus Edge St., Azusa, CA
91702 (818) 963-3522. Ex-ESCAPE, Donald
& Joan Ramburg. Mercedes diesel.
72. WINSOME,
Irving Marcus, Arlington, MA
73 TORMENTOR III, Dennis and Becky
Blades, Chrysler Nissan 47 HP diesel,
gaff rig ketch.
74. SANS
SOUCI II, Dennis and Kathi Gaffney, kathi.gaffney@gmail.com
75. SULTANA,
76. LADY
FALLON, Charles Hutchison, 620 Camino De Los Mares, San Clemente, CA,
92673. 949 836 2488. DESTINY,
Tim and Tulare Marx, 2147
Westminister Ave., Costa Mesa, CA 92627. Ex CAPRICE, former owner George Lewis. Boat has 36 HP Merciedes
77. FAIRWINDS, S. W. McEachern, Wilmington, CA.
78. CALIMAR, Bob and Cathy Shaveley, 26910 Saxon Cr.,
Kent, WA 98032. 206 853 6967?
79. SUNDOWNER, George and Jean Kohler, San Pedro, CA. This was the last Newporter built in CA
80, OSPREY, Gerald Kynett. Ex – JOSEFFA, John G. Pew Jr.
81. GRAYLING, Richard & Martha Page. Ex – SANDERLIKNG, Cooper Willit
82. JULIA, Pete & Patty, 321 276 8458,
dietrichborn2sail@hotmail.com
84. LIVELY
LADY,
85. NANCY
J,
86. WHITE
PEARL,
87. MaAana
ANNABELLE, Thomas Branch, webminer_ca@yahoo.com Peugeot engine.
88. LITTLE
YANKEE - JANIE, Lt. Commander Reed
Whitney
89. YANKEE,
Richard Whitney (no relation to Reed
Whitney and was unfamiliar to him) Named
his dinghy “Littlest Yankee”
90. I
WONDER II, Howard Apollonio,
M.D. Ex – PRANAVA, Kenneth Hassrich.
91. ZEPHYR,
92. ESPIRIT
II
93. AMBRI,
94. RAVEN,
Al Kritter, Milwaukee.
95. APPELZAK, This boat was completed in Belgium for Frantz
Pottiez, 460 Ave. de Tervuren,
Auderghem, Belgium.
96. SIXBEES, (I remember a SeaBee or SeaBees)
97. ISLAND
GIRL, Recently for sale in NC.
98. HOLLY
ANN,
99. ENTERPRISE,
George and Judy Cavanagh, Scituate, MA,
http;//hometown.aol.com/geocav111
Geocav111@aol.com
100.
RED CARPET / SIMPATICO? Original owner was Allen Burger, Possibly a Claire Bloom boat.
101.
DREAM MARU, Original name was LOKAY.
102. DUDHEEN,
103.
GERONIMO,
104.
GOLDEN DOLLAR,
105.
TAMATOA,
106.
MISTRESS,
108.
TOMBOY,
109.
BONANZA II,
110.
CARIBEE,
Unketchable?
112.
YELLOW CAT, Built
for owner or high level official of Catapillar and painted Catapillar Yellow, their trade mark color.
113. Debbi Sue, nee WILSON, nee LOVELY LADY, Bob Mitchell, beeclectic@comcast.net Bob has recently renamed and is rebuilding this one. New name as listed first on this entry in almost the name, update as soon as I verify it.
114.
DREAM KETCHER, nee HERTAGE, Andrew Calamia, Ventura CA,
805 386 3961, Andrewcalamia900@hotmail.com. EX CHAPARAL?
115.
HEAVENLY DAZE,
117.
HERITAGE,
118.
ELEGANT LADY, Jim and Pat Wallace, Scarborough Maine, 207 415 2000,
JDeere@maine.rr.com. Only Newporter built with 4 inch longer hull
to accommodate 6 cylinder diesel, 85 HP
Ford Lehman.
119.
YELLOW BIRD,
120.
BLUE ANGEL, Andy and Marilyn Petro ampetro@verizon.com Ex DEBBY
BEE?
121.
SYBARITE,
122.
?
123.
GAUDEAMUS,
124. MOONFLEET, Two or three owners since Justine Crichton, last known address in GA Email: jhellers111@hotmail.com. Ex VALENTINE, sold new to Lee Patterson. Galley modified from standard plan (and was designed and mostly built by Lee
Patterson.) This boat is number 123 in
the 1968 roster.
Roster Notes - Addenda I
to the
to the
NEWPORTER ROSTER
By Lee E. Owens, Historian - May, 1996
and updated by Gerald Muffley1 – 2008 gmuf48@aol.com
by Captain Clyde A. Phillips2
The discussion of Sloop and Cutter:
My
studies show that the placement of the mast is what makes a cutter. The cutter’s mast is at, or a little forward
of, the center of the length of the boat.
It has two sails (stays’l and jib) in the fore triangle with the stays’l
tacked to the foredeck and the jib to the stem head, with no bowsprit. Some had bowsprits with the stays’l at the
stem head and the jib at the end of the bowsprit. But Ack was right, they are all sloops. All cutters are sloops but all sloops are not
cutters. With so many differing
definitions of cutter it is best to follows Ack’s lead.
49. BLACK SWAN, I sailed this one from Dorchester to Oyster
Bay, L.I., NY. It was then owned by a,
or the, Vice President of ABC News at the time.
66A. WAYFARER, No number given but we'll assign this one. We think this
was one of two or three· boats sold unfinished at auction., completed by owner.
Planked?
66B. SUNDOWNER, Sold by Earl Gibson, 19226 Gunlock Av., Carson CA 90746,
(213) 774-2527 or 7772335. New owner info coming. Gibson says boat not
numbered. We assume this was one of the boats, (see 66A), that were sold
unfinished at auction when Ackerman ran into financial problems. A group
of local businessmen bought him out and gave him 25% of the company
which may have built 10 more boats at Costa Mesa. Production moved to Dorchester, N.J. with,
it has been reported, #67 the first off there. Sundowner is cutter
rig and planked.
67. MERDEKA, First Newporter built at Dorchester?
This box contains a copy out of Muf’s newest Roster;
my notes are below.
During Ack’s
last days in CA and Dorchester’s first days building Newporters the two yards
alternated numbers in order of the date of building start or as otherwise
decided between them. There is therefore
no specific two numbers between which production moved from one coast to the
other. I agree that the numberless boats
were most likely the auctioned off boats.
One primary
difference between the west and east coast boats is the draft. As designed, the west coast boats had a draft
of 5’11” while the east coast boats had 4’11” of draft. In the west the ballast was cast iron, in the
east it was lead.
83. WESTERN WAY II, John Barlow, jbarlow@bell.mma.edu. Former
owner Garry Moore. Ex – DARK STAR
One year at
the New York Boat Show I manned a Newporter at the 79th Street
Marina in conjunction with the show , on the Hudson River, NYC. Garry Moore came aboard and we talked NP’s,
sailing, Baltimore and the Eastern Shore in MD for about three hours (Gary was
from Baltimore and I’m the son of a Hooper’s Island ‘Shoreman’ and have been
accepted there as a ‘Shoreman’ myself).
It was during this time that he said “I’m going to have one of
these.” That made Dorchester happy. Garry found a previously owned NP and bought
her. Garry was, if memory serves me well, the host of the TV show “What’s My Line.”
Consequently Ack was invited to be a contestant on the show.
88. LITTLE
YANKEE - JANIE, Lt. Commander Reed
Whitney
From Muf’s 2008 edition of the roster
88 JANIE
? Edwin and Marie Starbuck.
From Muf’s 2013 edition of the roster
88. JANIE, Edwin and Marie Starbuck. Ex LITTLE YANKEE, Lt. Commander Reed Whitney
My supposition
for this edition of NP Roster Addenda I
First launched with the name “Little Yankee;” Origin of ”Janie” not known. She was named after Irving and Electra (Exy) Johnson’s famous brigantine “Yankee” which was the second “Yankee” the Johnsons owned. Janie could have been the name of the dinghy, or, as in the box just above, the name a later owner gave her. This boat was still at the dock but not delivered when I started at Dorchester.
The dinghy of either 88 or 89 was named “Littlest Yankee.” My recent memory says it was Reed Whitney's LITTLE YANKEE that carried the LITTLEST YANKEE.
89. YANKEE, First owner, Richard Whitney, no relation to Reed Whitney, also named
his boat after the Yankee not knowing of 88’s name. I worked on this boat a little, long enough
to say it is the first Newporter I worked on.
99. ENTERPRISE, My favorite Newporter when launched, still my
favorite. The first one for which I made
and whipped on a set of ratlines.
101. DREAM MARU, The owner told me Maru is Japanese for Boat.
102. DUDHEEN, First owner, Arnold M. Hess, named her after
the song which was entitled “Me Little Dudheen,” a favorite of his mother who
used to sing it, and had a framed copy of the poem hung on the forward bulkhead
in the main salon. Arnold pronounced the
name as “Duejean”
110. CARIBEE, Another favorite because of the original
paint scheme: white hull, red bulwarks, boot top and transom.
112. YELLOW CAT, First
owner was a high ranking officer in the CATERPILLAR company; the boat had a
Caterpillar engine and was first painted Caterpillar yellow.
113. WILSON, nee LOVELY LADY, My “Most Studied Newporter,” presently with a very capable owner (Bob Mitchell of Newporter 40 Together fame) who bought her with the name of WILSON.
124. MOONFLEET…. sold new to Lee Patterson. Galley modified from standard plan and was designed and mostly built by Lee Patterson. Natasha Yonker is the last owner succeeding Justine Crichton, as of late April, 2013.
1 Gerald (Muf) Muffley has
been updating Lee E. Owen’s Newporter Roster from before Newporter 40 Together
was designed and published by Bob Mitchell. Thank you, Muf!
2
Clyde was one of the New Jersey builders of Newporters in the late 1960’s.
