Newport 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.

[1][2][3][4][5] The design is a development of the Columbia 15 open boat and was also sold as the Gloucester 16 and in modified form, as the Neptune 15.

The Neptune ... is so similar in appearance, weight, and dimensions, despite her two-step raised cabintop, as to indicate a virtually identical hull and rig, Best features: Big cockpit and fair-sized sailplan make her a sprightly daysailer.

Worst features: The fixed-keel model would be relatively difficult to launch and retrieve on a trailer ...."[5] Henkel also wrote a review of the Neptune 16, indicating that its "dimensions and appearance are only slightly different from the Gloucester 16/Newport 16's; the cabintop is slightly raised in the Neptune to provide more headroom, but performance can be expected to be about the same.

Worst features: Construction was focused on economy (e.g., iron rather than lead ballast), so maintenance on used models must be carried out diligently to prevent disastrous deterioration.