Newporter 40 Together

a beautiful boat should sail forever.

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Greg & Angie Wheeler posted a blog post

Leprechaun has sold!

We listed Leprechaun (Hull 70) on Craigslist and Facebook Marketplace on Saturday afternoon and she sold Monday morning for a full price offer! Thank you Jesus! It was all Him. We had 14 interested people checking out the boat, when I arrived down there Monday, there were 2 people, both wanting to buy her!The new owner had never been on anything larger than a dinghy and paid me cash and right afterwards left the dock just him and his dog to take her south from Morro Bay, to LA harbor 200+ miles…See More
Sep 11
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Greg & Angie Wheeler posted a blog post

Leprechaun officially for sale!

Leprechaun is finally emptied out of all our gear, the waterline raised 6"! Here is a link to the craigslist ad, if anyone has an interest:https://slo.craigslist.org/boa/d/morro-bay-newporter-40-ketch-yanmar/7782735103.htmlI thought the Yanmar was leaking oil, and I was mistaken, it doesn't appear to be, it was low on oil when I took it over from my son, but the oil is full and has been run a lot…See More
Sep 8
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George Cavanagh posted a blog post

Enterprise turns 60 this month, still strong.

Sep 5
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Greg & Angie Wheeler posted photos
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Aug 31
bob mitchell posted a status
"Hey Greg and Angie, It was a good run! Always enjoyed the support and contributions that you guys made to the community. friend bob"
Aug 26
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Greg & Angie Wheeler posted a discussion

Time to pass Leprechaun (hull70) on to a younger patron.

We are getting the boat cleaned out, getting her ready to sell after being her patron for 5+ years, before Leprechaun (hull 70),we were owned by "Grace" (currently 2 slips down from Leprechaun) hull 40 for 7 years..... we love Newporters!!Leprechaun is at a slip in Morro Bay, California at Bayfront Marina a small marina with 30 slips, that allows live aboards. She would be an excellent live aboard home. She needs a cosmetic refit but has had a repower with a Yanmar diesel and has around 2,000…See More
Aug 25
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bob mitchell posted a discussion

future of Newporter 40 Together

Hello from "Friend Bob".,  I will be brief. I started this site, with help from the Newporter community, in 2009. I had bought a Newporter and started rebuilding it. I am still at it, but the community started aging out, and the site became much less active. It is still alive, but running on 2009 software, with me footing the bill for all those years (it wasnt to bad). To upgrade (migrate?) to some current iteration would be costly. And I don't know that participation would improve so I am not…See More
Jul 24
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Herb Holmes posted a status
"could someone right side up my photo."
Jul 10
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Herb Holmes posted a status
"What are you up to?"
Jul 10
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Herb Holmes posted a status
"What aAt 11:16pm on July 9, 2024, Herb Holmes said… My old boat 1996-2011 Hull #71 has been abandoned by it’s owner the boat “SoNice” is be"
Jul 10
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bob mitchell posted a status
"what is your hull number and I will see if I can dig up some history. friend Bob"
Mar 30
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bob mitchell posted a status
"Anything or information that you need to know just let me know through site mail. Finally getting ready to sail this season."
Mar 30
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bob mitchell posted a status
"Fantastic!!!! Someone actually took the time to post. So Dusty and Ashley, I will check in more often."
Mar 30
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Dusty and Ashley Owens posted a blog post

Starting our Journey

a little bit about us and our beautiful :High Barbaree! our new life journey started in October of 2023 when we purchased her! our girl was fully restored in 2005 but due to uncontrollable events she had to be put at a marina in maryland after sitting for so long weather and lack of attention started taking a major toll on her appearance but we came to her rescue and started our journey to bring her 400 nautical miles home to north carolina in november 2023 with 46 hours on the 4j yanmar engine…See More
Mar 25
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Mar 25
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EARLY YEARS, LOT OF everything

I started reconstruction in 2009, but did not know how to do an "Album" on the website. This album is an attempt to at least gather up some of the early photos of backbone rebuild.
Jan 15
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Dusty and Ashley Owens is now a member of Newporter 40 Together
Jan 15
Welcome Them!
George Cavanagh posted a blog post

Enterprise--Anyone have a good main for sale?

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main boom rigging

Oct 21, 2023
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Time to pass Leprechaun (hull70) on to a younger patron.

We are getting the boat cleaned out, getting her ready to sell after being her patron for 5+ years, before Leprechaun (hull 70),we were owned by "Grace" (currently 2 slips down from Leprechaun) hull 40 for 7 years..... we love Newporters!!Leprechaun…Continue

Started by Greg & Angie Wheeler Aug 25.

future of Newporter 40 Together

Hello from "Friend Bob".,  I will be brief. I started this site, with help from the Newporter community, in 2009. I had bought a Newporter and started rebuilding it. I am still at it, but the community started aging out, and the site became much…Continue

Started by bob mitchell Jul 24.

Newporter steering 2 Replies

          So, in an unusual move, I am starting a discussion as opposed to a bunch of photos and comments in an album of some particular aspect of a Newporter rebuild. I am on the water now, mastless still because the channel of the tennessee river…Continue

Started by bob mitchell. Last reply by bob mitchell May 22, 2023.

El Viento Hull #2 FOR SALE 1 Reply

My beloved Newporter 40 is up for sale due my poor health. If interested please contact me at scottbon@sbcglobal,net ASAP.  Scott Bonnet - San Diego CAContinue

Started by Scott Bonnet. Last reply by Scott Bonnet Dec 1, 2020.

Newporter for sale

If anyone is in the market for a Newporter there is one on ebay "WuWei" that previously sold and has been re listed and closes in 2 days, here is a link.…Continue

Started by Greg & Angie Wheeler Oct 29, 2020.

Hull No.39, Mahogany Planking? 4 Replies

Kia ora all!My partner and I have just bought Hull No.39, we live in New Zealand.We're really excited, because her previous owners appear to have taken wonderful care of her bones, but there are a few things in the fit-out that we're planning on…Continue

Started by Zachary Rose. Last reply by Zachary Rose Oct 2, 2020.

leaks and plywood end grain

THE ACHILLES HEEL of Newporters is untreated end grain. I am pretty sure everyone on this site knows that. A lot of boats rot not from salty bottom water but from the fresh water leaking in above the waterline.A leak is never a good thing,  and…Continue

Started by bob mitchell May 28, 2020.

Tighten or repair wheel 1 Reply

The spindles/spokes on my wheel have become very loose at the hub.  Hub is closed, forged bronze with seemingly no way to refasten or tighten the spindles.  Solutions?Continue

Started by John M Swenson. Last reply by bob mitchell Feb 18, 2018.

Rudder Construction

In about 10 days I will be slipping Sultana to evaluate the options to replace the badly worn propellor, including a feathering prop option, one of the "unknowns " at this stage is if there is ample room in the arperture for the prop to feather, one…Continue

Started by Jim Benbow Dec 1, 2017.

NEWPORTER CALENDER 1 Reply

I AM CONTEMPLATING A NEWPORTER CALENDER, WHICH I WOULD SELL AT COSST, IF THERE IS ENOUGH INTEREST. SEND ME A NOTE VIA INBOX IF YOU ARE INTERESTED.  friend bobContinue

Started by bob mitchell. Last reply by Gerald Muffley Oct 27, 2017.

Blog Posts

Leprechaun has sold!

We listed Leprechaun (Hull 70) on Craigslist and Facebook Marketplace on Saturday afternoon and she sold Monday morning for a full price offer! Thank you Jesus! It was all Him. We had 14 interested people checking out the boat, when I arrived down there Monday, there were 2 people, both wanting to buy her!

The new owner had never been on anything larger than a dinghy and paid me cash and right afterwards left the dock just him and his dog to take her south from Morro Bay, to LA harbor…

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Posted by Greg & Angie Wheeler on September 11, 2024 at 3:20pm

Leprechaun officially for sale!

Leprechaun is finally emptied out of all our gear, the waterline raised 6"! Here is a link to the craigslist ad, if anyone has an interest:

https://slo.craigslist.org/boa/d/morro-bay-newporter-40-ketch-yanmar/7782735103.html



I thought the Yanmar was leaking oil, and I was mistaken, it doesn't appear to be, it was low on oil when I took it over from my son, but the oil is full…

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Posted by Greg & Angie Wheeler on September 8, 2024 at 3:01pm

Enterprise turns 60 this month, still strong.

Posted by George Cavanagh on September 5, 2024 at 7:55am

Starting our Journey

a little bit about us and our beautiful :High Barbaree!

our new life journey started in October of 2023 when we purchased her! our girl was fully restored in 2005 but due to uncontrollable events she had to be put at a marina in maryland after sitting for so long weather and lack of attention started taking a major toll on her appearance but we came to her rescue and started our journey to bring her 400 nautical miles home to north carolina in november 2023 with 46 hours on the 4j…

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Posted by Dusty and Ashley Owens on March 25, 2024 at 2:08am

Enterprise--Anyone have a good main for sale?

Posted by George Cavanagh on January 4, 2024 at 3:14pm

The Enterprise 2023  Time to think about new owners, we are aging out. Not yet though, but sometime. Still in good shape.

The Enterprise 2023

 Time to think about new owners, we are aging out. Not yet though, but sometime. Still in good shape.

Posted by George Cavanagh on July 14, 2023 at 12:17pm

I'm now a 2 boat owner, UGH! at least both boats are Newporters!

My son Joshua, passed Leprechaun on to us, he has 2 young kids that keep him too busy to maintain her. We will be selling our current Newporter "Grace".

Joshua offered Leprechaun to us and she is so much further along than Grace that we couldn't say no. She has a much newer Yanmar diesel, aluminum masts, nice sails, the hull and house have been completely re-glassed over, all new electric........

The story with the boat is that back in the early 2000's she was inherited along…

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Posted by Greg & Angie Wheeler on May 8, 2021 at 12:30pm

El Viento Hull #2

I'm the proud owner of Hull #2 Newporter 40 "El Viento". She's birthed here in San Diego. Unfortunately my health situation calls for me to give her up and put her on the market. If anyone is interested please contact me at scottbon@sbcglobal.net ASAP. I'm looking for a new owner that loves the Newporter 40 and can give her the attention she deserves. My best regards to all.

Posted by Scott Bonnet on December 1, 2020 at 7:10pm

Driftwood aka Lady Claire aka Khaizuran

Brought her up to Washington from San Diego, my friend and I waiting to take her around Vancouver Island. Will be wintering in Seattle. If you need help delivering boats on the Pacific Coast let us know. Altogether, we bashed and sailed different boats up and down Baja thirty one times. We are refitting three schooners in Mexico. Any information regarding my vessel would be greatly appreciated. Driftwood had an extensive overhaul in San Diego. We do not have a direct method of verifying the…

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Posted by Al Rode on October 2, 2020 at 10:06pm

Deck screw pops, Cap rail rot.

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Posted by Greg & Angie Wheeler on September 26, 2020 at 5:13pm — 5 Comments

 
 
 

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THE ROSTER

Muf, our Keeper of the Roster, has updated it.  But he still needs information on boats out there that he doesn't have, like new owners, old owners, where any of the boats are.  We don't post the roster on the web site, it is only sent to owners.  Please send him anything you might have, or call him at:      

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Captain Clyde's Newporter  sites:

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newporter.ning.com

The Ning site has been given a reprieve.   I have  transferred my Ning site to the blogspot site and will leave it there. I am keeping my Ning site open as a home for my photos and drawings.

Many of my photos there do not relate to Newporters, but a search through my collection may prove useful for your studies.

My drawings are not accurate in many respects as a result of the PAINT program used to draw them, There is no accurate scale and at best they are only useful to indicate some specific detail.  Some are inaccurate because of my poor memory.  Use them to help you think, not as a detailed presentation of the subject matter.

If any of you want to start a web site I suggest you remember what has happened to both my Ning site and this site (which is a Ning site) and remember that my Blogspot site is free and Blogspot's owner (Google) has promised to keep it that way.

 

Clyde's email:

camgphil@msn.com 

Put 'Newporter' on Subject Line.  Email is the best way to contact me.  I do not regularly look at this site or its messaging system.  Email will get to me post-haste. 

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