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Comment by Clyde A. Phillips on September 1, 2013 at 1:51pm

Paul, 

I think you missed the galley in the doghouse, but you got most of her.  That's one feature I really like.  I would configure my interior to have the same.  It puts my first mate/cook in the place with the most visibility and in sight of the skipper so we can be in each others presence while the cooking is done and we can eat off shore together while the boat sailed on autopilot.  I always thought that the Newporter is a fine boat for two people and I would rig mine as such. 

Your boat is all Newporter, proving you can take the new out of her but not the Newporter.  If anyone knows a Newporter like a lot of us do, they will know that Pink is a Newporter from miles away regardless of its rig.  I think old Ack would like Pink.  I think of her as maybe the best hard-going-off-shore-sailor, with its sail area in so many reasonably small areas that allow for a short handed crew (two) to handle with ease and without worry as the storms approach.  The fact that the main boom is all inboard makes for safe handling in the event of hard winds, large swells and short chop.  It has recently become clear to me that Ack didn't just design and build the best of boats, he so designed them to be the best base for personalizing to the dream of the current owner.  I think, based on what I see, that Pink started out as a ketch.  She has obvious signs of Ketchhood about her.  But she sails the sea as a first class schooner and I for one am happy that you and Pink got together.  She needed you!  I can't think of a more likely combination, and that includes Jan.  Thanks for being a part of us.

Peace and Peaceful Sailing,

           Clyde

Comment by paul ~ sv; pink cloud on August 30, 2013 at 2:39am

Phew, so glad you approve ... Grin.
As this is a newporter site i feel our posts kind of belong . You have all been Great support and great folk.
But. Our boat is do different other than hull i wonder if you folks want to see my / our transformation of this amazing old Newporter hull into our dream offshore cruiser.
We are so very different from stock, from galley and pilot house steering up (this is what sold me on this boat actually) to our v - head with vacuflush/ sani pure and bath tub where Rock Hudson's v berth was. (All stock Newporter master v berth)
To our rear cockpit that is less a mizzen mast and boom ( huge. ) Its really a very different yacht than Ack built. But im going to again say how amazing i believe is our boat - in hull design , and concept. We love pink cloud and her way, off shore and at dock. The upgrades we and previous owners have done i truly hope are in good taste and are understood by other Newporter owners..
We describe Pink Cloud as a "very customized Newporter 40 " from a very amazing yacht builder. Mr. Ackerman.
Peace

Comment by Clyde A. Phillips on August 30, 2013 at 1:04am

Paul,

You don't have to be concerned how I feel about changes to a Newporter.  That door is a good idea well done.  The standard door (when I was building them) was a bi-fold that hooked open (and unfloppable) up against the mizzen mast.  You don't have a mizzen; your mast placement is not standard; your rig is far from standard, so an "un-standard" door puts your boat no farther "down the list" (if there is such a list).  In fact, think of it, the Newporter was a new design in a traditional style using cutting edge (at the time) technology.  That's all you are doing now.  It looks good, and right.

But look what you did to the steering station!  I've sailed a lot of Newporters and even I, at over six feet tall, had trouble seeing over the doghouse.  I even designed two "cures" for that.  But never, in even my best moments, did I ever think of putting the station where you did.  I must say "Wow!"  What a view you'll have from that station!  You really opened up the cockpit in the process.

My thanks to you and Jan for the pictures you give us.  Get yourself to "the West, young man, and . . . ."  Well, I'll leave the rest to you. 

Peace,  Clyde