Newporter Schooner Pink Cloud

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Comment by paul ~ sv; pink cloud on November 6, 2011 at 5:33pm

Hi guys,  

 

im the new owner.  I spoke to seller thru broker,  he a good guy.  Marriage fell apart,  boat sat.  i bought

Comment by Clyde A. Phillips on August 7, 2011 at 6:26pm

Very interesting rig.  Appears to be a "stays'l schooner" (note the fores'l boom hangs on a main stay that fastens to the house top just aft of the foremast; this boom carries a triangular sail similar to a jib on a sloop). 

She also appears to be a schooner built from a ketch built Newporter.  Note the davits have the boom crutch board replaced with a board without the crutch notches of the ketch and that the main boom is not crutched, but hangs from a topping lift.  Personally I’d want to study the sailplan to find the center of effort to see if it is in proper relationship with the center of lateral resistance.  It may be OK since this is a staysl schooner, leaving a lot of open area in the sailplan. 

There was one Newporter built new as a schooner.  Ack never acknowledged it was anything other than a “normal” schooner, so I stick with this being fashioned out of a ketch.  The masts (no taper aloft) appear to be aluminum and not Ackerman built.  Still an interesting rig. 

Very interesting rig.  Appears to be a "stays'l schooner" (note the fores'l boom hangs on a main stay that fastens to the house top just aft of the foremast; this boom carries a triangular sail similar to a jib on a sloop). 

She also appears to be a schooner built from a ketch built Newporter.  Note the davits have the boom crutch board replaced with a board without the crutch notches of the ketch and that the main boom is not crutched, but hangs from a topping lift.  Personally I’d want to study the sailplan to find the center of effort to see if it is in proper relationship with the center of lateral resistance.  It may be OK since this is a staysl schooner, leaving a lot of open area in the sailplan. 

There was one Newporter built new as a schooner.  Ack never acknowledged it was anything other than a “normal” schooner, so I stick with this being fashioned out of a ketch.  The masts (no taper aloft) appear to be aluminum and not Ackerman built.  Still an interesting rig.

Comment by Hans Petrie on August 5, 2011 at 8:54pm

Indeed this is "Pink Cloud" here in Napa Valley Marina and I can "check it out" for anyone if interested.  It is a darn nice boat and for sale cheap at 26.5K.  Not sure of the details though.  I'm imagining the owners are in the "make me an offer I cannot refuse" state as it has been here over a hear on the hard.