Newport 16


The Newport 16 is a recreational keelboat first built in 1965 by Newport Boats, Lockley Newport Boats, Gloucester Yachts and Capital Yachts in the United States, and is now out of production.
It was also made and marketed as the Newport 16, the Lockley Newport 16, the Gloucester 16, and in modified form, as the Neptune 15.
Designed by Bill Lapworth, the fiberglass hull has a raked stem, a slightly angled transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel or swing keel.
It has a fractional sloop masthead sloop rig. A good-sized sail plan and relatively big cockpit make it a suitable daysailer.
The design has sleeping accommodation for two adults and two children, with a small double "V"-berth in the bow cabin and two straight settee quarter berths in the main cabin. There are no provisions for a galley. The head is located under the bow "V"-berth. Cabin headroom is.
The design has a hull speed of.

Variants

;Newport 16 and Lockley Newport 16
;Neptune 16
;Gloucester 16