Lockley Newport Boats
Type | Privately held company |
---|---|
Industry | Boat building |
Founded | 1964 |
Defunct | 1988 |
Headquarters | , |
Products | Sailboats |
Lockley Newport Boats was an American boat builder based in Newport Beach, California. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of fiberglass sailboats.[1][2]
The company was founded in 1964 and went though several name changes and changes of ownership prior to going out of business in 1988.[1]
History[]
The company was founded as Newport Boats in 1964, building a line of sailing dinghies and small daysailers. An east coast factory was established in Gloucester, Virginia to provide boats for that market.[1]
The company was acquired by the Browning Arms Company, a firearms manufacturer and later by . In 1976 the company was bought by and was renamed Lockley Newport Boats. In 1981 the name was changed again to Gloucester Yachts. The company went out of business in 1988.[1]
The molds for a number of the designs built by the company were later bought by of Chanute, Kansas and produced, including the Gloucester 22 and the Lockley-Newport LN-23, which were built until 2000.[3][4]
In a series of 2010 boat reviews Steve Henkel criticized the company's work, calling the quality of construction "so-so", noting that they were aimed at a budget market and that "the low cost is obtained partly by offering what is usually standard equipment as optional".[2]
Boats[]
Summary of boats built by Newport Boats, Lockley Newport Boats and Gloucester Yachts:[1]
- Albacore (dinghy) - 1964
- Finn (dinghy) - 1964
- Flying Dutchman - 1964
- Lightning (dinghy) - 1964
- Mobjack (dinghy) - 1964
- Pacific Catamaran - 1964
- Windmill (sailing dinghy) - 1964
- Kite (sailboat) - 1965
- Newport 16 - 1965
- Skipjack 15 - 1965
- Buccaneer 18 - 1968
- Flipper (US dinghy) - 1968
- Newport 20 - 1968
- Surprise 15 - 1969
- Blue Crab 11 - 1971
- Bullet 14 - 1971
- Newport 212 - 1972
- Holiday 20 - 1973
- Newport 17 - 1974
- Newport 214 - 1975
- Harmony 22 - 1977
- Lockley-Newport LN-23 - 1978
- Lockley-Newport LN-27 - 1979
- Gloucester 20 - 1981
- Gloucester 19 - 1983
- Gloucester 22 - 1983
- Gloucester 27 - 1983
- Gloucester 18 (Whitecap) - 1984
- Gloucester 18 - 1985
- Gloucester 16 - 1986
- Gloucester 15 - 1987
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b c d e McArthur, Bruce (2021). "Lockley Newport Boats (USA) 1964 - 1988". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 6 August 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
- ^ a b Henkel, Steve: The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats, pages 172 & 230. International Marine/McGraw-Hill, 2010. ISBN 978-0-07-163652-0
- ^ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Gloucester 22 sailboat". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
- ^ McArthur, Bruce (2021). "LN-23 (Lockley-Newport)". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
- Defunct sailboat manufacturers
- Manufacturing companies established in 1964
- 1964 establishments in California
- 1988 disestablishments in the United States