Capital Yachts Corporation, also called Capital Yachts, Inc. was an American boat builder based in Harbor City, California. The company operated as a division of Lindsey Plastics and specialized in the design and manufacture of fiberglass sailboats.Henkel, Steve: The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats, pages 47 & 299. International Marine/McGraw-Hill, 2010.
History The company was founded by Jon Williams and Bill Smith in 1971 when they purchased the tooling for the Newport series of boats from Elgin National Industries of New York, who owned Newport Boats. Capital Yachts put the Newport series back into production and also had new boats designed by American naval architect Gary Mull and the Canadian design firm of Cuthbertson & Cassian, famous for the C&C Yachts series. Williams and Smith had their start as sailboat dealers in the area of Santa Monica, California, before moving into manufacturing.
The company produced boats in three marketing lines: Gulf, Neptune and Newport, ranging in size from the Neptune 16 to the Newport 41.
In a 2010 review Steve Henkel noted that the company was focused on low-price over quality construction using iron keels in place of lead ones.
The company continued until business was suspended in 1996.
Boats
Summary of boats built by Capital Yachts:
Newport 27-1 - 1970 Gulf 27 - 1971 Gulf 32 - 1971 Gulf 39 - 1971 Newport 20 - 1971 Newport 30-1 - 1971 Newport 33 - 1971 Newport 33 PH - 1971 Newport 41 - 1971 Newport 27S - 1974 Newport 28 - 1974 Newport 30-2 - 1974 Newport 41S - 1974 Newport 27-3 - 1975 Neptune 24 - 1978 Newport 27S-2 - 1978 Neptune 16 - 1981 Gulf 29 - 1982 Newport 28-2 - 1982 Newport 41 Mark II - 1982 Newport 30-3 - 1984 Newport 41 Mark IIIA - 1984 Newport 31 - 1987
See also List of sailboat designers and manufacturers
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