Newport 41S Explained

Newport 41S
Designer:C&C Design
Location:United States
Year:1974
Builder:Capital Yachts
Role:Racer-Cruiser
Draft:6.25feet
Displacement:180000NaN0
Hull Type:monohull
Construction:fiberglass
Loa:41feet
Lwl:30feet
Beam:11.25feet
Engine:Yanmar 350NaN0 diesel engine
Keel Type:swept fin keel
Ballast:82150NaN0
Rudder Type:internally-mounted spade-type rudder
Rig Type:Bermuda rig
I:52feet
J:17feet
P:44feet
E:13.6feet
Sailplan:masthead sloop
Sailarea Main:299.2square feet
Sailarea Headsail:442square feet
Sailarea Total:741.2square feet
D-Pn:74.5
Phrf:114
Successor:Newport 41

The Newport 41S is an American sailboat that was designed by C&C Design specifically as an International Offshore Rule racer-cruiser and first built in 1974. It was later developed into a series of Newport 41 family designs.[1] [2] [3] [4]

Production

The design was built by Capital Yachts in Harbor City, California, United States, starting in 1974, but it is now out of production.[1] [2] [5] [6]

Design

The Newport 41S is a racing keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig; a raked stem; a raised counter, angled transom; an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed, swept, fin keel. It displaces 180000NaN0 and carries 82150NaN0 of ballast.[1] [2]

The boat has a draft of 6.25feet with the standard keel.[1] [2]

The boat is fitted with a Japanese Yanmar diesel engine of 350NaN0 for docking and maneuvering. The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank has a capacity of .[1] [2]

The design has sleeping accommodation for eight people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin, an L-shaped settee around a drop-down table and double straight settee in the main cabin and an aft cabin with a double berth on the starboard side. The galley is located on the port side just forward of the companionway ladder. The galley is U-shaped and is equipped with a three-burner stove, an ice box and a sink. A navigation station is opposite the galley, on the starboard side. The head is located just aft of the bow cabin on the port side. Cabin headroom is 750NaN0.[1] [2]

For sailing downwind the design may be equipped with a symmetrical spinnaker.[1] [2]

The design has a hull speed of 7.34kn, a PHRF racing average handicap of 114 and a Portsmouth Yardstick of 74.5.[2]

Operational history

In a 1994 review Richard Sherwood wrote, "perhaps the most unusual aspect of the Newport 41[S model] is the clutter of winches around the mast, all located on the cabin roof. There are five winches that almost complete a circle. These are all for halyards and vangs. All sheeting leads to the cockpit. There are two winches on the coach roof and two primary and two secondary winches at normal locations in the cockpit."[7]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Newport 41S sailboat . 6 September 2022. McArthur. Bruce. sailboatdata.com. 2022. https://archive.today/20220903135222/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/newport-41S. 3 September 2022. live.
  2. Web site: Newport 41S. 6 September 2022. Sea Time Tech, LLC. sailboat.guide. 2022. https://archive.today/20220903135215/https://sailboat.guide/capital/newport-41s. 3 September 2022. live.
  3. Web site: C&C Design. 6 September 2022. McArthur. Bruce . sailboatdata.com. 2022. https://archive.today/20210301170340/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/cc-design. 1 March 2021. live.
  4. Web site: C&C Design. 6 September 2022. Sea Time Tech, LLC. sailboat.guide. 2022. https://archive.today/20220519202040/https://sailboat.guide/c-c-design. 19 May 2022. live.
  5. Web site: Capital Yachts Corp. 1971 - 1996. 6 September 2022. McArthur. Bruce . sailboatdata.com. 2022. https://archive.today/20210414013953/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/capital-yachts-corp. 14 April 2021. live.
  6. Web site: Capital Yachts Corp.. 6 September 2022. Sea Time Tech, LLC. sailboat.guide. 2022. https://archive.today/20220823220013/https://sailboat.guide/capital. 23 August 2022. live.
  7. Sherwood, Richard M.: A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition, pages 358-359. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994.