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Doug
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Initially Posted - 11/20/2004 :  19:08:51  Show Profile
Any comment on the Newport and/ or O'Days?

Think I'm going to do a little shoppping for a bigger boat. Don't want anything much older than my '80 C25. While there's along list of boats I'd love to have, I need to keep it to one of the more reasonably priced production boats. Love the C30s, don't really care for the Hunters, but the Newports keep popping up.
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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 11/20/2004 :  19:30:00  Show Profile  Visit Frank Hopper's Homepage
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<br />Any comment on the Newport and/ or O'Days?

Think I'm going to do a little shoppping for a bigger boat. Don't want anything much older than my '80 C25. While there's along list of boats I'd love to have, I need to keep it to one of the more reasonably priced production boats. Love the C30s, don't really care for the Hunters, but the Newports keep popping up.
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I apologize for the poor quality, but here is Windigo a Newport 30 next to a cat 25. I like how low the freeboard is for such a heavy boat.

For a modern layout though the Oday 305 has the aft head and a wing keel. I have eaten dinner with 6 other people in the salon. It is also sailed more than any other boat at the club.
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Dave Bristle
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Djibouti
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Response Posted - 11/21/2004 :  12:49:58  Show Profile
Don't know the Newports, but O'Day built some nice boats. Their hulls don't seem as solid as Catalina's, but O'Days sail well and have nice layouts below.
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lcharlot
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Antigua and Barbuda
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Response Posted - 11/21/2004 :  23:59:16  Show Profile
One of the former Captains of our sailing club had a Newport 30 Mk. II for a few years and really loved it. I was impressed with the interior layout and the headroom, which was about 6'-4" in most of the cabin. It felt very roomy inside, almost as if it were a 32-footer instead of a 30.
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Gary B.
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Response Posted - 11/22/2004 :  23:18:26  Show Profile
If sailing performance is important to you...not just interior room, I would suggest that you look at a number of boats besides the popular production boats. I owned a Tartan 30 that would sail rings around any you've mentioned, plus....she was well built. However, the Sparkman and Stephens designed 30 is getting older and good ones harder to find. I think that "designers" worth their salt do more than draw "pretty boats", they maximize space and give great sailing characteristics....A Yankee 30 is well worth a look. For cruising, how about a Cape Dory? Although more bucks, likely.....Your buddy bought an Alberg, which for quality and sea kindliness is far better in my book than the more popular production "floating apartments". Just a thought......

Gary B.
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