Newport-33 Sloop (PHRF 168)

"Casiera" was built of hand-laid solid (un-cored) fiberglass to Gary Mull's design in 1982. She is hull #48. Her principal features are a handsome simplicity with ample teak woodwork below, coastal/offshore seaworthiness, and an easy to singlehand rig. She's currently configured for Northwest and Alaska cruising, owing to her Radar, Autopilot, Dickenson diesel stove and many owner upgrades over the past 10 years. The owner firmly believes "Casiera" to be an excellent platform for any Northwest/Alaska and Baja cruising. The boat has seen many modifications with the focus on providing strength, reliability, reducing excess weight while maintaining or improving upon design characteristics. All her deck hardware and maststep mounting holes have been cored and filled with epoxy (then re-drilled) to prevent deck-core water damage

The boat has cruised the Pacific Ocean many times from Portland, Oregon to the San Juan and Canadian Gulf islands. She has also cruised to Alsaka as Juneau her turn-around point. She has been berthed in fresh water her entire life either in Portland, Ore. or Hood River, Ore.

Overview: Boat set up for single-handing with all lines lead aft. Lots of room below and well appointed with teak. Cushions are light blue throughout. The head with hot water shower is located forward to port which allows unobstructed access between the main cabin and the forward cabin.

Headroom is 6' 2" in the main cabin. The starboard settee berth has been shortened to accomodate a Dickenson diesel heater, allowing for year around cruising. The starboard quarter berth is over 7' long and is extra wide, making for a rightious offshore berth. The L-shaped port settee/dinette to port pulls out to a double berth. The galley with LPG oven and 3 burner stove is also located to port. The nav station is across from the galley on starboard with a swivel chair, Radar, Loran and computer Laptop/charting access for convienent navigation duties.

The cockpit is comfortable with Edison wheel (36") steering, two primary genoa winches, two cabin top winches, and two main sheeting options. The mainsheet traveller is located on the cabin top.. The reverse transom has an integrated boarding ladder which makes the boat easy to board after swimming. The transom, along with the low freeboard and gentle sheer make the boat especially good looking (to our eye anyway).

Layout Views

One feature that initially gave the boat her personallity was the Dickensen Diesel Stove! Living here in the Pacific Northwest, a simple, reliable and substantial method of heating the cabin is a blessing. This stove alone makes boating in the winter months essentially possible. Ahhh... the feeling of waking up to a warm boat while at anchor in a remote spot.... realizing that it had snowed 6 inches during the night! In the winter, solitude can be found in the most popular summer locations. It took me a few tries to finally figure out how to keep the stove burning in very windy conditions, but now the wind can blow (or we can sail) in over 30 knots, and the stove will not blow out due to back-draft.

Cruising Gear
Her shape lets her be driven easily and her low freeboard keeps the windage to a minimum. She goes to weather very well, has great stability, and is wide and flat enough to allow for some limited downwind surfing opportunities.
Here is a partial list of equipment.

• VHF Radio
• Loran
• Radar (Apelco/Raytheon)
• Autohelm 3000
• Mainsail (three reef points)
• 151 Genoa
• 105 Jib (one reef point)
• .75 Spinnaker & Sock
• #5 Storm Jib
• Dickenson "Antarctic" diesel stove.
• CNG 3-burner stove with oven.
• Kobota/Universal Diesel Aux. Engine (approx 15 hp.) Fresh Water Cooled
• 13x13 R.H. two blade prop. on 7/8" shaft (new cutless bearing Feb. 2001)
• Anchor: Bruce
• MOB pole and horse-shoe throw ring
• "Folding" Teak cabin doors (plus traditional slide hatch boards, Teak and Lexan)
• NEW Martec folding prop (14"x12") Aug. 2002
• NEW Autohelm ST4000

P = 37'
E = 10' 3"

I = 43'
J = 12' 10"

Background
Built by Capital Yachts Corp., Harbor City, California. These sailboats were built beginning in 1971 and ended in 1996 when the company went out of business. This boat was built in 1982.

Capital Yachts Corporation had its origin in 1971, when it current owners Jon Williams and Bill Smith formed a new and updated fleet of Newport sailboats which are presently manufactured at their privately owned plant in Harbor City, California . Prior to this, Bill and Jon had an excellent foundation for manufacturing sailboats; both had been selling sailboats as retail dealers for the past nine years in the Greater Santa Monica Bay area. They were well versed in their field. Each did his own racing, commissioning, and warranty repair as a retail dealer. They were both sailing and selling sailboats. "It is easy to build an expensive boat but few people are willing to pay the price." And those that do often times mislead by the fancy ad or brochure they have read. Jon and Bill saw a real need for a quality line of sailboats with hand laid hulls and decks, lead keels, heavy duty rigging and hardware, and interior designs for extended blue water sailing at a low, fair market price. (It is a known fact that many Newport owners have sold their boats for more than they originally paid for them – new and used.) In the beginning the odds were heavily against them, but due to their great desire and vast experience, they entered into the sailboat manufacturing business. As it turned out, all of their production is presold, with a steady backlog. The Newport Fleet's impressive record of race wins and its sizable list of enthusiastic owners tells the rest of Capital Yachts' history.

Upgrades
As with any "production boat" there were some shortcuts made in production. I see this as an excuse to get to work and customize the boat so that it is set up exactly how the owner wants it. It is also a learning excersize, so that when something goes wrong, you are knowledgeable enough about the boat and her systems to fix it.The following is a listing of the improvements that I have done to the boat;

• Re-wired DC electrical system
• New V-berth foam mattress. (July 01)
• New Knot/Log/Temp. instrument (Aug. 01)
• New Jensen Marine Cockpit speakers Aug. 01)
• Upgraded and replaced engine mounts
• Upgraded battery starter wiring
• Replaced and Upgraded prop shaft coupling
• Installed Amp-hour and Voltage analog instruments
• Upgraded Thru-hull shut off vales
• Glassed in bulkheads to hull
• Glass cored all deck attached hardware, mastbase and handrails (to protect balsa core from water damage)
• Installed stern anchor mount and rode storage
• Upgraded sheet stoppers to Spinlock XL's (six total)
• Upgraded AM/FM CD Player
• Increased backing plate and backing washer size for deck hardware
• Upgraded and over-sized Edison wheel steering mounting bolts and backing
• Mounted Autohelm contol panel inside cabin (better protected from elements)
• Added aux. diesel pump and shut-off valve for cabin heater.
• Increased mast plate mounting hardware size.
• Added raw water strainer
• Rebuilt Universal engine (1997)
• Upgraded Bilge Pump, added alarm.
• Upgraded 12v primary starting cables.
• Modified Nav. Station seating w/ swivel chair
• Modified main sheeting option to traveller, as well as down boom, mast to cabin top.

Notes

We have owned the boat for 13years, having purchased her from a "Intel" engineer in Portland, Ore. Since that time I have cruised her to Alaska (1992) as well as the San Juan Islands a few times. The boat has always been moored in fresh water. In 1993 we moved to Hood River (Ore.), and have had the boat moored here since July or 2004 where she now resides on Lake Union, Seattle. Winters she has been kept with a tent tarp over the boom to keep the rain and snow off the cabin top.

Nick- Mark Wiltz
2727 Fairview Ave. E #10
Seattle WA 98109

(541) 490.9112
sail@gorge.net