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■NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — Bore a
tple in the hull of John Newton’s
llboat. Fill it with water and tilt it to
Ilf side until the sails skirt the
Ieiv!l||\es. Go ahead, it won’t sink.
: Tecl'HNewton builds 100 percent self-
ter O'Jighting vessels out of lighter-than-
■and-; titer, space-age materials.
erofWrhe Cat Ketch Yachts he builds in
■ Port Arthur factory are the latest
ed OlBoducts in a rich tliree decades of
dgoalifc.ii building that began in Hong
felo King, 1957, where he produced the
Hxessful Grand Banks Trawlers,
er li |i l|)" he is setting new standards in
;es sa sailboat safety.
:t di)'«His 3(3- to 52-foot sailing yachts
totliiirt designed by well-known marine
metltffipitects and have been gathering
alention on the boat show circuit
■s year as sailors look to combine
sai< .convenient travel with speed.
■And while the yachts are built to
■ safe and easily sailed, they also
wttre a comfortable and attractive
dfdgn, handle well in gusts and a re-
■u sail through Newport Harbor
Bmed they can move ahead despite
Min winds.
BNewtnn recently sought outside
p lirmation of the vessels’ capabili-
ti« from Underwriters Laboratories
ln<
4 The exam was a breeze compared
the rigorous tests Newton and his
Hemployees had already put their
■sign to, but the UL seal of appro-
18 should pay offal the boat shows
■ere boating enthusiasts once re-
fted to even stop at Newton's slip
■erthey saw a sign proclaiming the
pfhts were unsinkable.
‘On the face of it, no one would
ieve it,” Newton said.
I’We were getting all sorts of
■jrd. rude comments,” said his
■e, Deidre, who works with her
Iklsband to sell the crafts. “Like:
t ah, that’s what they said about the
anic.’Or worse.”
positive flotation is common in
gys and lifeboats, but only a
dful of large boatmakers, such as
Kanter yachts in Canada and the Eu-
■>ean Etap boats, of fer it in larger
■ft.
I It's a standard feature on the
>rethan 100 sporty Spat hawk and
more traditional Herreshoff yachts
Newton has sold in the past five
years. The boats are built with
iighter-than water materials below
the water line.
Neal Mahan, a supervisor at LL,
only tested Newton’s boats for level
flotation. And while the yachts far
surpassed the minimum requir-
ments, they also impressed their ex
aminer.
“You can flood it, you can take a
hit, you can probably cut it in hall
and it will still float,” Mahan said.
The hull of Newton’s vessels are
created out of Airex, a foam used to
form the shells of fighter planes.
The bulkheads and other spaces be
low the hull are filled with another
Coast Guard-approved foam that
also floats.
The materials do not make the
boats more susceptible to break up
in a collision. Airex is somewhat flex-
ibile, and if one of the crafts strikes
an object head-on it must break
through three feet of hull before the
vessel takes on water.
“If the boats hit a container and
get a hole, (they) will sink between
four and eight inches and no more.
So you can always sail home,” New
ton said.
But the most unique feature to
Newton's yachts is an exclusive mast
design that, along with the boat’s
careful engineering, eliminates the
danger of having a sailboat knocked
down by a strong gust of wind.
The design by marine architect
Richard Black employ s a sealed, hol
low, carbon-fiber mast that increase
the boat’s righting momentum to
180 degrees, more than double the
accepted norm. In fact if the spars
ever submerge, the righting momen
tum actually doubles.
“It would lie like tying a bottle full
of air to the end of a long pole and
trying to push it into the water,”
Newton said.
The yachts are easv to sail, and
Newton has sold them to hand
icapped individuals who wanted to
be able to travel alone.
Spanish prince visits
UT, Austin sites today
HOUSTON (AP) — I'he crown
prince of Spain, Felipe de Borbon,
will tour the University of Texas
Tuesday before joining Spanish dig
nitaries and Gov. Bill Clements at
the governor’s mansion for dinner.
Felipe, 21, visited New Mexico
Monday and will travel to Houston
Wednesday. He is scheduled to meet
with President George Bush in
Washington Friday, said Lttiz
Abiega of the Spanish consulate of
fice in Houston,
The prince will visit the Balcones
Laboratory and the Lyndon Baines
Johnson Center at the University of
Texas before a luncheon there with
about 100 invited guests, Abiega
said.
Felipe also will visit the Bentsen
Latin American Collection and the
Harry Ransom Center, which in
clude collections of Spanish docu
ments and books from colonial
times.
Clements will Ije host to a dinner
at the mansion for the prince, his en
tourage and 150 invited guests.
Felipe travels to Houston
Wednesday to meet with Mayor
Kathy Whitmire and tour NASA. A
trained pilot, the prince has said he
is interested in seeing a mock-up of
the planned space station, Freedom.
The prince will conduct a cocktail
party for members of the Spanish
community, then a dinner for the
mayor and other Houston leaders at
River Oaks Country Club. Spain's
ambassador to the United States. Ju
lian Santamaria, also will attend the
dinner.
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