Newport 30-2 Buyer's Guide
The Newport 30-2, also known as the Newport 30 Phase II, is a Gary Mull-designed fiberglass cruiser-racer that Capital Yachts built in Harbor City, California from 1974 onward, with production running into the late 1970s and early 1980s and hundreds of hulls completed. On the used market she presents as a 30-foot fin-keel, spade-rudder masthead sloop of about 8,000 pounds with 2,600 pounds of ballast, a 10.67-foot beam, and a standard 4.75-foot draft with a shoal-draft variant also offered — a coherent 1970s club racer and coastal cruiser that has aged into an accessible family boat.
Layouts on the Used Market
Most examples follow the Phase II interior plan: a spacious cabin with roughly six feet of stand-up headroom, four to six berths arranged as a forward V-berth, saloon settees, and a quarter berth, plus a galley and a heads. The 26.5-foot waterline and near-10.7-foot beam make the boat roomy for its era, so buyers should expect a usable weekend layout rather than a stripped race interior. The shoal-draft version, where present, trades some windward bite for easier gunkholing but keeps the same accommodational footprint.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
A bimini and a chartplotter are commonly fitted on boats offered today, the sort of comfort and navigation kit that signals a coastal-cruise-oriented owner rather than a bare racer. Beyond those, the period-correct inboard is the Universal Atomic 4 gasoline engine of about 13 horsepower, and buyers should treat any diesel conversion or electrical upgrade as an owner improvement rather than standard. Because the original design left much to owner specification, the meaningful used-market question is less "what was standard" than "what has this hull had added," and the shoal-draft option is the one factory-level variant to confirm from the hull card.
What to Inspect
The available record does not flag a model-specific failure point for the 30-2 to prioritize.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
These boats are typically found in the United States, where the Newport name and Capital Yachts' California production put the largest population. For a shopper, the takeaway is straightforward:
- Confirm whether the hull is the standard 4.75-foot draft or the shoal-draft variant
- Verify the auxiliary is the Atomic 4 or a documented replacement, and check fuel system condition given the gasoline origin
- Expect a bimini and chartplotter as common fittings; treat other gear as owner-supplied
- Survey the solid GRP hull and spade rudder as you would any 1970s fin-keel racer-cruiser
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Newport 30-2. The line shows the median ask each month; the bars show how many listings appeared.
Monthly breakdown · 7 rows
| Month | Listings | Median ask | Δ vs. last mo. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25 | 1 | $13,000 | — |
| Jul 25 | 1 | $5,000 | -61.5% |
| Aug 25 | 1 | $12,000 | +140.0% |
| Dec 25 | 1 | $7,000 | -41.7% |
| Feb 26 | 1 | $1,999 | -71.4% |
| Apr 26 | 1 | $6,500 | +225.2% |
| Jul 26 | 1 | $9,500 | +46.2% |
Where they're listed
Newport 30-2 listings appear across 1 country. United States has the most listings with 4.
Country view
4 listings · 1 country| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | $6,750 | 4 | 1 | 100.0% |