Engineering:Gloucester 19
| Development | |
|---|---|
| Designer | Stuart Windley & Harry R. Sindle |
| Location | United States |
| Year | 1983 |
| Builder(s) | Gloucester Yachts |
| Role | Day sailer |
| Boat | |
| Boat weight | 1,600 lb (726 kg) |
| Draft | 4.50 ft (1.37 m) |
| Hull | |
| Type | monohull |
| Construction | fiberglass |
| LOA | 19.25 ft (5.87 m) |
| LWL | 16.50 ft (5.03 m) |
| Beam | 7.50 ft (2.29 m) |
| Engine type | outboard motor |
| Hull appendages | |
| Keel/board type | swing keel |
| Ballast | 550 lb (249 kg) |
| Rudder(s) | transom-mounted rudder |
| Rig | |
| Rig type | Bermuda rig |
| I (foretriangle height) | 21.00 ft (6.40 m) |
| J (foretriangle base) | 8.00 ft (2.44 m) |
| P (mainsail luff) | 22.50 ft (6.86 m) |
| E (mainsail foot) | 8.00 ft (2.44 m) |
| Sails | |
| Sailplan | fractional rigged sloop |
| Mainsail area | 90.00 sq ft (8.361 m2) |
| Jib/genoa area | 84.00 sq ft (7.804 m2) |
| Total sail area | 174.00 sq ft (16.165 m2) |
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The Gloucester 19 is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Stuart Windley and Harry R. Sindle as a day sailer and first built in 1983.[1][2][3][4]
The Gloucester 19 is a daysailer development of the Lockley-Newport 19 and the Gloucester 20. The design was later developed into the Quickstep 19.[1][4]
Production
The design was built by Gloucester Yachts, which was formerly Lockley Newport Boats, in the United States . The boat was first built in 1983, but production had ended by the time that the company went out of business in 1988.[1][4][5]
Design
The Gloucester 19 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a fractional sloop rig, a raked stem, a plumb transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel or swing keel. It displaces 1,600 lb (726 kg) and carries 550 lb (249 kg) of ballast.[1][4]
The keel-equipped version of the boat has a draft of 3.25 ft (0.99 m), while the swing keel-equipped version has a draft of 4.50 ft (1.37 m) with the keel extended and 1.0 ft (0.30 m) with it retracted, allowing operation in shallow water, beaching or ground transportation on a trailer.[1][4]
The boat is normally fitted with a small 3 to 6 hp (2 to 4 kW) outboard motor for docking and maneuvering.[1][4]
The design has sleeping accommodation for two people, with a short double "V"-berth in the bow cabin and two straight settees in the main cabin. The head is centered under the "V"-berth in the bow cabin. Cabin headroom is 44 in (110 cm).[1][4]
The design has a hull speed of 5.4 kn (10.0 km/h).[4]
Operational history
In a 2010 review Steve Henkel wrote, "this boat ... was available with either centerboard ... or fixed keel (3' 3" draft). Best features: The Gloucester version of this boat is at the lower end of the price scale (but part of this may be tied in with an only so-so level of construction quality). Worst features: Although the Space Index indicates a large available volume for stowage, in fact space is limited to bins under berths and two tiny counters separating the V-berth from quarter berths. The V-berth is short. For some reason there was no permanent backstay on some models (as there is on every one of her comp[etitor]s), resulting in a relatively loose and insufficient jib stay tension for best efficiency upwind. Construction quality is so-so at best. Critics point out a poorly finished hull-deck joint and misaligned chainplates, among other problems."[4]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Gloucester 19 sailboat". sailboatdata.com. https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/gloucester-19.
- ↑ McArthur, Bruce (2021). "Stuart Windley". sailboatdata.com. https://sailboatdata.com/designer/windley-stuart.
- ↑ McArthur, Bruce (2021). "Harry R. Sindle 1930 - 2020". sailboatdata.com. https://sailboatdata.com/designer/sindle-harry-r.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 Henkel, Steve: The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats, page 34. International Marine/McGraw-Hill, 2010. ISBN:978-0-07-163652-0
- ↑ McArthur, Bruce (2021). "Lockley Newport Boats (USA) 1964 - 1988". sailboatdata.com. https://sailboatdata.com/builder/lockley-newport-boats-usa.
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