Gloucester 19
{{Short description|Sailboat class}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}
{{Use American English|date=April 2021}}
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|designer = Stuart Windley & Harry R. Sindle
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|location = United States
|year = 1983
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|builder = Gloucester Yachts
|role = Day sailer
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|draft = {{convert|4.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|displacement = {{convert|1600|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
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|hull type = monohull
|construction = fiberglass
|loa = {{convert|19.25|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|lwl = {{convert|16.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|beam = {{convert|7.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|engine = outboard motor
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|keel type = swing keel
|ballast = {{convert|550|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
|rudder type = transom-mounted rudder
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|rig type = Bermuda rig
|I = {{convert|21.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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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.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/gloucester-19|title= Gloucester 19 sailboat |access-date= 15 April 2021|last= McArthur| first= Bruce |work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210415150732/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/gloucester-19|archive-date= 15 April 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/designer/windley-stuart|title= Stuart Windley|access-date = 15 April 2021|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210415150849/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/windley-stuart|archive-date= 15 April 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/designer/sindle-harry-r|title= Harry R. Sindle 1930 - 2020 |access-date = 15 April 2021|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20200806122346/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/sindle-harry-r|archive-date= 6 August 2020|url-status= live}}Henkel, Steve: The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats, page 34. International Marine/McGraw-Hill, 2010. {{ISBN|978-0-07-163652-0}}
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.
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.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/builder/lockley-newport-boats-usa|title = Lockley Newport Boats (USA) 1964 - 1988|access-date = 15 April 2021|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20200806122739/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/lockley-newport-boats-usa|archive-date= 6 August 2020|url-status= live}}
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 {{convert|1600|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|550|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of ballast.
The keel-equipped version of the boat has a draft of {{convert|3.25|ft|m|abbr=on}}, while the swing keel-equipped version has a draft of {{convert|4.50|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the keel extended and {{convert|1.0|ft|m|abbr=on}} with it retracted, allowing operation in shallow water, beaching or ground transportation on a trailer.
The boat is normally fitted with a small {{convert|3|to|6|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} outboard motor for docking and maneuvering.
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 {{convert|44|in|cm|abbr=on}}.
The design has a hull speed of {{convert|5.4|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}.
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."
See also
References
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{{Lockley Newport Boats}}
{{Trailer sailers and Trailer yachts worldwide}}
Category:1980s sailboat type designs
Category:Sailboat type designs by Stuart Windley