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The Cornish Shrimper 19 is a British trailerable
The Cornish Shrimper 19 is a recreational
In a 2010 review Steve Henkel wrote, "This is a character boat with concomitant grace, and with a good measure of performance and practicality, too. What she lacks in headroom, she makes up in charm. In England, she has cult-boat status. Best features: The outboard well, placed inside the cockpit. gives easy access to engine controls and helps maintain vessel’s good looks. Extensive use of varnished wood below lends a touch of elegance. Short bilge runners allow the boat to take the ground nearly upright. Foam buoyancy for safety is built in under cockpit seats and under foredeck. Handy self-draining bow well in the foredeck gives secure stowage for ground tackle. Ramp launching is easier than comps due to shallow draft. Sturdy tabernacle is judged easier to use than a mere hinge on deck when raising and lowering mast. Worst features: New and resale prices are high, and headroom is low, compared to comps. Cockpit footwell is non-self-bailing. Substantial use of varnished wood looks great, but means more than ordinary maintenance is needed."Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats'', page 32.
sailboat
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that was designed by Roger Dongray, inspired by traditional shrimp fishery
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A shrimper is a ...
boat designs and first built in 1979.
Production
The design has been built by Cornish Crabbers inWadebridge
Wadebridge (; kw, Ponswad) is a town and civil parish in north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The town straddles the River Camel upstream from Padstow.Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 ''Newquay & Bodmin'' The permanent popul ...
, Cornwall
Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. Cornwall is bordered to the north and west by the Atlantic ...
in the United Kingdom
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since 1979. The company has built more than 1,100 examples of the design and it remains in production.
Design
The Cornish Shrimper 19 is a recreational keelboat
A keelboat is a riverine cargo-capable working boat, or a small- to mid-sized recreational sailing yacht. The boats in the first category have shallow structural keels, and are nearly flat-bottomed and often used leeboards if forced in open w ...
, built predominantly of hand-laid, solid glassfibre
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, with wood trim and wooden spars. It has a gaff rig
Gaff rig is a sailing rig (configuration of sails, mast and stays) in which the sail is four-cornered, fore-and-aft rigged, controlled at its peak and, usually, its entire head by a spar (pole) called the ''gaff''. Because of the size and shap ...
sloop with a wooden bowsprit
The bowsprit of a sailing vessel is a spar extending forward from the vessel's prow. The bowsprit is typically held down by a bobstay
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, a plumb stem
The stem is the most forward part of a boat or ship's bow and is an extension of the keel itself. It is often found on wooden boats or ships, but not exclusively.
Description
The stem is the curved edge stretching from the keel below, up t ...
, an angled transom, a transom-hung rudder
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controlled by a tiller
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and a stub keel
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with a centreboard
A centreboard or centerboard (US) is a retractable hull appendage which pivots out of a slot in the hull of a sailboat, known as a ''centreboard trunk'' (UK) or ''centerboard case'' (US). The retractability allows the centreboard to be raised t ...
. It displaces .
The boat has a draft of with the centreboard extended and with it retracted, allowing ground transportation on a trailer.
The boat is normally fitted with a well-mounted outboard motor
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, or optionally with a Japanese Yanmar
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1GM diesel engine
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of for docking and maneuvering.
Operational history
In a 2010 review Steve Henkel wrote, "This is a character boat with concomitant grace, and with a good measure of performance and practicality, too. What she lacks in headroom, she makes up in charm. In England, she has cult-boat status. Best features: The outboard well, placed inside the cockpit. gives easy access to engine controls and helps maintain vessel’s good looks. Extensive use of varnished wood below lends a touch of elegance. Short bilge runners allow the boat to take the ground nearly upright. Foam buoyancy for safety is built in under cockpit seats and under foredeck. Handy self-draining bow well in the foredeck gives secure stowage for ground tackle. Ramp launching is easier than comps due to shallow draft. Sturdy tabernacle is judged easier to use than a mere hinge on deck when raising and lowering mast. Worst features: New and resale prices are high, and headroom is low, compared to comps. Cockpit footwell is non-self-bailing. Substantial use of varnished wood looks great, but means more than ordinary maintenance is needed."Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats'', page 32. International Marine
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, 2010.
A 2013 review in ''Cruising World'' by Jen Brett, described the design as "a salty little boat" and noted "with a large cockpit, the Shrimper makes an excellent daysailer for a family, and the basic yet comfortable accommodations below allow the boat to be a simple coastal cruiser." Of the boat's looks, she wrote, "you’ll definitely turn heads while sailing through the harbor".
See also
* List of sailing boat types Similar sailboats *Com-Pac 19
The Com-Pac 19 is an American trailerable sailboat, that was designed by Robert K. Johnson and first built in 1979.Sherwood, Richard M.: ''A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition'', pages 138-139. Houghton Mifflin Company, ...
* Mariner 19
* Mercury 18
*Nordica 16
The Nordica 16 is a Canadian trailerable sailboat, based on the Lynaes 14, a 1820 design by Swede Ole Jensen.
Production
The boat was built by Exe Fibercraft in Canada starting in 1975, with 400 examples completed, but it is now out of p ...
*Sanibel 18
The Sanibel 18 is an American trailerable sailboat, that was designed by Charles Ludwig, first built in 1982 and named for the Floridian town and island.Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats'', page 58. International ...
* West Wight Potter 19
References
External links
* {{Trailer sailers and Trailer yachts worldwide Keelboats 1970s sailboat type designs Trailer sailers Sailing yachts Sailboat types built by Cornish Crabbers Sailboat type designs by Roger Dongray