[1][3] The boat has a draft of 4.17 ft (1.27 m) with the centerboard extended and 12 in (30 cm) with it retracted, allowing beaching or ground transportation on a trailer.

[3] In a 2010 review Steve Henkel found fault with the design due to its small cabin space and 3.5 ft (1.1 m) headroom, which he termed "somewhat less generous.

[3] A July 2000 review by Darrell Nicholson on boats.com note, "In 1998 [Hoyt] designed and built the 19' Alerion cat 'to combine the proven virtues of the catboat with modern sailing performance.'

In addition, its free-standing carbon fiber spar, self-vanging boom, dagger rudder, and light displacement take advantage of developments that weren't around in either 1840 or 1962.

Hoyt has sailed his creation against the best of the Sanderling racing fleets and has demonstrated a speed edge of almost a minute a mile in all but the lightest airs.

I'd just fit a tiller-operated autopilot, pack a generous lunch, take a few issues of The Audiophile Voice and enjoy a day of relaxing sailing and reading.