[1][3][4] The Cornish Shrimper 19 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of hand-laid, solid glassfibre, with wood trim and wooden spars.

It has a gaff rig sloop with a wooden bowsprit, a plumb stem, an angled transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a stub keel with a centreboard.

[1] The boat is normally fitted with a well-mounted outboard motor, or optionally with a Japanese Yanmar 1GM diesel engine of 9 hp (7 kW) for docking and maneuvering.

[1] 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.

Sturdy tabernacle is judged easier to use than a mere hinge on deck when raising and lowering mast.