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][4] The design was built by Gloucester Yachts, which was formerly Lockley Newport Boats, in the United States.
[1][4] The boat is normally fitted with a small 3 to 6 hp (2 to 4 kW) outboard motor for docking and maneuvering.
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).
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.