BoatsMenger Boatworks Cat 19

Menger Boatworks Cat 19

Gaff head Cat · Keel/centreboard · First built 1990

A gaff-rigged catboat with a keel-centerboard configuration, designed for shoal-water versatility and classic appeal

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Keel/Cbrd.

Is it for you?

Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

TrailerableBeam 2.44 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 1,315 kg of hull, so roughly 1,900 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Shoal draftDraws 0.56 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
LivelySea-kindly

Her moderate displacement on a beamy beam gives 15 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 15
CoastalBluewater

2.25 — right around the 2.0 line, the edge between coastal and offshore.

Capsize screening 2.25
LightHeavy

207 — moderately heavy for her waterline, a balanced cruising weight.

Displacement / length 207
EasygoingPowered-up

21.3 — plenty of sail for her weight; lively and quick to respond.

Sail area / displacement 21.3
TenderStiff

21% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 21%

Powered-up and quick to accelerate — this one likes to sail.

  • Heavier than ~88% of boats her size on file

Compared with 458 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
20.7%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Gaff head Cat
Ratios
SA / displacement
21.3
Displacement / length
207.2
Comfort ratio
15.1
Capsize screening
2.25
Hull speed
5.8 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
527
Hull
Hull type
Keel/Cbrd.
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 1990
Designer
Menger
Builder
Menger Boatworks

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O'day 23-26.93 mSame hull family1.1 m longerA masthead keel-centerboard sloop produced in Brazil and the U.S. for over a decade as a popular coastal cruiser
Marshall Marine Corporation Sanderling5.54 mSame hull family0.3 m shorterA gaff-rigged catboat based on a 1941 design, featuring a shallow-draft keel-centerboard hull for versatile day sailing
O'day 226.61 mSame hull family0.8 m longerA prolific production success with over 3,000 hulls built, offering a nimble fractional rig for coastal daysailing
Dufour Yachts T66.15 mSame hull family0.4 m longerA lightweight 800kg fractional sloop with a high sail-area-to-displacement ratio for spirited performance in light air
Microtonner 195.50 mSame hull family0.3 m shorterA high-performance fractional sloop designed by Nestor Volker to the International Micro Class rule for competitive racing

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