Microtonner 19
Fractional Sloop · Lifting Keel · First built 1985
A high-performance fractional sloop designed by Nestor Volker to the International Micro Class rule for competitive racing
Designed by Nestor Volker, built by Mariner.
- LOA
- Beam
- Draft (max)
- Displacement
- Ballast
- Hull type
- Lifting Keel
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The Microtonner 19, on the water
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Character
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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 550 kg of hull, so roughly 1,150 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Ramp-launchableAbout 550 kg of hull, with a keel that raises or a draft shallow enough to float off a trailer — she can go back on the trailer at the ramp, not only into the water.Shoal draftDraws 1.10 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
LivelyComfort 7Sea-kindly
CoastalCapsize 3.00Bluewater
LightD/L 116Heavy
EasygoingSA/D 25.5Powered-up
TenderBallast 33%Stiff
Light and lively — happiest day-sailing and coastal-hopping in settled weather.
- Draws less than ~75% of boats her size on file
Compared with 391 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.
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Sailed by the fleet
Where the fleet has filmed this boat.
Seen once across one channel of the fleet.
The record
Full specifications
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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
32.7%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
25.5
Displacement / length
115.6
Comfort ratio
6.9
Capsize screening
3.00
Hull speed
5.5 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
478
Hull
Hull type
Lifting Keel
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Lead
Production
Years built
First built 1985
Designer
Nestor Volker
Builder
Mariner
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Related models
The designs closest to hers — usually the rest of the builder's range, sometimes the same hull sold under another name.
Microsail (Mull)A Gary Mull-designed Micro Class racer with a lifting keel, long a staple of the competitive French Micro Cup circuitT For Two (T42) Micro-TonnerA high-performance micro-tonner featuring twin daggerboards and a high sail-area-to-displacement ratio for active racingHunter Marine 19-1A lightweight fractional sloop with a high sail-area-to-displacement ratio, designed for quick, trailerable daysailing
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