Pearson Yachts 419

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The Pearson Yachts 419, on the water

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Footage from Sailing Uma

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Character

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

LivelySea-kindly

Her moderate displacement on a moderate beam gives 30 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.

Comfort ratio 30

CoastalBluewater

1.89 — just under the 2.0 offshore line; her beam is modest for her weight.

Capsize screening 1.89

LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 246

EasygoingPowered-up

13.3 — modest power for her weight; easygoing rather than lively, and happier with a breeze.

Sail area / displacement 13.3

TenderStiff

37% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 37%

A capable cruiser that sits just inside the offshore line — coastal work with real passages in her.

Draws less than ~84% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2668 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Pearson Yachts 419, as the fleet has seen it

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The Pearson Yachts 419 is a 12.7-meter masthead sloop designed by William H. Shaw and built by Pearson Yachts from 1975 to 1976. Originally intended for the charter trade, it shares its basic hull with the later Pearson 424 and was available as either a sloop or a ketch. Aboard *Sailing Uma*, Dan and Kika undertook a major keel repair on their Pearson 419, *Uma*, in Italy, drilling and tapping 11 new one-inch stainless steel keel bolts to supplement the original 12 five-eighths-inch bronze J-bolts.8:00 This repair addressed delamination and damage to the keel joint and stub from a previous grounding, which had compromised the fiberglass thickness around the keel stub to as little as a quarter-inch.0:44 The crew reinforced the bilge with an additional inch to inch-and-a-half of laminate and G10 backing plates before installing the new bolts.3:36

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Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

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The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions

Weights

Ballast / displacement

37.3%

Rig & sail area

Rig

Masthead Sloop

Ratios

SA / displacement

13.3

Displacement / length

245.6

Comfort ratio

29.5

Capsize screening

1.89

Hull speed

7.8 kn

Pounds / inch immersion

1564

Hull

Hull type

Fin with rudder on skeg

Construction

Fiberglass

Production

Years built

1975–1976

Designer

William H. Shaw

Builder

Pearson Yachts

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The family

Related models

The designs closest to hers — usually the rest of the builder's range, sometimes the same hull sold under another name.

Pearson Yachts 424 KetchA masthead ketch featuring an aft cockpit layout and a 1.6-metre draft for versatile coastal and offshore cruising Pearson Yachts 390A William Shaw-designed cutter built for the charter trade that served as the hull foundation for the 419, 424, and 422 Pearson Yachts 424 CutterA versatile cutter with a fin keel and skeg-mounted rudder, offering a stable 1.6-metre draft for blue water passages Pearson Yachts 422A center cockpit cruiser featuring a cutter rig and a skeg-mounted rudder for offshore stability Pearson Yachts 40A 12-meter masthead sloop with a deep 2.87-meter draft and high ballast ratio, built for stability and speed Pearson Yachts 323A William Shaw-designed masthead sloop built for offshore stability with a skeg-mounted rudder and shoal-draft keel

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