Phobos 19

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The Phobos 19, on the water

The fleet's own footage — the truest look at how she really moves.

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 900 kg of hull, so roughly 1,500 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Ramp-launchableAbout 900 kg of hull, with a keel that raises or a draught shallow enough to float off a trailer — she can go back on the trailer at the ramp, not only into the water.Shoal draughtDraws 0.23 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.

CoastalBluewater

At 2.55 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.

Capsize screening 2.55

EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 20.8

TenderStiff

26% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 26%

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

Draws less than ~76% of boats her size on file

Compared with 567 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Phobos 19, as the fleet has seen it

Derived from the videos the fleet has analysed of this model. ▶ marks open the moment aboard.

The Phobos 19 is a 6.3-meter fractional sloop with a centerboard and outboard rudder, built by Dalpol Yacht. It displaces 899 kg, with 180 kg of bottom ballast and 50 kg in its centerboard. Aboard Hashtag Sal, a retired couple adapted to full-time liveaboard life on a 27-foot sailboat, managing daily routines like manual anchor retrieval and sleeping in separate berths.13:48 They cited the freedom and proximity to nature as primary motivators for their nomadic lifestyle, which began after a decade-long restoration following engine failures during delivery from Santos.2:46

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

Basemap © Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

What they go for

Market signal

Where the fleet has seen this model come up for sale.

1seen sold

Sold to a paraplegic gentleman in Minas Gerais
from Hashtag Salseen September 2024watch

From the fleet's own footage — our observed signal, not broker listings.

The record

Full specifications

The complete reference set — tap any figure to switch between metric and imperial.

Dimensions

Weights

Ballast / displacement

25.6%

Rig & sail area

Rig

Fractional Sloop

Ratios

SA / displacement

20.8

Capsize screening

2.55

Hull

Hull type

Cbrd w/outboard rudder

Construction

Fiberglass

Production

Builder

Dalpol Yacht

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The family

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Nearby designs by size, type, and era — worth a look alongside her.

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