BoatsWest Wight Potter 19

West Wight Potter 19

Fractional Sloop · Lifting Keel · First built 1979

A lightweight fractional sloop with a lifting keel, designed by Herb Stewart for versatile shoal-water cruising

Designed by Herb. Stewart, built by International Marine.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Lifting Keel

Is it for you?

Character

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

TrailerableBeam 2.29 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 556 kg of hull, so roughly 1,150 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Ramp-launchableAbout 556 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 0.15 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
LivelySea-kindly

Her light displacement on a beamy beam gives 7 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 7
CoastalBluewater

At 2.81 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.

Capsize screening 2.81
LightHeavy

116 — light for her waterline, so she is easily driven and quick to accelerate.

Displacement / length 116
EasygoingPowered-up

16.1 — moderate power for her weight; steady, all-round performance.

Sail area / displacement 16.1
TenderStiff

30% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 30%

Light and lively — happiest day-sailing and coastal-hopping in settled weather.

  • Draws less than ~79% of boats her size on file

Compared with 447 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
30.2%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
16.1
Displacement / length
116.4
Comfort ratio
7.5
Capsize screening
2.81
Hull speed
5.5 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
449
Hull
Hull type
Lifting Keel
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 1979
Designer
Herb. Stewart
Builder
International Marine

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