Description

General Specification

Designer: Roger Dongray
Builder: Cornish Crabber
LOA: 5.87m (19ft 3in)
LOD: 5.33m (17ft 6in)
Beam: 2.18m (7ft 2in)
Draft min: 0.46m (1ft 6in)
Draft max: 1.22m (4ft 0in)

Construction

GRP Construction
Professionally painted black hull (black 0n black gelcoat/topsides & CopperCoat antifoul, 2024, Gillingham Marina)
Treadmaster anti-slip decks
GRP non-slip open mesh grating to cockpit & cabin step (2024)
2 x large composite front bulkhead (dark grey) storage bins ( new 2024)
Tiller steering
Spare tiller

Mechanical & Electrical

Yanmar GM10 diesel inboard engine (with works manual)
Professionally serviced annually, last serviced 2025 with new fuel pump & secondary filter box
Stainless Steel fuel tank
Darglow feathering (low drag) 3 bladed propeller
Solar Panel & regulator new 2024, new battery 2022 (charged/stored at home in winter)

Rigging & Sails

Gaffhead sloop rig
Tabernacle for easy mast raising/lowering by one person
Wooden mast & spars in good condition. Re-lacquered bi-annually (2025)
Spare bowsprit/spare gaff/spare roller reefing spar/drum
Aluminium booming-out spar
Stainless Steel cockpit boom support (new 2024)
Stainless Steel standing rigging (good/serviceable condition)
Running rigging in good condition
Boom tracks for easy reefing
2 x suits of polyester tan sails (1 light racing/1 heavier cruising) in serviceable condition, West Country makers
Roller reefing jib
Harken blocks
Lewmar winch

Accommodation

2 berths in 1 cabin
Quarter berths in main cabin
2 x maroon berth cushions in good condition (wintered at Vendors home)
Interior re-painted & re-varnished 2024
Galley area for portable single burner gimbaled GAZ cooker with built-in washing bucket/water bottle with integral pump
PortaPotti – new 2024
Brass bulkhead clock and barometer
Sitting headroom only

Equipment

Purpose built heavy duty galvanised combination road trailer with piggy-back galvanised launch/yard trailer. Spare wheel, trailer board, recent AL-KO ratchet winch. Last used on road 2024 & never immersed in water
Heavy duty all-over white fitted canvas cover (last re-proofed 2025)
Heavy duty white cockpit cover
Maroon cockpit tent (new 2024)
Fitted maroon cockpit cushions (new 2024)
Garmin Echomap UHD2 GPS/Chart/Depth Plotter with UK wide charts
AutoHelm 1000
Manual bulkhead compass
Horseshoe lifebuoy
Stern boarding ladder
2 x Whale manual cockpit pumps
Short paddle
Bruce-type anchor & chain
New teak flagstaff & red ensign
Samson post
Various warps
4 x black fenders (new 2024)

Remarks:

A true modern classic, the Cornish Shrimper 19 is one of the most successful pocket cruisers ever built, with over 40 years of continuous production and more than 1,00 boats launched. Timelessly styled and cleverly updated, it offers both character and practicality. A spacious cockpit combined with a snug cabin for shelter and overnight cruising all in a lightweight easily towable package.

With only three owners from new and well maintained by all, this lovely example benefits from a recent hull re-paint and interior re-fresh leaving her gleaming. Further benefits include a Yanmar GM10 inboard diesel engine serviced annually, a low drag Darglow propeller and a heavy duty combination road/launching ‘piggy back’ trailer.

Her owner comments:

“We are the 3rd owners from new. The 1st was the last RN Captain of HMS Black Swan – hence her name! The 2nd (a former RAF officer) had her for 15-years – racing her successfully in Poole Harbour & beyond. We were impressed with their stewardship!

After 50-years sailing our various yachts (25 – 42ft) we left the Baltic after 14 happy years. We had shortlisted an inboard diesel Shrimper for our last boat. This due to an earlier sail – in which we were impressed by their versatility, rewarding performance & ease of handling. We have not been disappointed in ownership!

BlackSwan benefits from a very extensive professional refit during the last 2-years – with over £12,000 being spent & new gear added (incl. Garmin GPS/Depth instrument, Solar Panel etc.). The naturally good performance of the type is further improved by her feathering Darglow propeller. She towed-up well from Dorset on her road-trailer (never in the water due to its piggy-back launch-trailer). Now in our 80th year – sudden bad health – means we have now to let her go.”

Please note: Photos are provided by the owner. Lead image from 2024, all others from 2025.

Specifications

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