Wild Duck 19 Sailboats for Sale

Drawing Diagram

Builder drawing

Hull Type

Monohull · long

Rig

Fractional Sloop

LOA

19' · 5.79 m

Disp.

4,110 lbs · 1,864 kg

First year

1955

The Wild Duck 19 is a quintessential British pocket cruiser designed by the prolific naval architect Alan Hill in the mid1960s. Originally conceived as a small, seaworthy vessel for coastal and estuary exploration, the design belongs to a family of robust, traditional cruisers that include the larger Eventide and Lone Gull. Hill, who honed his skills under Robert Clark and Alan Buchanan, optimized the Wild Duck for "3ton" displacement rules, focusing on safety and predictable handling rather than raw speed. While many early examples were constructed in marine plywood using hardchine methods, later production shifted toward Glass Reinforced Plastic (GRP), often built by yards associated with the Eventide Owners Group, which continues to maintain technical records and drawings for the class.