Menger Cat 19
The Menger Cat 19, also sold as the Thom Cat 19 Catboat, is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by father and son team Bill Menger and Andrew Menger as a daysailer and cruiser and first built in 1990. The Menger Cat 19 is a development of the Menger Cat 17, designed after the Menger Cat 17 molds were destroyed in a lightning-caused fire in 1990. Production The design was built by Menger Boatworks in Babylon, New York, United States from 1990 until the company went out of business in 2004. It was also later produced by Wagner Boatworks of Oyster Bay, New York and also by Thompson Boatworks of West Sayville, New York under the name Thom Cat 19 Catboat. It remains in production under that name. Design The Menger Cat 19 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a catboat rig, a plumb stem, a slightly angled transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed stub keel and retractable centerboard. It displaces and carries of ballast. The boat has a draft of with the centerboard extended and with it retracted, allowing operation in shallow water, beaching or ground