Description
The Bruce Roberts TS 19, known as the Adventurer 19, is a compact, trailerable pocket cruiser and daysailer designed by Bruce Roberts-Goodson in 1974, ideal for solo or family gunkholing in shallow coastal waters, rivers, or lakes, with over 500 built worldwide proving its popularity for affordable DIY projects. This buoyant, stable design features a flat-bottomed hull for easy beaching and strong wind performance, available in two versions—centerboard (Version A) for ultra-shallow draft or fixed keel (Version B) for added stability—supporting fiberglass (C-Flex, single skin, or foam sandwich), cold-molded wood-epoxy, steel, or aluminum construction, all with watertight bulkheads, foam flotation, and no thru-hull fittings for unsinkable safety. Rigged as a masthead sloop for robust handling and simplicity, it reaches 7–10 knots and has logged epic voyages like Canada to Australia or 3,000-mile passages; plans include full-size patterns, trailer/dinghy designs, a 50-page detail folio, photos, and e-books, with study packages starting around $395 USD for wood-epoxy builds under $10,000 total.
