Swallow, a 19' fiberglass Friendship Sloop, was built by New England Yachts in Boston, MA in 1975. She has a wooden deck assembly with the cabin top and decks fiberglassed with hull and woodwork newly painted. Her enlarged cockpit is terrific for 4-6 passengers, and she would be a good layout for daysails with her small cabin for gear.
Vessel Name: Swallow
Builder: CUSTOM BUILT
Model: Ahern Friendship Sloop
Model Year: 1975
Year Built: 1975
Category: Sloop
Country: United States
MLS #: 366922
Length: 18.5 (5.64m)
Draft: 3' 6" (1.07m)
Beam: 7' (2.13m)
Manufacturer: Unknown
Engine Type: Outboard
Fuel Type: Gas
Swallow is one of six 19-footers built of the Ahern design by New England Yachts in Boston. A well-built solid fiberglass hull with inside lead ballast. The deck assembly is wood that has been upgraded the winter of 2022-23 with enlarging the cockpit, refinishing the woodwork, and repainting the hull. Tiller steering, large rudder. A new bilge pump and hose is currently being installed.
The cockpit seats 4-6 people.
The spars are painted fir and consist of the bowsprit, mast, boom, and gaff. There is a main sail, and she needs a jib. Standing rigging is stainless steel shrouds with traditional blocks and deadeyes. Running rigging is traditional 3-strand Dacron.
There is a stainless steel outboard motor mount for the transom.
This sloop is a small Friendship Sloop that sails with the stability these former work boats boast. She is a Maine classic ready to sail!
