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Adams 13 is a 43 ′ 1 ″ / 13.1 m monohull sailboat designed by Joe Adams and built by Adams Yachts and NSW Australia between 1978 and 2000.

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The theoretical maximum speed that a displacement hull can move efficiently through the water is determined by it's waterline length and displacement. It may be unable to reach this speed if the boat is underpowered or heavily loaded, though it may exceed this speed given enough power. Read more.

Classic hull speed formula:

Hull Speed = 1.34 x √LWL

Max Speed/Length ratio = 8.26 ÷ Displacement/Length ratio .311 Hull Speed = Max Speed/Length ratio x √LWL

Sail Area / Displacement Ratio

A measure of the power of the sails relative to the weight of the boat. The higher the number, the higher the performance, but the harder the boat will be to handle. This ratio is a "non-dimensional" value that facilitates comparisons between boats of different types and sizes. Read more.

SA/D = SA ÷ (D ÷ 64) 2/3

• SA : Sail area in square feet, derived by adding the mainsail area to 100% of the foretriangle area (the lateral area above the deck between the mast and the forestay).
• D : Displacement in pounds.

Ballast / Displacement Ratio

A measure of the stability of a boat's hull that suggests how well a monohull will stand up to its sails. The ballast displacement ratio indicates how much of the weight of a boat is placed for maximum stability against capsizing and is an indicator of stiffness and resistance to capsize.

Ballast / Displacement * 100

Displacement / Length Ratio

A measure of the weight of the boat relative to it's length at the waterline. The higher a boat’s D/L ratio, the more easily it will carry a load and the more comfortable its motion will be. The lower a boat's ratio is, the less power it takes to drive the boat to its nominal hull speed or beyond. Read more.

D/L = (D ÷ 2240) ÷ (0.01 x LWL)³

• D: Displacement of the boat in pounds.
• LWL: Waterline length in feet

Comfort Ratio

This ratio assess how quickly and abruptly a boat’s hull reacts to waves in a significant seaway, these being the elements of a boat’s motion most likely to cause seasickness. Read more.

Comfort ratio = D ÷ (.65 x (.7 LWL + .3 LOA) x Beam 1.33 )

• D: Displacement of the boat in pounds
• LOA: Length overall in feet
• Beam: Width of boat at the widest point in feet

Capsize Screening Formula

This formula attempts to indicate whether a given boat might be too wide and light to readily right itself after being overturned in extreme conditions. Read more.

CSV = Beam ÷ ³√(D / 64)

From BlueWaterBoats.org :

One of designer Joe Adams’ most popular, the Adams 13 is well known in Australia. It was introduced in 1978, which is surprising as the boat seems modern even by todays standards. Adams took quite an innovative approach with the Metre series of boats, with the Adams 13 it’s essentially a 36 foot yacht stretched to 43 feet to produce a narrow hull that’s roomier below deck and more slippery through the water. Best of all, the Adams 13 retains much of the affordability of a 36 footer.

The boat is versatile; she’s nimble enough for racing around the buoys, has had a long successful career as an offshore racer, and has also proven to be a competent, seakindly blue water cruising vessel. Most have centerboards, which when pulled up aids down wind performance and usefully draws barely over one metre for cruising into those shallow bays. Not surprisingly owners report the boat is easily handled and fun to sail.

The Adams 13 was penned around 1977-78 shortly after the introduction of her smaller sibling, the Adams 10 Metre. Designer Graham Radford, who was a partner in Adams Yacht Design for a decade during those years, tells us the Adams 10 was the first boat produced in the “Adams Metre” range. These were light displacement, narrow beamed performance cruising yachts.

When we asked about the design goals of the Adams 13 Radford commented:

“It was really just a small but long cruising boat. Not a big volume boat, it’s narrow, it’s long, it’s got the accommodation volume of a 36 footer but in 43 feet of length … The centerboard was to give it very shallow draft for cruising. That style of centerboard we used on quite a few designs from little boats right through to 56 footers. It’s proved very popular and has done a lot of sea miles.”

Interestingly the Adams 13 was a boat Joe Adams initially designed for himself, he invested a lot of time dialing in this particular design. The moulds were funded by a syndicate of five owners including Adams himself. Each put in one fifth of the cost and after the five boats were built the moulds were sold off and since then they have changed hands multiple times.

The very first boat was called Fanny Adams which was built for an owner in Sydney who did some offshore racing with her. Since then an estimated 80 boats have been built by various builders and we hear the last hull to have popped off the moulds was in 2002. The moulds are presently owned by Peter Rigby of Adams Yacht Sales, who are open for new orders.

No history on the Adams 13 would be complete without a mention that although designed as a cruising yacht, the boat has had a successful career as an offshore racer including many entries in the Sydney-Hobart race. She remains competitive to this day.

Configuration & Layout

One look at the Adams 13 and you can tell this is not your average blue water cruiser. Narrow and sleek to an extreme with a nearly straight sheerline, it flies in the face of conventional cruising yacht design circa late-1970s. Her displacement and beam measurements reads that of a regular 36 foot cruising yacht, yet her length is 43 feet overall with a long waterline of nearly 41 feet.

The boat was expressly designed for a couple to sail and see the world, the way Adams went about this goal was to stretch the boat to provide extra room below deck, while retaining the lighter displacement and associated rigging thereby keeping costs closer to that of the smaller boat. The payoff is obvious; speed.

Along the performance theme, the boat employs a fractional cutter rig boasting a healthy 1075 square feet of sail area. The rudder is transom-hung with tiller steering for simplicity and reliability. Below the waterline is a keel/centerboard arrangement which when pulled up enhances downwind performance by reducing wetted area and draws a shallow 1.04m of depth allowing close-in anchoring.

Of note is the mainsheet/traveller system which is located right in the middle of the cockpit and can get in the way of cruising activities; on some boats owners have relocated the sheeting control further forward to open up the cockpit area.

There is an Adams 13E variation of the boat better suited to the needs of offshore racing, the “E” representing “extended cockpit” with an open transom. The centerboard is gone in favour of a fixed keel and the rudder relocated under the hull behind a sturdy skeg with wheel steering.

Interiors vary a lot between boats, this is the case with most Adams boats. Many boats were bought as hull and decks and finished professionally by various boatbuilders or fitted out by their owners. The standard accommodation layout provides for four to six people with 5′ 11″ of headroom. The saloon is forward of the centerboard case and provides a cosy area removed from the working part of the accommodation. There are two large quarter berths aft which may be singles or doubles. The saloon can accommodate two extra in single berths if required and in the V-berth are two single berths or a double. A large toilet/shower compartment is enclosed alongside the centerboard case.

Construction

The hull is of fiberglass sandwich construction using an Airex foam core. The decks are in fiberglass using end-grain balsa coring, though some decks used Airex foam. The stub keel is made from solid GRP skins with moulded lead ballast, the structure is encapsulated in fiberglass and the structural floors are then fitted.

The Adams 13 is easily handled, rather nimble and owners report it as being fun to sail. The boat’s motion is comfortable and seakindly, and it is said crossing oceans in her can often be less effort than a 36 foot yacht. Not surprisingly with such a narrow hull and light displacement, the boat is easily driven. You’ll often find these boats fitted with incredibly small engines, some having 2 cylinder 20hp diesels or even smaller.

They are particularly fast off the breeze with their centerboard up, a useful strength given a decent amount of miles covered when offshore cruising is done off the wind. The tradeoff is the high center of gravity of the ballast in the stub keel, which makes the boat relatively tender which detracts from windward performance. The boat needs to be reefed early despite the large amount of sail area the boat can carry.

Though setup as a cutter rig, the favourite for long distance passage-making, when sailing inshore she is commonly sailed as a sloop with headsails of modest size. Her best point of sail is in a broad reach when most of the sail area can be used in to good effect without reefing.

Buyers Notes

As of 2010, the asking price of the Adams 13M in the used market is in the range of: $110k-$140k AUD.

New hull and deck kits are available from Adams Yacht Sales for $58k AUD.

Links, References and Further Reading

» A History of Graham Radford’s time at Adams Yacht Design on Radford’s official site.

Thanks goes out to Graham Radford of  Radford Yacht Design and Michele Pippen for their assistance in the research of this article.

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Bluewater Sailboat – Adams 13 Metre

The Bluewater Sailboat Adams 13 is one of Joe Adams’ most well-known designs, and it is highly known in Australia. Its 1978 debut is astonishing given how advanced the boat seems even by today’s standards.

With the Metre series of boats, Adams adopted a really novel technique; the Adams 13 is essentially a 36-foot yacht stretched to 43 feet in order to provide a narrow hull that is more spacious below deck and more nimble through the water. The Adams 13 is still largely affordable, which is the best part.

The sailboat is adaptable; she has a long and successful career as an offshore racer, is quick enough for racing around buoys, and has also shown to be a capable, sea-friendly blue water cruising yacht. The majority of them have centerboards, which, when raised, improve downwind performance and advantageously draw just a little bit more than one metre for navigating those narrow harbours. Owners claim that the boat is simple to manage and enjoyable to sail, which is no surprise.

• LOA: 13.14 m. (43′ 1.5″) – 13.5 m. (44′ 6″)
• LWL: 12.38 m. (40′ 7.5″)
• Beam: 3.1 m. (10′ 2″)
• Draft, centerboard up: 1.04 m. (3′ 4.25″)
• Draft, centerboard down: 2.67 m. (8′ 9″)
• Displacement: 6,560 kg. (14,460 lbs.)
• Ballast: 3,630 kg. (8000 lbs.)
• Sail Area: 99.82 sq. m. (1075 sq. ft.)
• Headroom: 1.80 m. (5′ 11″)
• Water: 300 l.**
• Fuel: 160 l.**
• Engine: Various from 13hp upwards
• Year Introduced: 1978
• Year Ended: 2000
• Designer: Joe Adams
• Builder: Adams Yachts, NSW Australia

Soon after the debut of her smaller sibling, the Adams 10 Metre, in 1977–1978, the Adams 13 was written. The Adams 10 was the first boat made in the “Adams Metre” range, according to designer Graham Radford, who spent ten years as a partner in Adams Yacht Design. These were performance cruising ships with light displacement and narrow beams.

The Adams 13’s design objectives are said to be a little, long cruise boat. Not a big volume boat, it is long, slender, and has the same amount of space as a 36-footer but is just 43 feet long. For cruising, the centerboard was supposed to give it an extremely shallow draught. From little boats to 56-footers, that sort of centerboard is used on many different designs. It has racked up a lot of sea miles and proven to be highly popular.

It’s interesting to note that Joe Adams spent a lot of time perfecting the design of the Adams 13, a boat he first built for himself. A syndicate of five proprietors, including Adams, paid for the molds. Each contributed one-fifth of the total cost, and after the five boats were constructed, the molds were sold off. Since that time, their ownership has changed several times.

The first vessel, Fanny Adams, was built for a Sydney-based owner who participated in some offshore racing with her. Since then, multiple builders have reportedly constructed 80 boats, with the latest hull to pop off the molds occurring in 2002. Adams Yacht Sales’ Peter Rigby currently owns the molds and is accepting new orders.

The fact that the Bluewater Sailboat Adams 13 has had a successful career as an offshore racer, including numerous entries in the Sydney-Hobart race while being built as a cruising yacht, must be mentioned in order for the history of the boat to be considered comprehensive. She is still competitive now.

The hull is made of sandwiched fiberglass with an Airex foam core. Some of the fiberglass decks used Airex foam, but most used end-grain balsa coring. The structure is encased in fiberglass, the structural floors are installed, and the stub keel is constructed from solid GRP skins with molded lead ballast.

Performance

The Adams 13 is simple to handle, and quite nimble, and its owners say it’s enjoyable to sail. It is stated that because of the sailboat’s smooth motion and sea-friendliness, crossing oceans in her frequently requires less work than in a 36-foot yacht. The boat is simple to drive, which makes sense given its tiny displacement and thin hull. These boats frequently have relatively tiny engines, some of which have just two cylinders and 20 horsepower (hp).

With their centerboard up, they are especially quick off the breeze, which is a strength considering the significant number of miles covered when offshore cruising off the wind. The boat is relatively fragile due to the high center of gravity of the ballast in the stub keel, which reduces windward performance. Despite the boat’s ability to carry a lot of sail area, the reef needs to be put in early.

Although designed as a cutter rig, preferred for long-distance passage-making, she is typically sailed as a sloop with moderate size headsails when sailing inshore. Her optimum point of sail is on a broad reach when she can effectively utilize the majority of the sail area without reefing.

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The Adams 13 is a 43.11ft cutter designed by Joe Adams and built in fiberglass between 1978 and 2000.

80 units have been built..

The Adams 13 is an ultralight sailboat which is a very high performer. It is very stable / stiff and has an excellent righting capability if capsized. It is best suited as a fast cruiser. The fuel capacity is originally small. There is a short water supply range.

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