This yacht is a state of the art Racer/Cruiser built to the highest standards, with only two careful and fastidious owners since new. The Adams 13e (extended) is a classic 13 metre design by the famous
Joe Adams, and is distinguished in many successful races including Sydney-Hobart, as well as being noted as a comfortable easily handled cruising craft. "The Longboat" was built to international [ABS] survey standards by Seahorse Marine in NSW and was fitted out and launched in Fremantle in 1998. This boat is laid out for both short-handed and fully crewed racing and cruising: she is rated for IRC and has Category 2 Offshore racing certification. The design is well known, and many are sailing in the Eastern States and Overseas. They are a fast, exciting and competitive boat in their division anywhere, and a safe, strong, sea kindly craft without vices and a lot of fun to sail. They are well known as successful performance racers and fast passage making cruisers both 'round the buoys', Offshore, and sailing on the river and to the islands.
This yacht has a high slick racing/cruising deck with entrance to a full headroom cabin from a spacious cockpit. All the 7 bunks are are comfortable with covered cushions [there are no pipe cots]. The V-berth is spacious and roomy. There is plenty of storage in lockers and under, besides and above the bunks. The galley is fitted with: sink, metho 2 burner stove and grill, and ample storage cupboards. There is also a fixed table with storage under, and a large icebox. The “nav station” is well positioned and has an extra large sized table, the radios, navigation electronics and the switch panel. The head is a proper marine flush toilet with privacy. All the interior is professionally fitted out.
oThe boat is in Fremantle Sailing Club, Western Australia.
Designer: Joe Adams
Builder: Seahorse Marine in Sydney, New South Wales
using the latest Space Age technology; GRP on Divinycell foam core.
The boat was launched in Fremantle, Western Australia in August 1998.
Length; 13.5m (44.5ft)
Beam; 3.1m (10.2ft)
Draft; 2.1m (7.0ft) , includes a conventional fin keel made of lead.
For more about the boat and design, please go to
About The Longboat page.
oSafety Gear:
The boat has a current Yachting Australia Safety Offshore Racing Certificate to Category 2, and complies with all the requirements at all times.
It has also a current WA State [FSC] Club Fire and Safety Certificate.
The 8 person RFD liferaft was in survey to November 2005.
MOBILERT Man Overboard alarm system with 6 pendants.
2 Life ring packs with strobe light, dye and Dan buoy.
8 Solas life jackets.
8 regulation Safety harnesses and flat braid Jack Stays.
2 Inflatable Crew Savers.
EPIRB.
N&C flags and signal mirror.
1st Aid kits to Cat 2 .
Sail repair kit.
Flares to Cat 2 requirements.
The vessel is equipped with the required fire fighting equipment, 3 extinguisers and a Fire Blanket.
X2 manual bilge pumps.
A fitted swimming/boarding ladder.
Interior and Binnacle compasses.
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Engine:
The engine installation is a Yanmah 20 hp with a folding prop.
Cruising speed 6Kn.
The engine is in excellent condition, and has been serviced regularly.
Fuel:
80 litres in one stainles steel tank.
Water:
200 litres in 2 Stainless steel tanks.
Galley:
In addition to the 2 burner stove, there is a stainless sink, ample benchtop space for food preparation, and is equiped with cutlery , crockery and utensils.
Refrigeration:
Huge Ice Box.
Toilet:
Jabsco Marine toilet
Ground Tackle:
1 CQR anchor with 50M rope and 10M chain.
1 Danforth anchor with 40M rope and 2M chain.
Electrics:
12 volt systems throughout, 2 Sealed Marine batteries, (1 house & 1 engine)
a permanent 12V/20A battery charger.
Navigation lights
Numerous interior lights
and 12V sockets.
Electronics:
Autohelm depth, speed, log, wind instruments.
Garmin Colour Plotter with BlueChart chip card PC021R, from McKay QLD over the top to Darwin and all the way down the west coast, into the Southern Ocean to Esperance.
GPS: Magellan.
Laptop PC run off 12V, with USB GPS & C-Map .
Complete QME 360 Autopilot, but not fitted.
Radios;
VHF radio with emergency antenna.
HF is a programmable Icom IC-M700 TY SSB radio transceiver.
27Meg Radio and
AM/FM stereo radio.
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Sail Inventory:
All in very good condition mostly made by Lidgard.
Main sails;
1 Fully battened general purpose Mainsail with boom cover.
1 Cruising Main
both with slab reefing.
1 Tri-sail with regulation markings
Head sails;
No. 1
No. 3
No. 4 Storm Jib with regulation markings.
And a small self tacking jib.
Spinnakers:
1 Masthead = The .75oz Blue
x2 Fractionals =
the 1.5oz Pink and.
the .50oz Yellow.
All with the necessary gear to use them,
including x2 spinnaker poles, and a Jocky pole.
*** The 6 Harken Winches, are all self tailers.
Mast and Rigging:
The ¾ rig Goldspar mast has;
2 headsail, 2 spinnaker and main halyards, spinnaker and main boom topping lifts and downhall.
Spectra adjustable back stay with masthead arial,
2 sets of swept back spreaders,
jumper stays
1 set of simple runners
double side stays.
all wire rigging is stainless steel
Wheel steering with emergency tiller
Odds and Sods;
12ft FG Dinghy with oars. anchor and a
NEW 3.3 hp Mariner out board [geared], and a spare fuel tank.
x 4 mooring lines .
x 4 fenders .
x 2 boathooks.
Boom tent/Sun awning
Various Spares and Tools
The boat license is due each July [Western Australia].
This boat is a superb example of this very popular model, maintained to the higest standard, providing great performance at ease with the highest comfort level.
Excellent value at AUS $ 185,000
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This interior layout and profile drawing is of an Adams 13 with a lift keel and a transom hung rudder, with tiller steering.
