Plans for dinghies, dayboats, sail and oar craft
The Apple 13 was designed along the lines of the 16, but suitably modified for a smaller sailing craft with a single balanced lug sail. In addition, she has a plank keel and may be built with or without a fore and aft central girder. Built-in buoyancy both fore and aft as well as under the side seats is provided. The structure is exceptionally strong and reasonably light, stitch and glue being the main construction method, Âthough with the offsets supplied there is no reason why she could not be built wide plank clinker style over stringers. A single high peaked balanced lug is shown in the plans, though provision for a fully battened bermudian main has been kept in mind when working out the construction details. With her four plank aside multichine hull, the initial assembly is satisfyingly quick and rapid progress is made without the lines of the hull having been compromised by over-simplifying the design. An additional sheet for glued clinker construction is now included as an option.
Length: 13ft or 3960mm; Beam over-all: 5ft or 1528mm; Sail area: 77 sq ft or 7.21 sq.m [nominal] Maximum designed displacement: 660lbs or 300kg
Construction details, sail plan and planking/central girder layout are on nine A1 sheets with keyed details. An additional sheet now covers a half-decked version, too. Hull offsets, offsets for the full stations and bulkheads, and the offsets of the individual plank shapes are provided in the plans.
The photos here are courtesy of Martin Chlad and are of 'Jitrenka', an Apple 13 which he is building both very quickly and to a very high standard. He later built another 13, Rusalka, featured at the top and bottom of this page.
Martin uses her for cruising and camping on lakes in the Czech Republic.
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