Engineering:AMF Apollo 16
 Class symbol | |
| Development | |
|---|---|
| Designer | Bruce Kirby |
| Location | United States |
| Year | 1977 |
| No. built | 1,100 |
| Builder(s) | American Machine and Foundry |
| Role | One-design racer |
| Boat | |
| Crew | two or three |
| Boat weight | 300 lb (136 kg) |
| Draft | 2.60 ft (0.79 m) with the centerboard down |
| Hull | |
| Type | Monohull |
| Construction | Fiberglass |
| LOA | 15.75 ft (4.80 m) |
| Beam | 5.92 ft (1.80 m) |
| Hull appendages | |
| Keel/board type | centerboard |
| Rudder(s) | transom-mounted rudder |
| Rig | |
| Rig type | Bermuda rig |
| Sails | |
| Sailplan | Fractional rigged sloop |
| Mainsail area | 90 sq ft (8.4 m2) |
| Jib/genoa area | 39 sq ft (3.6 m2) |
| Total sail area | 129 sq ft (12.0 m2) |
| Racing | |
| D-PN | 92.5 |
The AMF Apollo 16 is an American sailing dinghy that was designed by Canadian Bruce Kirby as a one-design racer and first built in 1977.[1][2][3]
Production
The design was built by the Alcort division of American Machine and Foundry in the United States , starting in 1977. Alcort had been an independent company, but was bought out by AMF in 1969. A total of 1,100 Apollo 16s were built, but it is now out of production.[1][3][4][5]
Design
The Apollo 16 is a recreational sailboat, built predominantly of fiberglass. It has a fractional sloop rig with aluminum spars. The hull features a raked stem, a vertical transom, a transom-hung, kick-up rudder controlled by a tiller and a retractable, kick-up centerboard. It displaces 300 lb (136 kg).[1][3]
The boat has a draft of 2.60 ft (0.79 m) with the centerboard extended and 6 in (15 cm) with it retracted, allowing beaching or ground transportation on a trailer. It has a hinged mast step to facilitate lowering the mast.[1][3]
For sailing the design is equipped with internal halyards, an outhaul, boom vang and Cunningham. The mainsheet is controlled from the end of the boom and includes a full-beam mainsheet traveler. Both the mainsail and jib have built-in leech lines. Unusually the jib does not mount to the forestay, but is tensioned by its halyard. The boat is equipped with a stowage bin, hiking straps, plus dual Elystrom vacuum bailers. Factory options included a spinnaker, whisker pole and mainsail jiffy reefing.[3]
The design has a Portsmouth Yardstick racing average handicap of 92.5 and is normally raced with a crew of two or three sailors.[3]
Operational history
In a 1994 review Richard Sherwood wrote, "this one-design has an active racing class. It is designed to carry two to four people comfortably in a large cockpit ... Modifications permitted for racing are minor, with the intention to keep Apollo a true one-design class."[3]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Apollo 16 sailboat". sailboatdata.com. https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/apollo-16.
- ↑ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Bruce Kirby". sailboatdata.com. https://sailboatdata.com/designer/kirby-bruce.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Sherwood, Richard M.: A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition, pages 60-61. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. ISBN:0-395-65239-1
- ↑ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "AMF Corp.". sailboatdata.com. https://sailboatdata.com/builder/amf-corp.
- ↑ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Alcort (USA) 1953 - 1982". sailboatdata.com. https://sailboatdata.com/builder/alcort-usa.
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