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Freedom 30

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Designer
  
Gary Mull

Year
  
1986

Boat Weight
  
7,660 lb (3,470 kg)

Location
  
United States

Crew
  
two

Builder(s)
  
Tillotson Pearson Inc (Freedom Yachts)

The Freedom 30 is an American sailboat, that was designed by Gary Mull and first built in 1986. The design is out of production.

Contents

The boat was built by Tillotson Pearson in the United States for Freedom Yachts.

Design

The Freedom 30 is a small recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a free-standing fractional rigged sloop rig, an internally-mounted spade-type rudder and a fixed fin keel. It displaces 7,660 lb (3,475 kg) and carries 3,150 lb (1,429 kg) of lead ballast.

The boat is fitted with a Japanese Yanmar 2GM20F diesel engine of 18 hp (13 kW).

The boat has a PHRF racing average handicap of 171 with a high of 174 and low of 171. It has a hull speed of 6.76 kn (12.52 km/h).

Variants

Freedom 30
Base model with a conventional keel and a draft of 5.5 ft (1.7 m).
Freedom 30 SD
Model with a shallow-draft keel and a draft of 4.5 ft (1.4 m).
Freedom 32 and 32-2
Model renamed in 1988, with the addition of a boarding and swimming platform to the stern.

References

Freedom 30 Wikipedia