Seller's Description
6’ Headroom Easy boat to single hand
Want to sail over the horizon? Anywhere in the world? This free standing cat ketch with carbon fiber masts can get you there and make your cruising dreams a reality.
Owned by an airplane/helicopter pilot and mechanic as well as a marine mechanic/surveyor, she has seen a very extensive recent refit with the intention of a circumnavigation. Every consideration has been addressed. She is ready to go. The list of maintenance and additions is extensive and all professionally accomplished or supervised by the owner, with most of the work accomplished in 2022. Solar, watermaker, windvane self-steering, new sails, new electronics. If you want a self-sufficient, off grid capable cruiser, don’t let this one get way.
Equipment: aymarine VHF VXL9500, 2022 Standard Horizon HX870 handheld VHF Iridium GO satellite communication(tel,sat phone, internet) Garmin GNX wireless depth, 2022 Garmin GNX 20/21 Wind, 2022 Garmin GNX 20/21 Speed, 2022 Raymarine ST1000 Autopilot, 2022 Garmin EcoMap Plus 64CV Plotter, 2022 Furuno First Watch Radar, wireless, 2022 AIS Quark, receiver only, 2022 EPIRB, McMurdo Weems & Plath clock & barometer Marinco 30 amp shore power cable, 2024 3ea Renology Solar panels 500 w total, 2022 Outback solar FMS60 solar charge controller Victron Energy battery charger, 2022 4ea Batteries, 11/1024 Victron Energy, Phoenix 12 inverter(1200 watt pure sine wave) Electric bilge pump Force 10 stove w/oven Adler Barbour refrigeration,serviced 2022 Mainsail Mizzen 2 Mizzen staysails, one for each mast North Sail, designed to be flown on either mast Cabin top winch Double lifelines Running rigging, 2022 Winchright cordless winch handle Kaydon Power Survivor Water Maker, 40gpd, 2022 Lewmar 700 Horizontal electric windlass w/deck foot and cockpit control switches Lewmar folding wheel, 2002 Rocna 20 (44#) anchor, 100’ chain, 100’ rode Bruce anchor, 20’ chain, 100’ rode Bimini top, 2022 Dodger, 2022 PVC foam cockpit cushions, 2022 Barrier bottom coat, Interlux 2000E, 2022 Shower - one in head and one in cockpit Whale Gulper manual bilge pump Takacat 2.6 dinghy 8’6”, 2020 Tohatsu 6hp outboard, 2018 South Atlantic Wind vane self steering $2,000 spare parts GoCom hand held walkie talkie set w/ear buds 2ea propane tanks, 2022 Cutlass bearing, 2022 Michigan 2 blade prop, 13 x 12, 2022 Lunasea tri-color/anchor light, Nov. 2024 Tempur foam interior cushions, 2022 Manual composting head Shower in head Watermaker - Kaydon Power Survivor 40gpd, 2022
Specs
- Designer
- Gary Hoyt
- Builder
- Freedom Yachts
- Associations
- ?
- # Built
- ?
- Hull
- Monohull
- Keel
- Stub + Centerboard
- Rudder
- ?
- Construction
- FG
Dimensions
- Length Overall
- 27′ 11″ / 8.5 m
- Waterline Length
- 25′ 9″ / 7.9 m
- Beam
- 8′ 11″ / 2.7 m
- Draft
- 2′ 5″ / 0.8 m — 4′ 0″ / 1.2 m
- Displacement
- 7,000 lb / 3,175 kg
- Ballast
- ? (Lead)
Rig and Sails
- Type
- Cat-Ketch
- Reported Sail Area
- 395′² / 36.7 m²
- Total Sail Area
- ?
Mainsail
- Sail Area
- ?
- P
- ?
- E
- ?
- Air Draft
- ?
Foresail
- Sail Area
- ?
- I
- ?
- J
- ?
- Forestay Length
- ?
Auxilary Power
- Make
- Yanmar
- Model
- ?
- HP
- 15
- Fuel Type
- Diesel
- Fuel Capacity
- 18 gal / 68 l
- Engine Hours
- ?
Accomodations
- Water Capacity
- 30 gal / 114 l
- Holding Tank Capacity
- ?
- Headroom
- ?
- Cabins
- ?
Calculations
- Hull Speed
-
8.3 kn
Classic: 6.8 kn
Hull Speed
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.
Formula
Classic hull speed formula:
Hull Speed = 1.34 x √LWL
A more accurate formula devised by Dave Gerr in The Propeller Handbook replaces the Speed/Length ratio constant of 1.34 with a calculation based on the Displacement/Length ratio.
Max Speed/Length ratio = 8.26 ÷ Displacement/Length ratio.311
Hull Speed = Max Speed/Length ratio x √LWL
- Sail Area/Displacement
-
17.3
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.
Formula
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
- ?
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.
Formula
Ballast / Displacement * 100
- Displacement/Length
-
182.9
100-200: light
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.
Formula
D/L = (D ÷ 2240) ÷ (0.01 x LWL)³
- D: Displacement of the boat in pounds.
- LWL: Waterline length in feet
- Comfort Ratio
-
20.7
20-30: coastal cruiser
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.
Formula
Comfort ratio = D ÷ (.65 x (.7 LWL + .3 LOA) x Beam1.33)
- D: Displacement of the boat in pounds
- LWL: Waterline length in feet
- LOA: Length overall in feet
- Beam: Width of boat at the widest point in feet
- Capsize Screening
-
2.0
<2.0: better suited for ocean passages
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.
Formula
CSV = Beam ÷ ³√(D / 64)
- Beam: Width of boat at the widest point in feet
- D: Displacement of the boat in pounds
Notes
When introduced the FREEDOM 28 CAT KETCH featured free-standing carbon spars, wrap-around sails with wishbone type booms, (as shown here: The sleeved sails and wishbones were later abandoned for a more conventional sail attachment arrangement and standard booms.
(A similar scenario took place with the FREEDOM 33.)
A similar model was built under license and sold in the UK (from a number of different yards) as the FREEDOM 30.
Thanks to ‘vellofello’ for providing additional information about the English version.
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