Rick, I took the liberty of converting your excellent post into a pdf. The file is in the "Gunmount Spinnaker" folder. I have a question about the hoist - Herm...
Hello all, Here in the NL's, a couple of idealists are building a 100' sailing freighter. They want to go tramp freighting and trading eco products around the...
Pressing on with this subject, and my thoughts on the highly cluttered gun mount set up- at least on an F32. What experience do people have with bloopers or...
I don't even want to think about it - that kind of stuff is fine for around the buoys when you're a teenager but not on a serious cruising boat IMHO. But the...
OK Rick, I see your point of view, and that's fine. However I am not (at my time of life and maturity so to speak ) out to get every knot from the boat. I am ...
I get the feeling that the entire point of having the gunmount has been missed. If your mainsail jibes, the fact that BOTH clews are fixed to the pole means...
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There are a few lines to contend with, but you can steer them out of the way while cruising. The pole, while large, can sit on the portside linelines pretty...
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Hi Michel, I only have knowledge of the 70ft three masted Freedom Kriter Lady II, but that was designed for racing. But as a member of the Junk Rig Association...
Michel, I recall a 3 masted Freedom of 60 or 70 feet but I think it was more of a yacht than a freighter. For those fantasizing about roaming the warm tropical...
... with ... the ... I generally set my spinnaker flying - the pole and sail square to the wind. I seem to recall reading an instruction from Garry Hoyt that ...
Good Morning Group Am sure no one has ever done this before, but while putting my Freedom 30 to sleep for the winter, I dropped the stainless steel hank that ...
Gentlemen, I raise my spinnaker with the pole square to the wind, although I do keep a bit of slack in the clew lines. I never need to use the winch on the...
Hi Mark, You have done what most of us have done at least once. I believe what you have dropped is called the retainer clip. They are avaliable from Dave...
And the reason there is a small hole on the fitting is to tie a small piece of line to it so you don't lose it again. Guess how I know that. Al Law Office of ...
I forgot to mention: it was a design by Freedom Yachts UK, not by Garry Hoyt, as my memory serves me right. ... products ... house ... 11/1/2007 6:01 AM...
Thanks Peter, but there's no urgency. I'm just interested in this catketch freighter design; it was a very nice looking boat. Thanks again, Michel ... II, ... ...
Hi, Dave, i'm going to look for that book. It's not very cold here yet; 10 to 15 degrees celcius. We 've had a very nice oktober, with a couple of sunny...
Absolutely- you'll find a small cotter/split ring works fine- less friction than a line. Ron Newport RI ... From: FreedomOwnersGroup@yahoogroups.com ...
Michel! Outstanding work on Alabama Queen. It makes me regret that we have not been chronicling our refit well. Maybe some day we will be in Europe for the...
Michel, Glad you still have some sailing weather there. I just finished putting a Ranger 33 together and have had a few sails. It's not a Freedom but a rather...
Al, yes, the previous owners fitted the boat with running backs for a couple reasons. The first is that they had a custom bowsprit fitted, and the jibstay goes...
Hey Lance, Speaking of running backs, will Mulroney and Faulk run through the Colts this week? What a game, huh. And how 'bout your Sox. This could be...
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