Lance Based on your response below and your present perspective, would you have retrofitted an electric winch on your ex F'40 CK Bright Star, knowing what you...
Hello again to all. after a two year move to a J32 we are back to the Freedom line. Having owned a Mull 28 and a 30 it feels like home. couple of questions: ...
Norman rudder bearing was too tight when made honed mine out a bit but still did not fix it just learned to live with it and reef ... yachts ... cable, ... ...
Hi TJ, I am a new F35 owner as well. I have a '93 F35 and do have some crazing on my swim platform, but not excessive. The holding tank is accessed through...
Congraduations i hope u enjoy here as much as we have our other freedoms. most of the 35s i looked at have some crazing in that area and the j boat had less...
I installed a macerator pump on my F32 last year which was not a difficult process. You'll want to mount the pump as low as you can and reasonably close to...
Rick, I don't know if I would have put an electric winch on Bright Star. We had a pretty good routine for 'jumping' the halyard at the mast while the other end...
For the past three days I left Boonesdock Marine, Oriental, NC heading for Coinjock. It was blowing anywhere from 12-25 knots for three day constant and is...
Sounds like quite an adventure! One thing I'm curious about though is using just the jib on a Freedom. On Glory we've got running backs so I think I can keep...
A large number of posts over the years have suggested that most Freedoms do best at a heel angle of 15 degrees. When the wind rises, one way to maintain this...
The definitive answer on this is 'it depends.' The idea behind putting the rail down 15 degrees (or 20, or whatever is optimum for your boat) is that it...
On my last trip that I just wrote about (and I apologize for the spelling errors and wrong words I was in a rush) I had another problem with the lub oil...
Bob: I think that the position of the Yanmar dipstick in the F30 verges on the criminal, but, of course, it is Freedom’s fault, not Yanmar’s. I have an...
Hi all, I'm a novice Freedom 25 owner as of this last spring. It's time to get things set-up for the winter hiatus. I plan on keeping it stored, shrink-wrapped...
Has anyone used the "Boomkicker" ( <http://www.boomkicker.com> www.boomkicker.com) to support their boom? It seems to me that lacking a boom cradle or...
i recommend the Guarhauler (sp) solid vang. they will make u a collar for the mast not much $$$$$$. get the up size springs ron barr <rwhb@...> wrote:...
Just my opinion, but I think that you should unstep your mast on the 25 before you shrinkwrap. It's easy enough to do, and it'll make it easier to cover the...
I always took the (wing) mast down each winter in Poughkeepsie. It is an opportunity to check and lubricate the running gear at the top of the mast. It's also...
The Garhauer rigid vangs are great, but before and if you go for one you might want to read my post #187 on the subject. John ... From: ron barr Date:...
Hi Ron, You can spend the money on a boom kicker or a solid vang. However, what I do is to use the lazyjacks to hold the boom up while lowering the sail. ...
Yes that is more or less what we are doing now..however cranking the boom down on the main sheet to prevent it swinging while furling the sail seems to result...
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