The Freedom 39, also called the Freedom 39 Express, is an American sailboat that was designed by Ron Holland and Gary Hoyt as a cruiser and first built in 1983.[1][2][3]

The Freedom 39 was introduced at the same time as the related Freedom 39 PH design, a boat with a similar hull, but a schooner rig and a pilothouse.[1][4][5]

Production

The boat was built by Tillotson Pearson in the United States for Freedom Yachts, starting in 1983.[1][6]

Design

The Freedom 39 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wooden trim. It is a cat-rigged ketch, with carbon-fiber conventional booms and two free-standing carbon-fiber masts. It has an aft cockpit and features a raked stem, a slightly reverse transom, a skeg-mounted rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed fin keel. The design displaces 18,500 lb (8,391 kg) and carries 5,300 lb (2,404 kg) of lead ballast.[1]

The boat has a draft of 5.50 ft (1.68 m) with the standard keel fitted.[1]

The boat is fitted with a British Perkins Engines 4-108 50 hp (37 kW) for docking and maneuvering. The fuel tank holds 80 U.S. gallons (300 L; 67 imp gal) and the fresh water tank has a capacity of 130 U.S. gallons (490 L; 110 imp gal).[1]

The design has sleeping accommodations for six people. It has a private, aft, double cabin, under the cockpit on the starboard side, two pilot berths in the main cabin and a double berth in the bow cabin. The galley is U-shaped and located on the port side, at the foot of the companionway steps. It includes a three-burner stove and double sinks. The head is located just aft of the bow cabin on the starboard side.[1]

See also

Related development

Similar sailboats

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Freedom 39 sailboat". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 23 May 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  2. ^ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Ron Holland". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 23 May 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  3. ^ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Gary Hoyt". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 6 March 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  4. ^ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Freedom 39 PH sailboat". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 23 May 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  5. ^ Sherwood, Richard M.: A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition, pages 332-333. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. ISBN 0-395-65239-1
  6. ^ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Freedom Yachts". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 18 October 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
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