Freedom 39

Freedom 39

Development
Designer	Ron Holland and Gary Hoyt
Location	United States
Year	1983
Builder(s)	Freedom Yachts
Role	Cruiser
Name	Freedom 39
Boat
Displacement	18,500 lb (8,391 kg)
Draft	5.50 ft (1.68 m)
Hull
Type	Monohull
Construction	Fiberglass
LOA	39.00 ft (11.89 m)
LWL	31.00 ft (9.45 m)
Beam	12.83 ft (3.91 m)
Engine type	Perkins Engines 4-108 50 hp (37 kW) diesel engine
Hull appendages
Keel/board type	fin keel
Ballast	5,300 lb (2,404 kg)
Rudder(s)	skeg-mounted rudder
Rig
Rig type	Cat-rigged ketch
P mainsail luff	44.50 ft (13.56 m)
E mainsail foot	17.50 ft (5.33 m)
Sails
Sailplan	Cat-rigged ketch
Mainsail area	389.38 sq ft (36.175 m2)
Other sails	Mizzen: 232.44 sq ft (21.594 m2)
Total sail area	621.82 sq ft (57.769 m2)

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

• List of sailing boat types

Related development

• Freedom 39 PH

Similar sailboats

• Baltic 40
• Cal 39
• Cal 39 Mark II
• Cal 39 (Hunt/O'Day)
• Corbin 39
• Islander 40
• Nautical 39
• Nordic 40

References

1. 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.