Freedom 30
{{Short description|Sailboat class}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Use American English|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox sailboat specifications
|name = Freedom 30
|insignia = File:Freedom Yachts Star Logo.jpg
|insignia size = 100px
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|designer = Gary Mull
|location = United States
|year = 1986
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|builder = Tillotson Pearson Inc (Freedom Yachts)
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|crew = two
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|displacement = {{convert|7660|lb|kg|abbr=on}}
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|construction = Fiberglass
|loa = {{convert|29.97|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|lwl = {{convert|25.42|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|beam = {{convert|10.75|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|hull draft = {{convert|5.5|ft|m|abbr=on}} (conventional keel)
{{convert|4.5|ft|m|abbr=on}} (shallow-draft keel)
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|engine = Yanmar 2GM20F diesel engine, {{convert|18|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}}
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|rigs = Free-standing fractional rigged sloop
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|I = {{convert|28.38|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|J = {{convert|9.83|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|P = {{convert|38.16|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|E = {{convert|13.91|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|sailarea main = {{convert|265.40|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
|sailarea headsail = {{convert|139.49|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
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|sailarea total ={{convert|404.89|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
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|phrf = 171 (average)
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The Freedom 30 is an American sailboat, that was designed by Gary Mull and first built in 1986. The design is out of production.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/freedom-30|title = Freedom 30 sailboat specifications and details|access-date = 28 December 2021|last= McArthur| first = Bruce|work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20211228135646/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/freedom-30|archive-date= 28 December 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url = http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/332/freedom-30|title = Sailboat Specifications for Freedom 30 |access-date = 5 August 2016|work = Sailing Joy|author= InterVisionSoft LLC|year = 2016|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170426210857/http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/332/freedom-30|archive-date= 26 April 2017|url-status= dead}}{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/designer/mull-gary|title = Garry Mull (1939-1994)|access-date = 20 December 2021|last= McArthur| first = Bruce|work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210418231901/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/mull-gary|archive-date= 18 April 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/gary-mull|title= Gary Mull|access-date= 20 December 2021|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20211220135325/https://sailboat.guide/gary-mull|archive-date= 20 December 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/freedom/30|title= Freedom 30|access-date= 28 December 2021|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20211228135711/https://sailboat.guide/freedom/30|archive-date= 28 December 2021|url-status= live}}
Production
The boat was built by Tillotson Pearson in the United States for Freedom Yachts, starting in 1986.
Design
The Freedom 30 is a small recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a free-standing fractional rigged sloop rig, an internally-mounted spade-type rudder and a fixed fin keel. It displaces {{convert|7660|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|3150|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of lead ballast.
The boat is fitted with a Japanese Yanmar 2GM20F diesel engine of {{convert|18|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}}.
The boat has a PHRF racing average handicap of 171 with a high of 174 and low of 171. It has a hull speed of {{convert|6.76|kn|km/h|2|abbr=on}}.{{cite web|url = http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/342/freedom-30-sd|title = Sailboat Specifications for Freedom 30 SD |access-date = 5 August 2016|work = Sailing Joy|author= InterVisionSoft LLC|year = 2016|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170916005415/http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/342/freedom-30-sd|archive-date= 16 September 2017|url-status= dead}}
Variants
See also
References
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{{Gary Mull sailboat designs}}
{{Pearson Yachts}}
Category:1980s sailboat type designs