Freedom 36 Cat Ketch
{{Short description|Sailboat class}}
{{Distinguish|Freedom 36}}
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|name = Freedom 36 Cat Ketch
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|designer = Gary Mull
|location = United States
|year = 1985
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|builder = Tillotson Pearson Inc (Freedom Yachts)
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|crew = two
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|displacement = {{convert|13400|lb|kg|abbr=on}}
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|construction = Fiberglass
|loa = {{convert|36.42|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|beam = {{convert|12.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|rigs = Free-standing ketch rig
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|phrf = 144 (average)
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The Freedom 36 Cat Ketch, also called the Freedom 36 CC, is an American sailboat designed by Gary Mull and first built in 1985. The design is out of production.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/freedom-36-cat-ketch|title = Freedom 36 Cat Ketch sailboat specifications and details|accessdate = 28 December 2021|last= Browning| first = Randy |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20211228194043/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/freedom-36-cat-ketch|archive-date= 28 December 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url = http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/5244/freedom-36-cc|title = Sailboat Specifications for Freedom 36 CC |accessdate = 6 August 2016|work = Sailing Joy|author= InterVisionSoft LLC|year = 2016|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180702073411/http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/5244/freedom-36-cc|archive-date= 2 July 2018|url-status= live}}{{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/36-cat-ketch|title= Freedom 36 Cat Ketch|access-date= 28 December 2021|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20211228194208/https://sailboat.guide/freedom/36-cat-ketch|archive-date= 28 December 2021|url-status= live}}
Production
Tillotson Pearson built the boat in the United States for Freedom Yachts.
Design
The Freedom 36 Cat Ketch is a small recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a free-standing ketch rig, with the aft mast slightly shorter than the fore mast and both masts rigged with cat sails, an internally-mounted spade-type rudder and a fixed fin keel. With the standard keel, it displaces {{convert|13400|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|6500|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of ballast.
The boat has a draft of {{convert|6.00|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the standard keel and {{convert|4.5|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the optional shoal draft keel.
The boat is fitted with a Japanese Yanmar diesel engine of {{convert|27|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}}.
The boat has a PHRF racing average handicap of 144 with a high of 153 and a low of 141. It has a hull speed of {{convert|7.41|kn|km/h|2|abbr=on}}.
See also
References
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{{Gary Mull sailboat designs}}
{{Pearson Yachts}}
Category:1980s sailboat type designs