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Freedom Yachts 28 CAT KETCH

Cat Ketch (unstayed) · Keel/Cbrd. · 1979–present

Specifications

Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
54.3%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Cat Ketch (unstayed)
Ratios
SA / displacement
19.0
Displacement / length
183.0
Comfort ratio
20.8
Capsize screening
1.95
Hull speed
6.8 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
858
Hull
Hull type
Keel/Cbrd.
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Lead
Production
Years built
1979–present
Designer
Garry Hoyt, Jay Paris
Builder
Tillotson Pearson Inc, Freedom Yachts

Design & history

The FREEDOM 28 CAT KETCH originally featured free-standing carbon spars and wrap-around wishbone-boom sails, later replaced with conventional sail attachment and standard booms. A similar licensed model was sold in the UK as the FREEDOM 30.

Notable features
Free-standing carbon sparsWrap-around sleeved sails with wishbone type booms (original)Conventional sail attachment and standard booms (later)
Variants
  • FREEDOM 30 (UK licensed version)
  • FREEDOM 33 (similar scenario)
Production

A similar model was built under license and sold in the UK from a number of different yards as the FREEDOM 30.

Curated reference notes

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