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Freedom Yachts 33

Cat Ketch (unstayed) · Keel/centreboard · 1979–1983

An unstayed cat ketch featuring freestanding carbon spars and wishbone booms, also produced as the Freedom 35

Designed by J. Paris & Garry Hoyt, built by Tillotson Pearson Inc.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Keel/Cbrd.

Is it for you?

Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

Shoal draftDraws 1.07 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
LivelySea-kindly

Her moderate displacement on a moderate beam gives 24 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.

Comfort ratio 24
CoastalBluewater

1.93 — just under the 2.0 offshore line; her beam is modest for her weight.

Capsize screening 1.93
LightHeavy

198 — moderately heavy for her waterline, a balanced cruising weight.

Displacement / length 198
EasygoingPowered-up

9.5 — modest power for her weight; easygoing rather than lively, and happier with a breeze.

Sail area / displacement 9.5
TenderStiff

32% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 32%

A capable cruiser that sits just inside the offshore line — coastal work with real passages in her.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
31.7%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Cat Ketch (unstayed)
Ratios
SA / displacement
9.5
Displacement / length
198.4
Comfort ratio
24.2
Capsize screening
1.93
Hull speed
7.3 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1179
Hull
Hull type
Keel/Cbrd.
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Lead
Production
Years built
1979–1983
Designer
J. Paris, Garry Hoyt
Builder
Tillotson Pearson Inc, Freedom Yachts

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