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Freedom Yachts 21

Cat (unstayed) · Fin w/transom Hung Rudder · First built 1982

A Garry Hoyt design featuring an unstayed cat rig and versatile configurations including twin lifting keels

Designed by Garry Hoyt, built by Tillotson Pearson Inc.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin w/transom Hung Rudder

Is it for you?

Character

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

TrailerableBeam 2.44 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 907 kg of hull, so roughly 1,500 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Shoal draughtDraws 1.14 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
LivelySea-kindly

Her light displacement on a beamy beam gives 10 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 10
CoastalBluewater

At 2.54 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.

Capsize screening 2.54
LightHeavy

167 — light for her waterline, so she is easily driven and quick to accelerate.

Displacement / length 167
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 13.3
TenderStiff

25% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 25%

Light and lively — happiest day-sailing and coastal-hopping in settled weather.

  • Lighter than ~83% of boats her size on file

Compared with 882 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The record

Full specifications

The complete reference set — tap any figure to switch between metric and imperial.

Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
25.0%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Cat (unstayed)
Ratios
SA / displacement
13.3
Displacement / length
166.6
Comfort ratio
10.3
Capsize screening
2.54
Hull speed
5.6 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
500
Hull
Hull type
Fin w/transom hung rudder
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 1982
Designer
Garry Hoyt
Builder
Tillotson Pearson Inc, Freedom Yachts

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J Boats Tillotson Pearson J/247.32 mSame hull family0.7 m longerA legendary Rodney Johnstone design that defined the modern one-design racer with its high sail-area-to-displacement ratio
J Boats Tillotson Pearson J/226.86 mSame hull family0.3 m longerA high-performance fractional sloop designed by Rod Johnstone, built for competitive one-design racing and day sailing
Santana 206.16 mSame hull family0.5 m shorterA high-performance fractional sloop with a 1996 deck redesign that added an open transom and a roomier cockpit
J J/77.04 mSame hull family0.4 m longerA 2024 fractional sloop with a shallow 1.16m draft and a high 23.55 sail-area-to-displacement ratio for responsive daysailing

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