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I have owned two Freedom 21's, both with the hinged mast. The second one has developed some mast creaking caused by movement at the base of the mast where it sits on the mast step. It seems to be getting worse. Our boat is sailed for three months in the summer and is kept on a mooring in a large lak...

No I didn’t get the drawings of the new rudder. I tried Gary Mulls widow in California who had an erratic history of responding. She has all the plans. She didn’t respond. Also tried people from Freedom as Freedom had recently closed. No luck. Finding a 28 to reverse engineer or downsizing an F30 yo...

Good luck. It’s a great boat. Sure would be great if you can save her. Going with a friend who is in the market for a boat to look at a nice Freedom 30 later this week. I’ve owned three Freedoms now.

I had the same failure in about 2004 or 5. I searched all over the country to find a replacement or someone who would build a new rudder. I found finally a company in Road Island who built spars and hardware for America Cup boats. I am away from my records to find the name of the company but I may h...

I owned a Freedom 28 a few years ago and doing my research learned that there were about 50 built. I owned hull number 2 which was actually the first boat built and was introduced at a boat show in San Francisco where the original owner purchased it. He moved it to Marina del Rey where it remained t...

Signet marine is still in business in California. Last year I was able to get a refurbished depth instrument to replace my he original signet instrument. I could have bought a new one or refurb. I also had to replace the transducer as it was shot too. Ours is a lake boat so the instruments are less ...

I reattached the lower track on my Freedom 21 a few years ago. Talked to West Systems technician about the application. They recommended Six10. Really strong stuff. Lots of advice on the riveting in the archives. I used stainless rivets I got from Fastenal special order. You have to get the length c...

You may be over reacting to the likelihood of a mast failure. There have been very few relative to the size of the fleet. Yes it is a big cost relative to the value of the boat. So is a lightening strike that wipes out all your electronics and other systems or running aground with extensive keel and...

Here are pictures of the sail cover.

Doug
Dougpayne48@gmail.com

S/V Island Time – O’Day 272
S/V Maketea – Freedom 21 - #112

I have an extra main sail cover for a Freedom 21. It is that very classic blue from the early 80's. It is well made and in really excellent condition. There is also a second piece that may be a companionway cover. I am away from the boat so I can't measure that item to be sure. This may be an origin...