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Posted a few videos on youtube of our Freedom 21:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmZHuQm-oH4


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4366TwBuj_w


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqrRf5ONyek

Yes I can see that now, quite different. Best of luck with your refurbishment. I had a similar experience, my F21 had been left on a trailer for almost 20 years in a yard. Luckily sails and spars were dry stored and survived just fine. In my case the trailer was toast! Hope you enjoy her when you ge...

I assume that is the same hull as the UK F25. Also the keel looks to be of similar proportions and ballast. How do you find it, does it sail well?

I managed to get some photos of the F25 (UK) lifting keel version and thought I would post them here for reference. The boat is for sale in the UK at a tad under £7K. I was interested but not really in a position to swap for my F21 currently.

Hi Jim,

thanks, I suspected that might be the case. Do you know anything about them?

Chris

Does anyone here know anything about a lifting keel version of the Freedom 25? Have seen an F25 for sale on the uk with what looks like a hydraulically operated lifting keel. I'd be interested to find more information. Is it a uk only option like the F21, perhaps a one off, as I could find no inform...

Nylon is not the best material to use a glue. I would use a metal cleat and thickened epoxy if you want to avoid drilling, or better still fab a cleat from a scrap of wood and use the same thickened epoxy. I have fabbed oak retainers for my anchor and epoxied these to my deck.

Mike, the camber profile of the spar is probably related to a NACA aerofoil profile. The simplest are the 4 digit profiles, e.g. NACAxxxx. The symetric profiles have 00 in the first two digits, the next 2 give the thickness as a percentage. I have used NACA0010 as a rudder profile to good effect. It...

yes I saw it a while back when I was thinking of getting a freedom 30 project (UK version of 28). This one was in better shape.

I think it more likely the corrosion and zinc depletion are both symptoms of the same problem. Are you attached to shore power? I would suggest there is some inter-boat cell being created.

Sorry can't help with the wire.