Posted by Jacqui MacConnell (jacimacc@…>)
These intrigue me. Interested to hear impressions from
anyone who has sailed, or sailed on, one. Believe
there were only about 15 built. One sold this summer
in Michigan through the Dilworth and Lally brokerage.
Thank you for whatever you can contribute. My intended
use would be for club racing. Kind wishes, Jacqui Mac,
Bellingham, WA State
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Posted by CMarshall (cmars@…>)
— In freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com, Jacqui MacConnell
<jacimacc@y…> wrote:
These intrigue me. Interested to hear impressions from
anyone who has sailed, or sailed on, one. Believe
there were only about 15 built. One sold this summer
in Michigan through the Dilworth and Lally brokerage.
Thank you for whatever you can contribute. My intended
use would be for club racing. Kind wishes, Jacqui Mac,
Bellingham, WA State
I had one for a few years. I saw it as cheaper way to
get a F32 and others see it as a stretch F25. It was Hoyt’s
last design for Freedom and has pretty much the same
layout as the older F32. It has everything the 30-40 foot
boats have in terms of equipment and everything is well
built if not overbuilt. Alot of the equipment is the same
as the F32.
I liked the way it sailed. Still had a bit of the dinghy
responsive feel. Tender at first and then very stable once
heeled. It is a beamy boat at deck level and quickly narrows.
It would be a fun racer though I think of it more as a weekend
cruiser with the occasional long trip.
It is rigged in the cat-sloop fashion with the large main
and small self-tending camberspar jib. Most also had the
gun mount spinnaker which with a sock is a lot of fun and
very fast downwind. A crew of two could easily race it
and single handing is easy. These need what I call a crew
of one and a half.
I’ve seen a few sell and one in upstate NY has been on
the market for a long time. People don’t seem to know about
them.
Charles, 1983 F32
Posted by Jacqui MacConnell (jacimacc@…>)
“… A crew of two could easily race it and single
handing is easy. These need what I call a crew of one
and a half. I’ve seen a few sell and one in upstate NY
has been on the market for a long time. People don’t
seem to know about them…”
Charles, 1983 F32
Thank you, Charles. Very nice to hear from some one
who has sailed one. I talked to Mark Edwards and he
liked them,
too. There just aren’t many. The one in Rochester has
some
coach roof delam in at least two places, around each
hatch,
port and starboard, opposite the cabin entry door. Not
sure what one might get into, chasing down the extent
of the delam. (Moisture intrusion?) But I’m still
intrigued with the boats. Was the boat more tender
than are the F32’s? I have sailed an F32, but can’t so
far locate an in-water F29 to try,
Thanks again, Jacqui Mac Bellingham, WA State
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Posted by pathmark2000 (pathmark2000@…>)
Does anyone have a guess about the root cause of this delam? I am
also interested in the F29.
Regards,
Mike
— In freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com, Jacqui MacConnell
<jacimacc@y…> wrote:
“… A crew of two could easily race it and single
handing is easy. These need what I call a crew of one
and a half. I’ve seen a few sell and one in upstate NY
has been on the market for a long time. People don’t
seem to know about them…”
Charles, 1983 F32Thank you, Charles. Very nice to hear from some one
who has sailed one. I talked to Mark Edwards and he
liked them,
too. There just aren’t many. The one in Rochester has
some
coach roof delam in at least two places, around each
hatch,
port and starboard, opposite the cabin entry door. Not
sure what one might get into, chasing down the extent
of the delam. (Moisture intrusion?) But I’m still
intrigued with the boats. Was the boat more tender
than are the F32’s? I have sailed an F32, but can’t so
far locate an in-water F29 to try,
Thanks again, Jacqui Mac Bellingham, WA State
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Posted by CMarshall (cmars@…>)
Maybe the boat has sat on the hard without a winter cover for
several years. Don’t know but it has been on the market for awhile.
Several winters of snow and ice might have done it.
In answer to the earlier question about comparing the F29 to a F32,
this of course is hard to do. The F29 has a sportier feel and
more responsive. The aft rudder might be proportionally larger and
mine was a tiller, vs the F32 wheel. As an example, upwind in
a gust the F32 rounds up till the sheets are eased, the F29 heels
more and rounds up less. Once it has heeled some it was very
stable. So initially more tender and then rock solid. I liked
the bit of tenderness…
Charles
— In freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com, “pathmark2000”
<pathmark2000@h…> wrote:
Does anyone have a guess about the root cause of this delam? I am
also interested in the F29.Regards,
Mike— In freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com, Jacqui MacConnell
<jacimacc@y…> wrote:
The one in Rochester hassome
coach roof delam in at least two places, around each
hatch,
port and starboard, opposite the cabin entry door. Not
sure what one might get into, chasing down the extent
of the delam. (Moisture intrusion?) But I’m still
intrigued with the boats. Was the boat more tender
than are the F32’s? I have sailed an F32, but can’t so
far locate an in-water F29 to try,
Thanks again, Jacqui Mac Bellingham, WA State
Posted by Jacqui MacConnell (jacimacc@…>)
— CMarshall <cmars@…> wrote:
Once it has heeled some it was very stable. So
initially more tender and then rock solid. I liked
the bit of tenderness… Charles
Does anyone have a guess about the root cause of
this delam? I am also interested in the F29. Regards,
Mike
I have sailed an F32, but can’t so far locate an
in-water F29 to try, Thanks again, Jacqui Mac
Bellingham, WA State
Thanks, both. Interesting article in the good new
“Boat Works” magazine. Second volume, soon to be
quarterly release. Says what I’ve suspected.
“Depending”, one can get in to the nearly the same
cost as that of the boat in these types of repairs.
Great article for owners of not-yet compromised cored
hull boats, too. Will definitely make a religiously
preventative maintainer out of you. Broker for the
Rochester F29 said he’s been trying to talk the owner
into doing what sounds like a quick fix. Sure hope
they don’t do that, or that I misheard. Sealing a
mess, not fully resolved, inside, could be worse yet.
Charles, thanks so much for your
comments. Any other future, current, or prior F29
owners out there, please give us a collective shout.
Kindest regards, Jacqui Mac, B’ham, WA
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