# Help! Freedom 40 cc Rudder compartment photo?

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**Created:** [October 31, 2026, 9:04pm UTC](https://freedomyachts.org/t/help-freedom-40-cc-rudder-compartment-photo/12698 "2026-10-31T21:04:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![freedom40lover](https://freedomyachts.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/5f8ce5/32.png) [@freedom40lover](https://freedomyachts.org/u/freedom40lover)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2026, 9:04pm UTC](https://freedomyachts.org/t/help-freedom-40-cc-rudder-compartment-photo/12698/1 "2026-10-31T21:04:45Z")

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Hi everyone!

I’m hoping someone with an early Freedom 40 Center Cockpit (mine was a 1981) might be able to help me out.

Sadly, I lost my boat, _Bolero_, in November 2020 when she sank during a towing operation at Barnegat Inlet, NJ. I believe the tow was conducted negligently, and I’m currently pursuing a legal case related to the sinking.

I’m trying to document the original configuration of the **rudder compartment beneath the aft cabin bunk** , particularly the access opening and surrounding structure.

If anyone with a similar Freedom 40 could snap a photo or two of this area, I’d be enormously grateful! No disassembly or tools necessary. And if anyone happens to have a photo with the compartment cover removed, that would be incredible.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,  
Brandon

 ![BOLERO_2020-11-09_PreTow_ThirdParty_Photo](https://freedomyachts.org/uploads/default/original/2X/f/f9a850b558801f2abffa60922877905855723b71.jpeg)

just before the tow

 ![IMG_0890](https://freedomyachts.org/uploads/default/original/2X/f/f0f9800373d3a79494cef0f9aca4046856ebe5a3.jpeg)

after the tow ☹