History of the Freedom cat ketch

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Posted by muckingabout (muckingabout@…>)

Hello,

My 1982 Freedom 40 centre cockpit cat ketch has now nearly completed
her refit. I would like to include a chapter in a forthcoming book
about the cat rig concept and the history of the Freedom cat ketch
range, and wonder if someone could please tell me what they know about
the origins of these, and any production information, or point me in the
right direction to find out more.

Many thanks for any help provided,

Ian Macpherson
‘Vasco da Gama’
Lymington, UK.

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Posted by michel.capel (michel.capel@…>)

Ian,

I have an original 1976 full colour brochure of the freedom 40 and
the orininal factory information for potential customers. I also
have a couple of articles (some of Garry Hoyt). In the past, I had
contact with Ian Galletti, an Englishman who wrote a series of
articles about the catrig in PBO or an other UK sailing periodical.

I could send or email (colour) copies or scans of the material I
have.

Needless to say, Garry Hoyt is the person to contact; he’s the
inventor of the Freedom. Naval Architects Jay Paris (F33/35 ck),
Halsey Herreshof (F40 / F44 also I believe)),Gary Mull (many models,
also catketches)and perhaps others may have interesting comments.

Good luck, and if you have photo’s of your refit, perhaps you can
publish these somewhere on the web (www.flickr.com). I’m refitting
an F44 (wishbone catketch) and am interested to see how you did
things.

Regards,
Michel

— In freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com, “muckingabout”
<muckingabout@…> wrote:

Hello,

My 1982 Freedom 40 centre cockpit cat ketch has now nearly
completed
her refit. I would like to include a chapter in a forthcoming book
about the cat rig concept and the history of the Freedom cat ketch
range, and wonder if someone could please tell me what they know
about
the origins of these, and any production information, or point me
in the
right direction to find out more.

Many thanks for any help provided,

Ian Macpherson
‘Vasco da Gama’
Lymington, UK.

3

Posted by Frank Maier (PVMaro@…>)

You might want to go to the library or amazon.com and grab a copy
of “Ready About” by Garry Hoyt. It’s not just about his efforts with
the cat concept (cat ketch and cat sloop); but he discusses that in a
coupla chapters. It’s an interesting read in and of itself.

Frank

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Posted by Ian Macpherson (muckingabout@…>)

Michel

Thanks very much, it would be really helpful to
receive these, and pleaase scan and e-mail to
vascodagama@…

Yes, I will certainly post the photos - probably in
about three weeks when the final deckplan is clear.

Thanks again

Ian


— “michel.capel” <michel.capel@…> wrote:

Ian,

I have an original 1976 full colour brochure of the
freedom 40 and
the orininal factory information for potential
customers. I also
have a couple of articles (some of Garry Hoyt). In
the past, I had
contact with Ian Galletti, an Englishman who wrote a
series of
articles about the catrig in PBO or an other UK
sailing periodical.

I could send or email (colour) copies or scans of
the material I
have.

Needless to say, Garry Hoyt is the person to
contact; he’s the
inventor of the Freedom. Naval Architects Jay Paris
(F33/35 ck),
Halsey Herreshof (F40 / F44 also I believe)),Gary
Mull (many models,
also catketches)and perhaps others may have
interesting comments.

Good luck, and if you have photo’s of your refit,
perhaps you can
publish these somewhere on the web (www.flickr.com).
I’m refitting
an F44 (wishbone catketch) and am interested to see
how you did
things.

Regards,
Michel

— In freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com,
“muckingabout”
<muckingabout@…> wrote:

Hello,

My 1982 Freedom 40 centre cockpit cat ketch has
now nearly
completed
her refit. I would like to include a chapter in a
forthcoming book
about the cat rig concept and the history of the
Freedom cat ketch
range, and wonder if someone could please tell me
what they know
about
the origins of these, and any production
information, or point me
in the
right direction to find out more.

Many thanks for any help provided,

Ian Macpherson
‘Vasco da Gama’
Lymington, UK.

5

Posted by Dave_Benjamin (dave_benjamin@…>)

Be happy to make someone a deal on my copy.

— In freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com, “Frank Maier” <PVMaro@…>
wrote:

You might want to go to the library or amazon.com and grab a copy
of “Ready About” by Garry Hoyt. It’s not just about his efforts with
the cat concept (cat ketch and cat sloop); but he discusses that in a
coupla chapters. It’s an interesting read in and of itself.

Frank

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Posted by Ian Macpherson (muckingabout@…>)

Thanks Dave but I have already Amazoned it, Ian


— Dave_Benjamin <dave_benjamin@…> wrote:

Be happy to make someone a deal on my copy.

— In freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com, “Frank
Maier” <PVMaro@…>
wrote:

You might want to go to the library or amazon.com
and grab a copy
of “Ready About” by Garry Hoyt. It’s not just
about his efforts with
the cat concept (cat ketch and cat sloop); but he
discusses that in a
coupla chapters. It’s an interesting read in and
of itself.

Frank

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Posted by Ian Macpherson (muckingabout@…>)

Michel

Thanks very much, good old PDF will be fine, and they
are just for me.

Ian


— “michel.capel” <michel.capel@…> wrote:

Ian,

I’m in the process of scanning what I have. I’ll
post the brochures,
specs and articles in PDF here soon. If you want
some of it in JPG
(single page docs) or TIFF (multi-page docs) that’s
possible too,
but the files are huge; I have over a 100 Mb
already. Also, mind you
that I have no publishing rights and only
redistribute these
documents for private use of Freedom owners.

michel

— In freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com, Ian
Macpherson
<muckingabout@…> wrote:

Michel

Thanks very much, it would be really helpful to
receive these, and pleaase scan and e-mail to
vascodagama@…

Yes, I will certainly post the photos - probably
in
about three weeks when the final deckplan is
clear.

Thanks again

Ian

— “michel.capel” <michel.capel@…> wrote:

Ian,

I have an original 1976 full colour brochure of
the
freedom 40 and
the orininal factory information for potential
customers. I also
have a couple of articles (some of Garry Hoyt).
In
the past, I had
contact with Ian Galletti, an Englishman who
wrote a
series of
articles about the catrig in PBO or an other UK
sailing periodical.

I could send or email (colour) copies or scans
of
the material I
have.

Needless to say, Garry Hoyt is the person to
contact; he’s the
inventor of the Freedom. Naval Architects Jay
Paris
(F33/35 ck),
Halsey Herreshof (F40 / F44 also I
believe)),Gary
Mull (many models,
also catketches)and perhaps others may have
interesting comments.

Good luck, and if you have photo’s of your
refit,
perhaps you can
publish these somewhere on the web
(www.flickr.com).
I’m refitting
an F44 (wishbone catketch) and am interested to
see
how you did
things.

Regards,
Michel

— In freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com,
“muckingabout”
<muckingabout@> wrote:

Hello,

My 1982 Freedom 40 centre cockpit cat ketch
has
now nearly
completed
her refit. I would like to include a chapter
in a
forthcoming book
about the cat rig concept and the history of
the
Freedom cat ketch
range, and wonder if someone could please tell
me
what they know
about
the origins of these, and any production
information, or point me
in the
right direction to find out more.

Many thanks for any help provided,

Ian Macpherson
‘Vasco da Gama’
Lymington, UK.

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Posted by michel.capel (michel.capel@…>)

I’ve sent them, but apparently they did not reach you. I’ll try
again.
M

— In freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com, Ian Macpherson
<muckingabout@…> wrote:

Michel

Thanks very much, good old PDF will be fine, and they
are just for me.

Ian

— “michel.capel” <michel.capel@…> wrote:

Ian,

I’m in the process of scanning what I have. I’ll
post the brochures,
specs and articles in PDF here soon. If you want
some of it in JPG
(single page docs) or TIFF (multi-page docs) that’s
possible too,
but the files are huge; I have over a 100 Mb
already. Also, mind you
that I have no publishing rights and only
redistribute these
documents for private use of Freedom owners.

michel

— In freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com, Ian
Macpherson
<muckingabout@> wrote:

Michel

Thanks very much, it would be really helpful to
receive these, and pleaase scan and e-mail to
vascodagama@

Yes, I will certainly post the photos - probably
in
about three weeks when the final deckplan is
clear.

Thanks again

Ian

— “michel.capel” <michel.capel@> wrote:

Ian,

I have an original 1976 full colour brochure of
the
freedom 40 and
the orininal factory information for potential
customers. I also
have a couple of articles (some of Garry Hoyt).
In
the past, I had
contact with Ian Galletti, an Englishman who
wrote a
series of
articles about the catrig in PBO or an other UK
sailing periodical.

I could send or email (colour) copies or scans
of
the material I
have.

Needless to say, Garry Hoyt is the person to
contact; he’s the
inventor of the Freedom. Naval Architects Jay
Paris
(F33/35 ck),
Halsey Herreshof (F40 / F44 also I
believe)),Gary
Mull (many models,
also catketches)and perhaps others may have
interesting comments.

Good luck, and if you have photo’s of your
refit,
perhaps you can
publish these somewhere on the web
(www.flickr.com).
I’m refitting
an F44 (wishbone catketch) and am interested to
see
how you did
things.

Regards,
Michel

— In freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com,
“muckingabout”
<muckingabout@> wrote:

Hello,

My 1982 Freedom 40 centre cockpit cat ketch
has
now nearly
completed
her refit. I would like to include a chapter
in a
forthcoming book
about the cat rig concept and the history of
the
Freedom cat ketch
range, and wonder if someone could please tell
me
what they know
about
the origins of these, and any production
information, or point me
in the
right direction to find out more.

Many thanks for any help provided,

Ian Macpherson
‘Vasco da Gama’
Lymington, UK.