Were ALL Freedom 40 cat ketch AC made in 1980s produced with centreboards?
Were there some produced with no board?
All the Freedom 40s had centre boards build in the UK. I never heard that the US built a fixed keel version. There was a Freedom 44 (a lengthened 40) and there may have been a fixed keel version. The fixed keel Freedoms (excluding the 70 which only had a fixed keel) came with the second generation models designed by Gary Mull (38 and 45) and Ron Holland (PH 39).
Thanks very much Goleen
Goleen, sorry to bug you. You appear to have good knowledge of Freedom 40. I’m looking at a Freedom 40 cat rig AC in Australia. Possibly built in the UK. I can’t find a hull number. But will look again. The boat does not have a centreboard. Hence my posting in April, which you kindly replied. I’m trying to find some information on what the absence of the centreboard might possibly mean to the performance and seaworthy of that boat? Can you comment on this please? Thank you, Wade