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Posted by screetaboat (screetaboat@…>)

Hey, all.

I’m looking at buying a 1984 Freedom 28’ cat-ketch. Tell me if it’s the boat for
me or
what I should be looking at.

I’ am a novice.

I will be using it for live-aboard purposes in the Caribbean.

I will also be doing island-hopping and will build up to bigger voyages.

I want a boat that I won’t grow out of, say, if I decide to do an Atlantic
crossing
(starry-eyed, I know).

I am 6’2 and will be sailing primarily solo.

I will also be bringing scuba gear and enjoy snorkling alot.

Thanks,
Neil

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Posted by Dave_Benjamin (dave_benjamin@…>)

You may find this website of interest:
http://www.homestead.com/broadreacher/

For what you’re doing a cat ketch would be great. There is a lot of
reaching and running to be done in those waters and those are the
points of sail that the boat was built for.

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

Hey, all.

I’m looking at buying a 1984 Freedom 28’ cat-ketch. Tell me if it’s
the boat for me or
what I should be looking at.

I’ am a novice.

I will be using it for live-aboard purposes in the Caribbean.

I will also be doing island-hopping and will build up to bigger
voyages.

I want a boat that I won’t grow out of, say, if I decide to do an
Atlantic crossing
(starry-eyed, I know).

I am 6’2 and will be sailing primarily solo.

I will also be bringing scuba gear and enjoy snorkling alot.

Thanks,
Neil

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Posted by screetaboat (screetaboat@…>)

— In freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com, “Dave_Benjamin”
<dave_benjamin@y…> wrote:

You may find this website of interest:
http://www.homestead.com/broadreacher/

For what you’re doing a cat ketch would be great. There is a lot of
reaching and running to be done in those waters and those are the
points of sail that the boat was built for.

Thanks very much, Dave.

The cat-ketch 28 sounds great.
I just stumbled into looking at one the first day of even preliminary searches!
It just
sounded too perfect sfor my needs, so I figured…well…that was too perfect
and need
some experienced sailors to verify my gut for me.

Thanks again,
neil