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Lots of good comments here, BUT...
I'll return to shilling for Freedom by opining that absolute length alone is not a decisive factor. For instance, under power in tight quarters, I'd rather dock any 35 ft. fin keeler than a sub-30 ft. full keeler. Under sail, general handling while raising and lowering sails, switching to engine, anchoring, mooring, etc. my experience has been that a Freedom 36 (or 38) is infinitely easier to singlehand than any "standard" Marconi-rig sub-30 footer. And yes that includes singlehanding a tri-radial 'chute, which I wouldn't even try on most keelboats. And going to 40 ft., I'll remind y'all that Garry Hoyt singlehanded his *engineless* prototype Freedom 40 all around the Caribbean, winning races against full crews, and anchoring and docking in notoriously crowded harbors. And the Freedom 44 is essentially the same setup as the 40. So, AFAIC, we're up to 44 feet and still comfortably singlehanding. With the right boat. Frank |
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