Freedom 25


The Freedom 25 is an American sailboat that was designed by Gary Hoyt as a single-handed racer-cruiser and first built in 1980.

Production

The design was built by Freedom Yachts and later Tillotson Pearson in the United States, but it is now out of production.

Design

The Freedom 25 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a catboat rig or optional fractional sloop rig with a staysail, a spooned raked stem, a vertical transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel. It carries of lead ballast.
The spars are carbon fiber. The mast is unstayed, has an airfoil cross-section shape and rotates on earlier models. The mainsail is fully battened and lowers into lazy jacks. A spinnaker is used, flown from an unusual pole that extends though a "gun mount" sleeve mounted to the steel framed pulpit and is not attached to the mast. This arrangement means that spinnaker winches are not needed and the spinnaker can be raised from the cockpit. The spinnaker pole retracts when not in use, stowing along the lifeline.
The boat has a draft of with the standard keel fitted.
The boat is fitted with an optional diesel engine or a small outboard motor for docking and maneuvering. The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank has a capacity of.
The accommodations consist of two cabin berths that are partly under the cockpit and a forward "V"-berth. There is a small galley fitted, with a two-burner stove, portable cooler and a private head. The cabin sole is teak and holly, while the bulkheads and other trim are painted white or made from ash.
The design has a hull speed of.

Variants

;Freedom 25 Staysail
;Freedom 25