Engineering:Freedom 36 Cat Ketch

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Freedom 36 Cat Ketch
Development
DesignerGary Mull
LocationUnited States
Year1985
Builder(s)Tillotson Pearson Inc (Freedom Yachts)
Boat
Crewtwo
Boat weight13,400 lb (6,100 kg)
Hull
ConstructionFiberglass
LOA36.42 ft (11.10 m)
LWL30.58 ft (9.32 m)
Beam12.50 ft (3.81 m)
Hull draft6.00 ft (1.83 m) (with standard keel)
4.5 ft (1.4 m) (with shoal draft keel)
Rig
GeneralFree-standing ketch rig
Sails
Total sail area682 sq ft (63.4 m2)
Racing
PHRF144 (average)

The Freedom 36 Cat Ketch, also called the Freedom 36 CC, is an American sailboat, that was designed by Gary Mull and first built in 1985. The design is out of production.[1][2][3][4][5]

Production

The boat was built by Tillotson Pearson in the United States for Freedom Yachts.[1][5]

Design

The Freedom 36 Cat Ketch is a small recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a free-standing ketch rig, with the aft mast slightly shorter than the fore mast and both masts rigged with cat sails, an internally-mounted spade-type rudder and a fixed fin keel. With the standard keel it displaces 13,400 lb (6,078 kg) and carries 6,500 lb (2,948 kg) of ballast.[1][2][5]

The boat has a draft of 6.00 ft (1.83 m) with the standard keel and 4.5 ft (1.4 m) with the optional shoal draft keel.[1][5]

The boat is fitted with a Japanese Yanmar diesel engine of 27 hp (20 kW).[1][5]

The boat has a PHRF racing average handicap of 144 with a high of 153 and low of 141. It has a hull speed of 7.41 kn (13.72 km/h).[2][5]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Browning, Randy (2021). "Freedom 36 Cat Ketch sailboat specifications and details". sailboatdata.com. https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/freedom-36-cat-ketch. Retrieved 28 December 2021. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 InterVisionSoft LLC (2016). "Sailboat Specifications for Freedom 36 CC". Sailing Joy. http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/5244/freedom-36-cc. Retrieved 6 August 2016. 
  3. McArthur, Bruce (2021). "Garry Mull (1939-1994)". sailboatdata.com. https://sailboatdata.com/designer/mull-gary. 
  4. Sea Time Tech, LLC (2021). "Gary Mull". sailboat.guide. https://sailboat.guide/gary-mull. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Sea Time Tech, LLC (2021). "Freedom 36 Cat Ketch". sailboat.guide. https://sailboat.guide/freedom/36-cat-ketch.