1980 Freedom 28 Cat Ketch

Accommodations

Double V berth forward with filler.

Next are two large settees port and starboard with folding table down the center.

Galley next to port and head to starboard

Equipment

Stove:    Eno propane 2013

New propane locker 2017

SS Sink with pressure fresh water faucet and salt water foot pump faucet

Head: Raritan PHII

Vanity sink pressure system

Deck Winch:    Barient 28

VHF Radio:      Standard Horizon 

Compass:      Ritchie pedestal

Instruments:    Speed Depth Wind

Anchors:    22# horizontal claw 

Anchor Tackle:    Approx. 20′ of chain and 175 ft. of 3 strand nylon

Upgrades and Refit Details 2011-2013

Rewired 12V DC electrical system; new panels with new circuit breakers, new battery switch.

All lighting changed to LED including two Lopo lights, one at the bow and one tri-color combo on mast. All new wiring and devices to existing 110 vac panel thru new galvanic isolator .

New Raritan II manual toilet with all new piping from toilet intake to holding tank. Including vent inline carbon filter.

All new piping from potable tank to cold side of fixtures. No hot water piping. All new marine bronze thru hulls.

Installed two 2,000gph bilge pumps with float switches and high water alarms. There is a small bilge pump that removes ice box water. New Whale Gusher 10 manual bilge pump at helm.

Propane system is new from propane tank (including locker) thru to the new 2 burner. Installed 2 sensor propane alarm system.

Edson steering cable was replaced with Edson factory cable and chain.

The original 1980 Yanmar 2QM15 diesel is still purring. Replaced all the fuel supply hoses and the water pump.

The drive shaft was removed and checked for alignment and reinstalled with a new cutlass bearing and stuffing box.

Replaced rudder composite bearings.

Removed all deck hardware including Teak toe rails. Repaired fiberglass where soft due to water damage. This consisted in removing wet balsa coring and replacing with new Diviny cell foam core. New fiberglass layup over restored core sections. Prepared the hull to receive 2 coat Awlgrip epoxy primer on everything from the water line up. The circumferential cracks on the mast were repaired per specification of the original designer Eric Sponberg. The mast, hull and deck received 2 coats Awlgrip 2 part paint.

After painting the hardware was replaced and bedded in butyl tape. New teak toe rail installed using all new bolts along the hull deck joint with new Sikafle x 291 polyurethane sealant. Replaced the lifelines with new bare SS cable.

Replaced all the running rigging, blocks and deck stoppers; except the sheet blocks.

Rigging and Deck

Teak coamings

Teak toe rail 2012

Bottom Paint; Sept 2016

Rub rail Stainless steel

Centerboard: Fiberglass with lead

Rudder Outboard, wheel steering with emergency tiller

Masts: Freestanding Carbon Fiber

Booms: Aluminum wishbone

Sails Main and Mizzen -in good condition

Other

Hanging locker

2 large cockpit lockers

Large open interior, Sleeps 4

Enclosed head with sink

Large folding table; seats 6

Interior cabin and head lights all LED

Stainless steel lifelines

Spare anchor rode 

Cockpit cushions

Spare halyards

Spare parts

3 Automatic bilge pump and manual gusher

Safety flare kit

4- Type 2 floatation cushions

 

Disclaimer
The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.