Review of Freedom 25
Basic specs.
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The hull is made of fibreglass. Generally, a hull made of fibreglass requires only a minimum of maintenance during the sailing season. And outside the sailing season, just bottom cleaning and perhaps anti-fouling painting once a year - a few hours of work, that's all.
The boat is equipped with 6 berths.
The boat has more than one rig.
One option is a cat rig. A cat rig (also called an una rig) is simple to manage as there is no standing rigging, often referred to as “unstayed”. With only one sail it can be single-handed quite easily. The downside is its upwind performance.
Another option is a fractional rig. A fractional rig has smaller headsails which make tacking easier, which is an advantage for cruisers and racers, of course. The downside is that having the wind from behind often requires a gennaker or a spinnaker for optimal speed.
Fin keel
The Freedom 25 is equipped with a fin keel. A boat with a fin keel is more manoeuvrable but has less directional stability than a similar boat with a full keel.
Freedom 25 can enter even shallow marinas as the draft is just about 1.37 - 1.47 meter (4.49 - 4.79 ft) dependent on the load. See immersion rate below.
Sailing characteristics
This section covers widely used rules of thumb to describe the sailing characteristics. Please note that even though the calculations are correct, the interpretation of the results might not be valid for extreme boats.
What is Capsize Screening Formula (CSF)?
The capsize screening value for Freedom 25 is 2.39, indicating that this boat would not be accepted to participate in ocean races.
The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level.
The immersion rate for Freedom 25 is about 135 kg/cm, alternatively 759 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 135 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm.
Alternatively, if you load 759 lbs cargo on the boat it will sink 1 inch.
Sailing statistics
This section is statistical comparison with similar boats of the same category. The basis of the following statistical computations is our unique database with more than 26,000 different boat types and 350,000 data points.
What is L/B (Length Beam Ratio)?
The l/b ratio for Freedom 25 is 3.02.
The ballast ratio for Freedom 25 is 26%.
What is SA/D (Sail Area Displacement ratio)?
The SA/D for Freedom 25 with ISO 8666 reference sail is 24.1, with a 135% genua the SA/D is 26.8.
Maintenance
Dimensions of sail for fractional rig.
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If you need to renew parts of your running rig and is not quite sure of the dimensions, you may find the estimates computed below useful.
| Usage | Length | Diameter | ||
| Mainsail halyard | 24.4 m | (79.9 feet) | 8 mm | (5/16 inch) |
| Jib/genoa halyard | 24.4 m | (79.9 feet) | 8 mm | (5/16 inch) |
| Spinnaker halyard | 24.4 m | (79.9 feet) | 8 mm | (5/16 inch) |
| Jib sheet | 7.8 m | (25.7 feet) | 10 mm | (3/8 inch) |
| Genoa sheet | 7.8 m | (25.7 feet) | 10 mm | (3/8 inch) |
| Mainsheet | 19.6 m | (64.1 feet) | 10 mm | (3/8 inch) |
| Spinnaker sheet | 17.2 m | (56.4 feet) | 10 mm | (3/8 inch) |
| Cunningham | 4.2 m | (13.7 feet) | 8 mm | (5/16 inch) |
| Kickingstrap | 8.4 m | (27.5 feet) | 8 mm | (5/16 inch) |
| Clew-outhaul | 8.4 m | (27.5 feet) | 8 mm | (5/16 inch) |
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