Freedom 33 for sale in Shotley, Suffolk IP9 1QJ United Kingdom

Now only PS18,500

The Freedom 33 is a seagoing Cat sloop, designed by Garry Hoyt form the USA. Crossjack is perfect for fast, short-handed cruising. The spacious and well laid out teak interior offers 5/6 comfortable berths with two double cabins. The boat is a great east coast cruiser with her shallow draft.

Now only PS18,500

The Freedom 33 is a seagoing Cat sloop, designed by Garry Hoyt form the USA. Crossjack is perfect for fast, short-handed cruising. The spacious and well laid out teak interior offers 5/6 comfortable berths with two double cabins. The boat is a great east coast cruiser with her shallow draft. Freedom Yachts are unique for their proven un-stayed masts that gives an easy to handle rig with great sailing performance.

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Accommodation

There are 5/6 berths located in 2 cabins. In the fore cabin there is a double V berth with corner side shelves and reading lights. Large hanging locker to port, good stowage under the berth and a deck opening hatch.

Moving into the saloon, there is a C shaped seating with a folding table to port. This also turns into a pilot berth. Opposite to starboard, there is bench seating. Plenty of locker and cupboard space around the saloon. The forward facing chart table with instruments and switch panel is to starboard as well.

The galley is to port with twin stainless steel sink, large Isotherm GE150 fridge and a Plastimo Neptune 2000 2 burner gas cooker with grill. Pressurised hot and cold water. (2021 calorifier, heated via engine or timed immersion heater, 2020 new flexible tank). Ample storage space.

In the port quarter there is a double berth, large hanging locker and storage for the battery bank. The heads compartment in the starboard quarter with a marine toilet (with holding tank), hand basin, wet locker and opening hatch.

Teak internal joinery with 2020 teak & holly cabin sole. 250 litre water tank capacity.

Mechanical Systems

Located forward of the galley, under the saloon seating, is the Perkins Perama 30 diesel engine 30HP, 3 cylinders, shaft driven to a fixed two-bladed propeller. 2020 rope cutter to shaft, stern gland and propeller replaced.135 litre fuel tank - sender replaced in 2022. Single lever throttle control. Serviced annually, last serviced June 2024.

Electrical Systems

• 3 x 110 amp hour batteries, 2017
• Alternator charging
• 240 volt shore power system
• 3 stage battery charger - 2021
• Immersion heater
• 240 volt outlets in all cabins

Spars and Sails

Cat rigged sloop with un-stayed aluminium keel stepped mast. Z spar single line reefing boom. Camber spar self-tacking head sail system. Hoyt gun mount swivelling spinnaker system. Terylene running rigging all led aft. Selden gas kicker. Stackpack mainsail cover with lazyjacks - 2022. Two Harken self-tailing winches mounted on coach roof.

• Fully battened mainsail - 2002
• Self-tacking jib with integral camber spar - 2002
• Spinnaker - 1989

Navigation Equipment

• Pedestal mounted steering compass
• Autohelm 4000 autopilot
• NASA Clipper Depth
• NASA Clipper Speed/Log
• Autohelm Pathfinder SL70 Radar
• Raymarine Element S 7" Chart Plotter - 2020
• Standard Horizon Matrix GX2200E VHF with AIS/GPS
• Masthead and deck level navigation lights
• Clock & barometer

Deck Equipment

• Bruce anchor with 20m chain
• Manual windlass - requires maintenance
• Folding cockpit table
• Sprayhood, 2019
• Pedestal cover
• Stainless steel boarding ladder
• Various fenders and warps

Safety Equipment

• Horseshoe lifebuoy
• Danbuoy

Construction

Built by Freedom Yachts to a design of Garry Hoyt in 1989. White GRP hull with blue styling stripe. Hull and keel full epoxy treatment. 2017. White GRP deck and superstructure. Moulded in non-slip deck surfaces. Self draining aft cockpit. Shallow fin keel. Wheel steering to semi balanced spade rudder.

Hoyt gun mount spinnaker system

The gun-mount pole, which stows along the guard wires, is slid forward to its mid-way position in its pulpit-mounted, swivelling, sleeve, so that acts like the yard below a topsail or topgallant on a square rigger. This geometry keeps the sail ?open? to the wind; the function of a conventional spinnaker pole to windward.

The head of the sail is attached to the spinnaker halyard as with a conventional spinnaker however, the sheets attach to the clews via rings on the two ends of the gun-mount pole, allowing the sail to be de-powered when necessary simply by releasing either or both sheets.

The pole is ?steered? by way of 2 ?reins? so that the sail?s angle to the wind can be controlled very easily. Unlike conventional spinnakers there are no uphaul, downhaul or guys.

The original design includes a deck-level sock or chute to launch the sail from however, Cross-Jack?s arrangement includes a conventional snuffer which is hoisted and lowered from the deck ? all other lines are led to the cockpit.