Below is a link to a 10 minute vintage demonstration video of the Freedom 21 narrated by Garry Hoyt himself. Especially interesting is the handling of the gunmount spinaker under many different circumstances, even when tacking (yes!) and sailing backwards.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mx7bMnQg ... r_embedded
(originally posted on Youtube by slangevar and linked on Seaknots.com by Lola)
Freedom 21 demonstration video
Freedom 21 demonstration video
Michel Capel, Freedom 44 #4 1981 'Alabama Queen', NED8188, cat ketch with wishbones, home port Enkhuizen, the Netherlands, 52*42.238'N 005*18.154'E.