Beautiful pictures, thanks for sharing. I miss my wing mast F25.
Do You have the Hoyt spinnaker setup? Best thing since sliced bread.
Happy sailing,
Jim D
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- Tue Oct 17, 2023 2:41 pm
- Forum: Photographs and Drawings
- Topic: freedom
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1066
- Sun Oct 08, 2023 6:11 am
- Forum: Buy/Sell/Trade
- Topic: Looking for Freedom 25
- Replies: 3
- Views: 950
Re: Looking for Freedom 25
Stephen,
I’m sending you a PM. There is a F25 with wingmast in CT. The owner is sending her to the crusher on Tuesday.
Happy sailing
Jim D
I’m sending you a PM. There is a F25 with wingmast in CT. The owner is sending her to the crusher on Tuesday.
Happy sailing
Jim D
- Sun Sep 10, 2023 10:34 am
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: Replacing leaking port gaskets on a 1987 F-30
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3079
Re: Replacing leaking port gaskets on a 1987 F-30
Good idea. Thanks for sharing.
You state that the area where the end pieces meet is at the top when closed, but in your picture the end pieces are at the top only when open.
Happy sailing
Jim D
You state that the area where the end pieces meet is at the top when closed, but in your picture the end pieces are at the top only when open.
Happy sailing
Jim D
- Fri Sep 08, 2023 9:55 pm
- Forum: Rigging and Sails
- Topic: F25 spinnaker pole dimension?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4606
Re: F25 spinnaker pole dimension?
I still have an F25 spinnaker pole available in CT
Happy sailing
Jim D
Happy sailing
Jim D
- Fri Sep 08, 2023 2:46 pm
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: Small leak
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2489
Re: Small leak
Looks like a Lasdrop Dry Seal to me. You may need to replace the Lip Seal. If it is a Lasdrop, replacement parts are available on their website; https://lasdrop.com/
happy sailing,
Jim d
happy sailing,
Jim d
- Mon Aug 14, 2023 12:33 pm
- Forum: Rigging and Sails
- Topic: Square top main halyard solution
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1969
Re: Square top main halyard solution
I like the solution you came up with, very elegant, simple and cheap. Well done.
happy sailing
Jim D
happy sailing
Jim D
- Fri Jul 28, 2023 9:14 am
- Forum: General Sailing
- Topic: Freedom 25 lifting keel
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3945
Re: Freedom 25 lifting keel
Totally different boats. The Freedom 24 is a William Tripp III design from the mid 1990's, while the Freedom 25 is a Garry Hoyt design from the early 1980's. The F24 is rigged more like a sloop than a cat boat with a jib on a furler and asymmetric spinnaker on an articulating bow sprit. I have not s...
- Wed Jul 26, 2023 9:48 am
- Forum: General Sailing
- Topic: Freedom 25 lifting keel
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3945
Re: Freedom 25 lifting keel
The only Freedom with a lifting keel produced in USA is the Freedom 24.
I recently acquired one of the few Tripp Freedom 24's produced.
Happy Sailing
Jim D
I recently acquired one of the few Tripp Freedom 24's produced.
Happy Sailing
Jim D
- Mon Jul 17, 2023 11:56 am
- Forum: General Sailing
- Topic: Freedom 25 lifting keel
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3945
Re: Freedom 25 lifting keel
Hello Newt2u,
To the best of my knowledge, the lifting keel version of the F25 was only produced in the UK.
Happy sailing,
Jim D
To the best of my knowledge, the lifting keel version of the F25 was only produced in the UK.
Happy sailing,
Jim D
- Tue May 23, 2023 9:45 am
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: Mast rings at deck level - one piece or two?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1982
Re: Mast rings at deck level - one piece or two?
The ring around the mizzen mast is the original ring. It should be in one piece though. The main mast should have the same mast collar.
Happy sailing,
Jim D.
Happy sailing,
Jim D.