Freedom 36

The Freedom 36 is an American sailboat, that was designed by Gary Mull and first built in 1985. The design is out of production.

Production
The boat was built by Tillotson Pearson in the United States for Freedom Yachts.

Design
The Freedom 36 is a small recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a free-standing fractional sloop rig, an internally-mounted spade-type rudder and a fixed fin keel. With the standard keel it displaces 14370 lb and carries 6500 lb of ballast. With the shoal keel it displaces 13400 lb.

The boat is fitted with a Japanese Yanmar 3GM diesel engine.

The boat has a PHRF racing average handicap of 147 with a high of 144 and low of 150. It has a hull speed of 7.41 kn.

The Freedom 36 design was developed into the Freedom 38 in 1989.

Variants

 * Freedom 36
 * Model with standard keel and 6.00 ft draft. It displaces 14370 lb and carries 6500 lb of ballast.


 * Freedom 36 SD
 * Model with shoal draft keel and 4.5 ft draft. It displaces 13400 lb.