Yacht / Country : Freedom / USA
Sailnumber :
US-30
Syndicate : 1983: Freedom Campaign 1983 at Ft.
Schuyler
CEO :
Yacht Club : NYYC
Design : Olin J. Stephens (Sparkman & Stephens )
Boat Builder : Minneford Yacht Yard Ltd.
25th AMERICA's CUP 1983 Newport, Rhode Island, USA
Freedom / US-30
Freedom is the product of the famous designer Olin J.
Stephens (1908-2008) at Sparkman & Stephens and
defended successfully the AC 1980 against Australia I.
She was a 12m with a very low free-board.
In the meantime the rule has been changed (because of
safety reasons) in favour of a higher free-board for newly
built yachts.
But the old ones could still attend the competitions.
Before the official events all teams changed in trials
permanently the yachts, by shortening or lengthening
the bow or the stern, changing the keel size, moving
masts or rudders forward or backward, changing the
shape of the rudders, the areas of the sails or the
position or weight of the ballast.
But there were strong limitations which observed that
substantial reconstructions do not create a new yacht.
That happened by mistake with Freedom.
She lost the rating as an old yacht and could not be
measured as a new one because of her low free-board.
Freedom had to be taken out from the defender series
pair with Liberty.
US-30 Freedom and the “Defender Selection Series” 1983
Freedom is the product of the famous designer Olin J.
Stephens (1908-2008) at Sparkman & Stephens and
defended successfully the AC 1980 against Australia I.
AMERICA’S CUP HISTORY 1983 - 2013
