thedude001
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Hi does anyone have any experience with the Freeward 25 for passagemaking or longer voyages? how does she sail upwind in f4-5 or upwards and can she withstand a blow?
A couple of mates have one, compete quite well in the Round the Island Race, but when at anchor rolls remarkably easy & not comfoetable for their wives.Hi does anyone have any experience with the Freeward 25 for passagemaking or longer voyages? how does she sail upwind in f4-5 or upwards and can she withstand a blow?
Look at hull shape, designed to sail up wind with help from Herr Diesel.i see thanks...to say the truth i much prefer w/o wheelhouse though and that is what i like about her.... how about upwind /forward of the beam does she sail well ...anyone with notable passage experience?
If you want to sail upwind look at something that was designed as a sailing boat. The GRP Vertue is a similar size and also has a deep hull but does sail well for its size. A friend had one and has cruised extensively around the north and west of Scotland and Scandinavia. I sailed it on a brisk day in choppy conditions and it preformed well without needing the engine to go up wind.Look at hull shape,
Can't seem to open either.Yachtsnet archive and Western Horizon archive, if you haven't already come across them, are good starting points for info about lots of different makes/models...
indeed i have but there is very little on this boat...
does she compare to the LM 27...they have similar characteristics both 2 tons in the keel same draft nearly and displacement...the LM 27 is rated as an Ocean A boat
Have you considered the Northeaster 30?i thank you for your opinions but i am more after input from people who have owned a Freeward and have particular experience with possible some longer passages... ...not someone who is speculating or for info that i can easily find online...that i have don't worry...the freeward has more sail area than the Fisher 25 ...the LM 27 if you look up the brochure has STix 33-34 making it Ocean A.. i am also aware that the Freeward is the same hull as the F25 less the wheelhouse...
I'd like to see this claim a little bit more substantiated. Numbers, capsize screening value, righting moments etc., two went out together and only one came back? I'm sure all the Fisher sailors would also like to know why their boats are inferior.and a much better heavy weather sailor offshore
indeed the larger fishers are rated Ocean A but this debate is also visible elsewhere and far from what i was trying to achieve by asking my question.. please don't deviate the thread direction...already responses have been very off target...I'd like to see this claim a little bit more substantiated. Numbers, capsize screening value, righting moments etc., two went out together and only one came back? I'm sure all the Fisher sailors would also like to know why their boats are inferior.
I should imagine storm boards over the big windows could be a useful addition.Crossing an ocean is not a guarantee of anything ,it’s been crossed in a Jeep,a 5foot boatat one time it was always noted the such and such boat had crossed the Atlantic but theses days it has little value,the person driving is what counts!No no too big for me....once again not after recomendations for other boats just particular info on from personal experience on this boat... which i thank you for providing previosly...i remeber reading that someone crossed both the Atlantic and Pacific in a Freeward 25