Freedom (yacht)

Freedom (yacht)

The 12-metre class yacht "Freedom" (12 meter US-30) won the America's Cup in 1980, defeating the challenging yacht Australia. The Freedom was designed with an alloy rather than a wood hull by Olin Stephens and Bill Langan, and constructed at Minneford Yacht Yard. She was skippered in the Cup by Dennis Conner.

Today the Freedom is available for charter out of Newport, Rhode Island from America's Cup Charters, along with fellow America's Cup winners Intrepid and Weatherly.

On 20 July, 2008, Freedom's mast snapped above the gooseneck in the pre-start of a 12 meter race in Newport, RI.

References

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External links

* [http://www.americascupcharters.com/ Owners and charters of the Freedom]


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