The hull was built in Duncan Marine in Taiwan. In fact we believe it was the last hull built by them. It was left laid up until the original owner found it in 1980 and fitted it out to launch her in December of 1980. It is a William Garden design based on the Pixie Design and called by Duncan Marine a Freedom 45.
The boat is 43 feet on deck and 54 feet overall, if you measure from tip of bowsprit to end of mizzen mast (or dinghy davits).
Her official measurements are :
LOA - 45'9" (from tip of bowsprit to stern bracket is 54')
LWL - 33'4" (although this has increased as she sits lower in the water now and we have raised her waterline)
Displacement design - 40,000 lbs (she weighs 26 tons in the travel lift)
Ballast - 10,000 lbs iron
Fuel - 260 gals with day tank
Water - 230 gals with aux tank
We are the fourth owners and have owned her the longest.
We have done extensive refitting to her including replacing her entire deck structure and rig. Her masts are roughly 10% taller than original and now are made of aluminium as opposed to the original wood ones, which, though pretty, were always problematic.
She has been a live-aboard since our purchase in 1987 and has cruised to Africa and back during that time and hopefully still has a few ocean crossings in her future.
She had an 80 HP Ford Lehman engine for many years but after 23,000 hours we felt it time to change and a Perkins M92 now powers her.
As of March 2009 we bit the bullet and added a Northern Lights 6kw generator. Now well down on her waterline we may no longer be able to carry 8 months worth of food stores but we will be comfortable.
Her headsail is fitted with a Famet Roller Reefing system fitted when we were in Africa and updated when the rig was changed.
She weighs in at 26 tons the last time we pulled her, that is with about ¾ full diesel and water tanks. She carries a ton of each, giving her fairly long cruising range.
Her propeller is a 26-inch three-bladed Maxprop VP, which will push her at 8.5 knots in a flat sea. However, we usually go for the economical cruising speed of about 5.5 to 6 knots.
The ship’s wheel is originally from the British India Steam Navigations ship Kampala, which was built in 1947.
We are the fourth owners and have owned her the longest.
We have done extensive refitting to her including replacing her entire deck structure and rig. Her masts are roughly 10% taller than original and now are made of aluminium as opposed to the original wood ones, which, though pretty, were always problematic.
She has been a live-aboard since our purchase in 1987 and has cruised to Africa and back during that time and hopefully still has a few ocean crossings in her future.
She had an 80 HP Ford Lehman engine for many years but after 23,000 hours we felt it time to change and a Perkins M92 now powers her.
As of March 2009 we bit the bullet and added a Northern Lights 6kw generator. Now well down on her waterline we may no longer be able to carry 8 months worth of food stores but we will be comfortable.
Her headsail is fitted with a Famet Roller Reefing system fitted when we were in Africa and updated when the rig was changed.
She weighs in at 26 tons the last time we pulled her, that is with about ¾ full diesel and water tanks. She carries a ton of each, giving her fairly long cruising range.
Her propeller is a 26-inch three-bladed Maxprop VP, which will push her at 8.5 knots in a flat sea. However, we usually go for the economical cruising speed of about 5.5 to 6 knots.
The ship’s wheel is originally from the British India Steam Navigations ship Kampala, which was built in 1947.
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| The Kampala |
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| The wheel |
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