125' Picchiotti S&S Keel Centerboard Ketch

Originally conceived by and built, to ABS class, for former Treasury Secretary William Simon, FREEDOM set the standard for the many near sisters that followed her launching. However she stands alone in terms of her spaciousness and distinctive interior configuration. She has excelled as a sailboat, having won both the very competitive St. Bart’s and Nantucket Bucket race series while enjoying with strong finishes in other events including the annual Shipyard Cup.

From June 2003 into January of 2004, she underwent a top of the mast to bottom of her keel bow to stern extensive refit that included a full paint job, hull and spars, at the McMullen & Wing Yard in Auckland, NZ. Every electrical, mechanical and operating system, was inspected upgraded, repaired or replaced as needed. Generators were replaced, not rebuilt and her drive train from the engine aft was completely renewed with the latest system from Hundestad. The main engine was removed from the boat for a rebuild and run on a dynamometer before being reinstalled using new LoRez mountings and couplings. In 2007 she wintered in Palma when she was again looked after with anything that needed attention.