Description
Freebooter, a Freedom 47 Pilothouse, was custom-built by Freedom Yachts as a highly capable blue water cruising yacht, with a Cat Schooner rig ideal for short-handed sailing. She is believed to be the only one of her kind, having been built to a very high specification for her first owner, including electric primary winches and windlass, bow thruster, black and grey water holding tanks, and integrated beaching legs. Featuring a spacious and easily adapted layout ideal for extended or liveaboard cruising, if you are looking for an easily managed offshore capable cruising yacht with huge uncluttered decks, she represents a rare opportunity and fantastic value in our opinion!
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Accommodation
The Freedom Pilothouse accommodation offers up to six berths in two cabins, with good headroom and exceptional levels of storage throughout.
FOREPEAK: Fitted out as a walk-in workshop and storage area, with built-in work benches, pillar drill, assorted tools, and fitted storage areas, ideal for 'on the go' maintenance and repairs whilst on long passages. A watertight door leads out to the passageway to the main cabin area with further storage to port and starboard.MAIN CABIN: A versatile space currently laid out with settee berths to port and starboard (which converts to a double), a range of storage lockers, and two large opening deck hatches. This cabin offers a level of space and comfort rarely found on an aft cockpit yacht, and if preferred, it would be very easy to instate a full-time double berth to starboard.HEADS COMPARTMENTS: Separate heads compartments to port and starboard, each fitted with a marine toilet (with holding tank), wash basin, shower area, mirror, and storage. Although useful as currently configured, this also provides the opportunity to create a dedicated laundry and drying area ideal for liveaboard cruising.PILOTHOUSE SALOON: Offering excellent visibility, the saloon has a comprehensively equipped navigation station with internal engine controls and chart table to starboard ahead of the large galley, and a pilot berth and raised seating area to port. Fitted storage is provided throughout with very good access provided to systems.GALLEY: Large linear galley equipped with a Nelson 2-burner gas cooker with oven and grill, microwave, twin stainless steel sinks, fridge, freezer, ample worksurfaces for food prep, and storage in a range of lockers.GENERAL EQUIPMENT: Hot and cold pressurised water system via a calorifier. Eberspacher diesel-fired warm air heating system. Pascall Atkey 'Pansy' charcoal stove in main cabin. Two stainless steel water tanks with approx. 450L total capacity and space ready for installing a watermaker. Black (145L), galley (100L), and shower (15L) water tanks with pumping facilities.

Mechanical Systems
Located in an easily accessed engine compartment under the pilothouse sole, Fiat Iveco 84hp four-cylinder diesel engine. Freshwater cooled via heat exchanger. Dual single lever controls. Two stainless steel fuel tanks with approx. 520L total capacity. Borg Warner velvet drive gearbox (new 2000). Shaft drive with rope cutter to Brunton 4-bladed feathering propeller. Vetus 3kw bow thruster.
The engine is in good cosmetic condition and has been regularly serviced.

Electrical Systems
12 domestic and engine, and 24v winch/windlass/bow thruster, battery banks charged via the engine alternator. Adverc battery management system with Xantrex Link 20 monitoring system. Shorepower system with ring mains, automatic battery charger, and immersion coil for water heating. Zeise 5kva generator (requires investigation/attention - runs but not generating power). Solar panel. Tank Tender tank gauge system. Electrical distribution panel with individual breakers. Full cabin lighting.

Spars and Sails
Free-standing Cat Schooner rig. Tillotson Pearson unstayed carbon fibre masts with aluminium booms. Terylene running rigging all lead aft via clutches. Single line slab reefing with three reefs, lazyjacks, and stackpack sail covers. 2 x Barient 28 STE 24v electric primary winches and Tufnol snubbing winch at companionway. 2 x Gibb 809 Sheetmaster aft deck mounted ancillary winches.

Fully battened forward mainsail - Sandersgood
Fully battened aft mainsail - Sandersgood


Deck Equipment

60 lb CQR anchor with chain
50lb Belfast kedge anchor with chain & warp
Lewmar 1200 Anchorman 24v electric anchor windlass
Integrated carbon fibre beaching legs (never used by current owner)
Blue sprayhood, sail covers, and cockpit dodgers
Canvas halyard organiser
Deck wash facility
Warps & fenders


Navigation Equipment

Suunto steering compass
Autohelm digital handheld compass
ICOM M330 DSC VHF radio (new 2023)
Handheld VHF radio
Autohelm ST50 Tri-data combined depth, speed, and log
Autohelm ST50 wind instrument
Raymarine C120 colour GPS chart plotter
Furuno 1830 radar (requires replacement)
Autohelm 7000 autopilot with remote controller
AIS transponder (new 2023)
NASA Navtex Pro
Hydrovane windvane self-steering system
Navigation lights

Although the VHF radio and AIS transponder are new it will be necessary to replace the VHF cable and possibly upgrade the aerial.

Safety Equipment

Fire extinguishers
Fire blanket
2 x Horseshoe lifebuoys
2 x Floating lights
Arimar 6-person liferaft (requires servicing/replacement)
Danbuoy
2 x Cockpit harness points
Deck light
Emergency tiller
2 x Manual bilge pumps
Electric bilge pump


Construction
Freedom 47 Pilothouse Schooner custom built by Freedom Yachts in 1989 for her first owner, and professionally refitted below decks in 1994 by Free Spirit Designs. White GRP hull, superstructure, and light grey decks with painted non-slip surfaces. Long fin keel with wheel steering to skeg hung rudder. Self-draining aft cockpit with teak grating. Deep cockpit lockers port and starboard.