Freedom 45 Center Cockpit
Description
The Freedom 45 Center Cockpit (often abbreviated as Freedom 45 CC) is an American bluewater cruising sailboat designed by naval architect Gary Mull and built by Tillotson-Pearson Inc. (under the Freedom Yachts brand) in the United States, with production starting in 1987 and running into the early to mid-1990s. It shares the same extended-stern hull as the Freedom 45 Aft Cockpit (an evolution of the Freedom 42), featuring a signature freestanding carbon fiber fractional sloop rig (no shrouds or stays for easy maintenance and flexible performance), a self-tacking jib (often on a CamberSpar), fiberglass construction, and a standard wing keel for shoal draft capability. The center cockpit layout prioritizes a spacious aft owner's stateroom (typically with ensuite head and separate shower), good privacy for couples or liveaboards, higher freeboard for drier motion at sea, and a more protected cockpit, though it offers smaller cockpit lockers, slightly reduced sail area in some configurations (due to rig variations for bridge clearance), and a different helm feel compared to the aft cockpit version; production numbers for the CC variant are not precisely documented but were limited overall for the Freedom 45 line (likely under 60 total hulls across both AC and CC).
Construction Details
| Designer | Gary Mull |
|---|---|
| Builder | Tillotson-Pearson |
| Length | 45.000 ft |
| LOA | 45.000 ft |
| LWL | 34.400 ft |
| Beam | 13.500 ft |
| Displacement | 22992 lb |
| Ballast | 9500 lb |
| Max Draft | 4.920 ft |
| Year Built | 1987 |
The standard boat dimensions
| i | 38 ft |
|---|---|
| j | 13.83 ft |
| p | 50.83 ft |
| e | 18.50 ft |
| p2 | - |
| e2 | - |
| i2 | - |
| j2 | - |
| I | J | P | E | P2 | E2 | I2 | J2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38 ft | 13.83 ft | 50.83 ft | 18.50 ft | - | - | - | - |
Sails
Freedom 45 Center Cockpit - MAINSAIL
| Luff | * 50.83 ft - (15493 mm) |
|---|---|
| Foot | * 18.5 ft - (5639 mm) |
| Leech | * 53.31 ft - (16249 mm) |
| Tack Angle | * 87.99 ° |
| Diagonal | * 53.48 ft - (16301 mm) |
| Head (inches) | * 6 in - (152 mm) |
| Area | 469.71 ft² |
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Freedom 45 Center Cockpit - JIBSAIL
| Luff | * 32.35 ft - (9860 mm) |
|---|---|
| Foot | * 18.75 ft - (5715 mm) |
| Leech | * 27.48 ft - (8376 mm) |
| Percentage LP | * 115 % |
| Length Perpendicular | * 15.9 ft - (4846 mm) |
| Deck Angle | * 12 ° |
| Area | 257.19 ft² |
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Freedom 45 Center Cockpit - GENOA
| Luff | * 38.42 ft - (11710 mm) |
|---|---|
| Foot | * 22.71 ft - (6922 mm) |
| Leech | * 35.81 ft - (10915 mm) |
| Percentage LP | * 150 % |
| Length Perpendicular | * 20.75 ft - (6325 mm) |
| Deck Angle | * 4 ° |
| Area | 398.57 ft² |
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Freedom 45 Center Cockpit - SPINNAKER
| Stays | * 38.42 ft - (11710 mm) |
|---|---|
| MidGirth | * 24.89 ft - (7586 mm) |
| Foot | * 24.89 ft - (7586 mm) |
| Perc LP | * 180 % |
| Area | 812.83 ft² |
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Disclaimer. Boats are not all the same -- even when produced in the same factory of the same model. Sailrite does its best to publish accurate dimensions, but we often find it worthwhile to have our customers measure their boats carefully before we produce kits for them. You should take the same precautions, especially when the data is not from Sailrite. The information on this site is not guaranteed to be accurate. Sailrite offers this content as a service to our community, but takes no responsibility for the reliability of the data provided.
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