SCHOONER FREEDOM CHARTERS

Freedom is an authentic replica of a 19th-century blockade-runner. She is a double masted, gaff-rigged, topsail schooner. Naval architect Merritt Walters and his marine construction company, Rover Marine, Inc., designed and built Freedom, the first of his many Rover schooners, in 1982 in Norfolk, Virginia. The Schooner Freedom is built of steel with aluminum masts and spars. The Freedom's sparred length is 76 feet while her length on deck is 64 feet. Freedom's beam is 15 feet 4 inches and her draft is 6 feet. Her main mast height is 62 feet and she carries a total sail area of 2400 feet. Freedom was built with stringent attention paid to water depth and bridge height along the Intracoastal Waterway, making her the perfect vessel for both inland and offshore sailing. The Freedom was the first sailing tour boat to be certified under the Coast Guard sub-chapter ‘T' to carry passengers for hire since the great days of sail. Under this certificate she is licensed to carry forty-one..

Also known as: Schooner Freedom, Schooner Freedom Charters, Inc.

Primary location: St. Augustine United States