Sails & Rigging :

• Free standing carbon fibre mast
• SAIL COVER.
• Mainsail with 3 reefs – Full batten main
• 4 winches
• 3 sails – main, staysail and spinnaker
• Easy to single hand even under spinnaker
• 2 x winche Handles
• Fully equipped for cruising
• All lines lead to cockpit – means safe sailing
• Tiller Handle
• Winch Handle Holder

Deck/Hull :

• Professional fiberglass sandwich insulated hull construction
• The hull : finished with gelcoat, under which is a hand-laminated fiberglass structure
• White deck : balsa cored
• Gray Hull : balsa cored
• Rear cockpit

Salon :

• A spacious interior, around 5 feet 11 inch height for the width and length of the boat.
• Large head compartment with open plan salon and forward berths
• Nicely light boat with lots of exterior light which makes a very nice salon
• Large V berth.
• Removable teak dining table set up in cockpit or salon.
• Teak interior with teak/holly laminate floor
• Sleeps 4 comfortably.

Galley :

• The galley is well appointed with 1 ss sinks
• Cold water via hand pump.
• Ice box : cooler
• 2 x Burners – Alcohol Stove.
• Jabsco Marine Head with Holding Tank.
• Flexible fresh water tank.
• Gray water and waste tank.
• Teak Cabinets.

Electronics/Nav :

• VHF radio
• Compass
• Depth Sounder/lock
• SPEEDOMETER.
• AM/FM radio cassette

Electrical :

• 30 Amps 120V AC shore power system
• Marine Battery Charger 120v
• Three-position master switch
• Cabin/Navigation/Deck lights
• 12VDC electrical system
• 2 x 12VDC Deep Cell House Batteries

Mechanical :

• 1997 Honda 4-stroke outboard with extra long shaft
• Fuel tank 25lt
• 3-BLADE PROP.
• Heavy duty easy lift motor bracket.
• Cruising Speed 5 knots.

General Safety :

• 2 x 2 1/2 Lbs Fire Extinguishers
• Dock lines & Spring lines
• Boat Fenders
• Manual bilge pump with Handle
• 2 ANCHORS.
• 30 Fathom 1/2″ 3 Stranded Anchor Rode
• 4 life jackets
• Flares And Flare Gun
• Boat Hook
• Box And Stern Pulpit C/W Lifelines And Netting
• Handheld Air Horn
• Life Ring & Heaving Line
• Removable/Collapsible Swim Ladder

Other :

• Price includes inflatable dinghy
• 1997 “cradle-ride” single axle trailer with surge brakes
• Cushions ; full set of cockpit cushions
• Side curtains around cockpit
• No smoking on board
• Sail bag
• Separate anchor well drained outside.
• 1 Pot
• 1 Pan
• 2 Buckets
• Bungee cords
• 1 Broom
• Spare electrical cables and fuses.
• Two Snatch Blocks.

History :

This yacht has been owned and maintained by the present owner.
We bought Trace in 1983 from Freedom Yachts in Rhode Island. She came direct from the plant to a nearby marina where we fitted her out for cruising. We cruised up to Wellfleet, Cape Cod. We spent the next two summers living aboard in Wellfleet Harbour, Mass.
From June of 1985 to August of 1986 we lived aboard and cruised down the Intracoastal Waterway to Florida. We waited in Miami for good weather before crossing to Cat Cay in the Bahamas. We cruised the Bahamas as far south as Georgetown in the Exumas before returning to Florida. I should mention we did all this cruising and living aboard with our 80 pound lab Omish!
After the year off we went back to our teaching jobs in Sackville. Went back to Trace (on the hard in Florida) for several summers and cruised the Abacos, Bahamas. We then had Trace trucked north to Rhode Island and spent several summers in Jamestown R.I. At this time we cruised Narragansett Bay and Buzzard’s Bay and the islands of Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard.
Finally brought Trace home to Shediac Bay in 1992. In 1997 we cruised Cape Breton for six weeks. Our two stroke Mercury outboard died on that trip and was replaced by a four stroke 9.9 Honda. We purchased a new trailer and in 2003 we trailered to South Carolina and cruised to Georgia along the Intracoastal Waterway. Trace spent summers, until 2015, in our slip at Shediac Bay Marina.
Trace is now available for new adventures at Romeo’s Marine in Shediac N.B.

Comments :

– The Freedom 25, a catboat that makes sailing easy even for the beginner. She is a boat not to be overlooked. At 25 feet, one would think she is a much larger boat. This powerful and sea-kindly boat has a spacious cabin and well thought-out creature comforts. She is a boat that will sail comfortably in a 15 knot wind maintaining a speed of 4.5 to 6 knots underway.