Todays assignment was Surveying this Freeman Motor Cruiser at Hippersons Boat Yard in Beccles. John Freeman Marine built about 100 Freeman 30,s from 1960 to 1969, this boat below was one of the last. The boat has the distinctive curved step in the deck line that was a feature of many of the early Freeman’s. The first 30’s were built with a wooden deck and superstructure, later examples like this one today were all GRP. There are two versions, one with a centre cockpit and aft cabin. The other just has the aft cockpit.
The boats primarily built for river use but is quite cable of fair weather passages in coastal waters.Single and twin engines were fitted. In the early boats the common installation was a pair of 56HP Parsons Porbeagles diesels, which would give atop speed of 10Knots. Later boats like this example were fitted with 108HP Thorneycrofts which increased the speed to 13 Knots
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One of the most popular Freeman's, a genuine classic. A versatile boat for estuary, sea and river.
