Freedom (yacht) 2679010 198378443 2008-03-15T09:32:39Z Gaius Cornelius 293907 Tidy using [[Project:AutoWikiBrowser|AWB]] [[Image:Freedom1.jpg|thumb|right|1980 America's Cup champion ''Freedom'']] The [[12-metre class]] [[yacht]] '''''Freedom''''' (12 meter US-30) won the [[America's Cup]] in [[1980]], defeating the challenging yacht [[Australia (yacht)|Australia]]. The Freedom was designed with an alloy rather than a wood hull by [[Sparkman & Stephens|Olin Stephens]] and [[Bill Langan]], and constructed at [[Minneford Yacht Yard]]. She was skippered in the Cup by [[Dennis Conner]]. Today the Freedom is available for charter out of [[Newport, Rhode Island]] from [[America's Cup Charters]], along with fellow America's Cup winners [[Intrepid (yacht)|Intrepid]] and [[Weatherly (yacht)|Weatherly]]. ==References== * {{cite web | title=Freedom | url=http://www.americascupcharters.com/us30.htm | accessmonthday=September 14 | accessyear=2005 }} ==External links== * [http://www.americascupcharters.com/ Owners and charters of the Freedom] [[Category:America's Cup]] [[Category:Sailboat names]] [[Category:12-metre class yachts]] {{boat-stub}}