Freedom (yacht)
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[[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]]
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