Freedom Sailing

Access Wilmington Sail Day 11/18/21

We had a great time with veterans from Access Wilmington. It was a nice day with decent winds on the Cape Fear River. We sailed with the wind past Orton Plantation and picked up some speed on the way back to Carolina Beach. Our speed reached 13 knots at one

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Veterans Day Sail 11/11/21

I can’t think of a better way to spend Veterans Day than with a few veterans on the water. Thank you for all that you have done and for being part of the Freedom Sailing team. Do you want to sail with us? Then please let us know on the

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Offshore Carolina Beach 8/19/21

We had a great sail off the coast of Carolina Beach, NC. with a couple veterans and my mom. It was our first time leaving through the CB inlet, which was a lot easier than I anticipated.Bobby did great trimming sails and helped launch the spinnaker. Although we only flew

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Shakedown Sail 8/8/21

Yesterday was a major milestone for Freedom Sailing. We took our newly purchased #Corsair750trimaran out for it’s initial shakedown. The crew was selected because of their knowledge of sailing and ability to find potential issues and come up with sound solutions to fix them. We want our participants to have

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Ship Dodging. 7/12/21

Today a few Freedom Sailing members got to build team confidence as we navigated through the shipping channel on the Cape Fear River. The boat engine wouldn’t start, therefore we had to maneuver 100% by sail power. Ian Radford did a great job communicating on the radio while Mike Hines

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