Freedom (US-30) is the latest acquisition and restoration project to the growing 12mYDF fleet. Built – 1979 by Olin Stephens & Bill Langan of Sparkman & Stephens in New York City and constructed in aluminum alloy at Minneford Yacht Yard, City Island, NY. Freedom was skippered by Dennis Conner and victorious in her battle against challenger Australia in (the 1980 America’s Cup, Newport, R.I.)