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The 12-metre Class Yacht ''Freedom'' won the America's Cup in 1980 , defeating the challenging yacht Australia . The Freedom was designed with an alloy rather than a wood hull by 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 along with fellow America's Cup winners Intrepid and Weatherly .


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