Freeman Boats For Sale
Billy Freeman built the first one in his garage because he was tired of getting beaten up on the 70-mile run to the Gulf Stream. That catamaran became Freeman Boatworks. Every Freeman boat for sale today runs the same vented twin-hull design — built in South Carolina, optimized for ride, fuel, and speed above everything else.
Freeman Boatworks began with one frustrated angler. Billy Freeman was making the 70-mile run from Mount Pleasant, South Carolina to the Gulf Stream and getting beaten up by the chop every time. After trying a derelict Manta catamaran he picked up for under $9,000, he decided cats rode better than anything with a single hull — he just thought they looked and handled wrong. In 2007 he quit his job, had Frank Middleton at Middleton Boatworks lay up a cold-molded hull to his design, and finished the boat himself in a garage behind his house, posting build photos on The Hull Truth under the handle "Bully" until a crew of Louisiana fishing guides running Glacier Bay cats took notice.
That first 31-footer set the template: high freeboard, flared sides, and a bridge-deck clearance tall enough to keep the twin sponsons from slapping in a beam sea. Production hulls are now vacuum-infused for a lighter, more uniform laminate, and the lineup has grown to include the 33, 34VH, 38, 42LR, 47, and the flagship 56 — all built for long offshore runs rather than inshore fishing.
The catamaran layout carries a real trade-off, and it shows below deck: the same bridge clearance that smooths the ride limits the console's interior volume, so head compartments on most Freemans are tight and cabin space trails a monohull center console of equal length. Freeman also builds in limited numbers, and new boats have carried multi-year wait lists for most of the company's history. That scarcity is a big part of why used hulls hold value so well — demand has outpaced supply since the first boat left Billy Freeman's garage.
Freeman boats for sale rarely sit long once listed, ranging from early Charleston-built hulls to current-generation 30- and 40-footers rigged for serious offshore work.