The Yankee Freedom is the fastest, largest and newest state-of-the-art ferry transporting passengers to Fort Jefferson Dry Tortugas National Park. Located in Key West, Florida, one of the jewels of the Yankee Fleet is the catamaran Yankee Freedom. Today Jerry, his wife Carol and family operate the Yankee Fleet with vessels located in Key West, Florida and Gloucester, Massachusetts. It is from this childhood business the Yankee Fleet was born.

In 1944, on a shore 35 miles north of Boston, Massachusetts, a young boy named Jerry Hill began taking visitors on an afternoon sail aboard his small sailboat. Also on the main deck are fresh water rinse showers and three separate restrooms. A snack and cocktail bar are open at other times during your voyage on our Key West ferry. Here, you’ll find a complete modern galley serving a complimentary breakfast snack and box lunch served at Fort Jefferson. DVD monitors are available for your pleasure. The large, completely air-conditioned cabin has comfortable cushioned seating and large windows all around. Also topside there is a convenient cocktail bar with protective covering. There is spacious sundeck seating with areas to stretch out in and enjoy the sunshine and the view.

The upper deck of the Yankee Freedom is open to the sea air and sights and sounds of marine life. Also, below decks are two generators plus a multitude of machinery and equipment to operate the vessel in the safest, quietest, and most dependable manner possible. The Yankee Freedom catamaran is powered by twin Caterpillar engines that give her a speed of over 30 miles per hour, making Yankee Freedom catamaran the fastest vessel of her size out of Key West.

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