Passport Yachts Cutter-Custom Hard Dodger

Passport Yachts Cutter-Custom Hard Dodger - Bluewater Legend

-PRELIMINARY LISTING-

Good things come to those who wait. It\'s even true. Take the Passport 40 for example. It has always been considered a top-quality bluewater boat, and now it is finally old enough to be considered a solid value as well. Designed by Bob Perry and built in Taiwan, the Passport 40 is well named, it is a boat that can punch your ticket to see the world. Now, ask yourself, why wait for you waited long enough.

The Passport 40 was launched in 1980 and remained in production through 1991, with 148 boats built. Many have cruised extensively and all are still sailing. In some way, the Passport 40 and other similar vintage Perry designed cruisers trace their roots, or at least their basic underwater hull shapes, to the Valiant 40. Although not a double-ender like the Valiant, the Passport 40 was considered a performance cruiser in its day. Although it is heavy by today\'s standards, it remains a nimble, easily handled boat that performs well in the trade winds for which it was designed. Perry\'s combination of a traditional style deck with a modified fin and skeg underbody produced a very successful formula for cruising boats.

The Passport 40 is a handsome boat. The bow rakes gently aft and the reverse transom is broad-there is nothing harsh about Perry\'s lines. The beam is a moderate 12 feet, 8 inches. The coachroof extends well forward, her side decks are easy to walk around on, and her tee shaped cockpit offers a very workable safe and comfortable area to sail and to lounge. The portlights are distinctive with two smaller bronze ports framing a longer one amidships. ??Below the waterline a relatively deep forefoot trails into a powerful fin keel. As mentioned earlier, the rudder is skeg hung. This Listing Broker has personally owned three Bob Perry designed boats with similar underbodies and has logged some 100,000 miles in them. The Passport 40 can be easily sailed singlehanded and is extremely comfortable to live aboard on. She would make a wonderful world voyager. Much of this information has been borrowed from my friend John Kretschmer and his wonderful write-up in Sail, November 2008.

Our offering is a 1985 Passport 40 named \"Perfect Fit\". She is extremely lightly used and is equipped with Quantum sails, generator and air conditioning/reverse cycle heat. She also has a custom very unique professionally made hard dodger.

Sellers have just purchased a larger Passport.

Perfect Fit is enroute to Annapolis, Maryland. She offers a wonderful opportunity for someone who wishes a classic world cruising boat. Bring offers. Owners want her sold. One can get a great go now boat at a wonderful price.

Accommodations:

The interior of the Passport 40 is simply lovely. The woodwork is superb, from the solid teak staving on the bulkheads to the rounded joints fashioned into handholds in the galley and nav station. The head-forward plan as it allows the forward hatch to be left open longer and pushes the bunk aft a bit, which is always more comfortable when sleeping under way. ??There is the much sort after Pullman Berth for the Master Stateroom just aft of the forward head to Port, with closets to starboard with many drawers below both sides. This layout works wonderfully for living aboard. The saloon has a U-shaped or L-shaped settee draped around a lovely teak table, which houses the almost new low hour Nanni-Mercedes diesel. Access is from all sides. There are lockers and bookshelves above and outboard of the settees. Thick, four-inch cushions were standard. The nav station is opposite the galley to starboard and can be forward, aft or outboard facing. There is a double quarter cabin aft to starboard. The large galley invariably includes two deep stainless sinks, a very well-insulated top loading

Galley:

• Force 10 3 burner propane stove & oven
• Microwave oven
• Hot & cold pressure water
• Adler Barbour refrigeration
• Stone counter tops
• Abundant stowage
• Double stainless steel sinks

Electrical:

• 2 30amp 110 volt services & 2 50\'cords
• 12 volt ships system
• Fischer Panda 6KW diesel generator
• 2 4D house batteries
• 1 engine starting battery
• 1 windlass battery
• 1 generator starting battery
• 2 Balmar alternators
• Link 20 battery monitor for starting batteries
• Link 2000 battery monitor for house batteries
• C-Charher 5000 30 amp battery charger
• 3 solar panels with monitor/regulator to house bank

Electronics:

• Raytheon RL70 Radar/Chart plotter at helm & nav station
• Icom M710 Single Side band radio
• Standard Horizon VHF radio with RAM
• B&G Speed, Depth, Wind with repeater at Nav station

Deck Layout:

The Passport 40 has a near ideal seagoing cockpit. It is comfortable for three or four people with wide seats and angled coamings that are nicely trimmed in teak. There is a stout bridgedeck and large drains should an errant wave or two crash aboard. There is a large locker to port. There’s a 36-inch Epson destroyer wheel with mounted engine controls control on the pedestal base. The primary winches are positioned fairly far aft, allowing the helmsman to trim the headsail without leaving the wheel. All other sail controls are led aft through a beefy coaming that provides a perfect base for the cockpit dodger. The mainsheet and traveler are just forward of the coaming, clearing space in the cockpit but still rigged far enough aft on the boom to provide good purchase.??The side decks are fairly wide and the molded bulwark lends security when going forward. The stanchion bases are vertically mounted for strength and overall the deck fittings are robust and top quality. I like the bronze fairleads that are fitted through the bulwark and caprail; they\'re handsome and practical. The mooring cleats are huge at 10 inches. Deck hatches were originally Atkins and Hoyle, later in the production run they were replaced by Lewmar hatches. A husky stainless steel stemhead fitting with a single anchor roller along with an electric windlass.

• Bottom peeled dried and epoxied 2007
• Custom Professionally made Hard Dodger
• 5 Stainless steel dorades
• 3 deck hatches
• 8 Bronze opening ports with screens
• Teak side decks Fiberglass cabin top
• Custom solid dodger with removable Lexan panels
• Outboard motor davit
• Dingy davits
• 2 Aft anchors
• Big solid rubrail with bronze striker
• Fin keel with internal ballast, skeg mounted rudder
• 3 blade Max feathering propeller
• Solid substantial teak cap rails

Sails and Rigging:

• Keel Stepped Isomat 2 Spreader rRg
• Shaeffer Roller furler
• Quantum Full batten Maimsail 2007 (very little use)
• Quantum Genoa 2007 (very little use)
• Inboard genoa tracks
• Spinnaker
• Storm trysail
• Storm trysail track on mast
• Strong track system on mast for easy hoist & douse
• Lazy jacks
• Lewmar 48ST primary winches
• Lewmar 40ST mast winches
• Lewmar 40St main sheet winch
• Lewmar 16ST furler winch
• Spinnaker gear

Additional Equipment & Specifications:

• Marineair reverse cycle airconditioning 12,000 BTU and heat
• Force 10 stainless steel rail mounted gas grill
• Bruce 33KG primary anchor with all chain rode
• Danforth 22S stern anchor with chain & nylon
• CQR 45 pound plow stern anchor with chain & rode
• Hawse holes for aft anchor rodes
• Simpson Lawrence electric anchor windlass

Conclusion:

This Passport 40 is a world class cruising boat, equal parts rugged voyager and elegant yacht. It is a boat that you can be proud of and one that can carry you to any corner of the globe. Two boat owner wants and needs her sold today.

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