Passport Sailboats For Sale

Passport yachts, as represented in available listings, encompass models built for offshore passagemaking and comfortable liveaboard use. The Passport 40, a Robert Perry design produced from 1980–1991 (148 hulls built), appears in listings as a traditional, heavy-displacement cruiser with a deep forefoot that transitions to a long/fin cruising keel and a skeg-hung rudder—attributes cited for steady motion in seaway and predictable tracking. Interiors for the 40 emphasize teak joinery and teak-and-holly soles, a two-stateroom layout with a private forward V-berth and an aft cabin, and saloons fitted for extended cruising with ample storage and functional galleys (U-shaped in many examples) and full heads with separate showers.

The Passport 545 Vista Center Cockpit represents a later, larger expression of the marque. One example displayed at major boat shows in 2014–2015 was the 545 Vista center-cockpit variant, which was the Cruising World 2012 “Cruising Boat of the Year.” That center-cockpit arrangement provides two full‑width staterooms with en suite heads, a fully enclosed cockpit with seating for several crew, a starboard walk-through galley and a dedicated nav station. Joinery on the 545 is reported as high‑quality cherry, and deck arrangements include a walk-up transom, stainless dinghy davits and a Solent-style sail plan that can include a Yankee plus a self‑tacking jib for simplified handling.

Power and systems vary across individual boats in listings. Examples include a low‑hour 110 hp Yanmar on a 545 and a repowered 50 hp Beta Marine on a Passport 40 with documented service records. Common upgrades and maintenance items noted in brokerage descriptions include replaced rigging and chain plates, removed teak decks, epoxy barrier coats and bottom paint, electrical system updates (AC/DC distribution, solar and wind generation, LED lighting), modernized sail handling (roller furling, inner forestays) and refreshed canvas and dodgers.

Across listings, Passport models are presented as purpose-built cruising platforms: structurally conservative underwater profiles, robust joinery belowdecks, and deck and sail handling layouts intended to support short-handed or long‑distance passagemaking. Equipment and condition vary by individual boat, and the available descriptions reflect the types of upgrades and maintenance commonly performed to support extended voyaging.