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Passport Yachts 50

Cutter · Fin With Rudder On Skeg · First built 1994

A Robert Perry-designed cutter built for offshore comfort, available in both aft and center cockpit configurations

Designed by Robert H. Perry.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin With Rudder On Skeg

Is it for you?

Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

LivelySea-kindly

Her moderate displacement on a narrow beam gives 39 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.

Comfort ratio 39
CoastalBluewater

At 1.67 she sits well under the 2.0 line — a solidly ocean-capable hull for her size.

Capsize screening 1.67
LightHeavy

256 — moderately heavy for her waterline, a balanced cruising weight.

Displacement / length 256
EasygoingPowered-up

15.3 — moderate power for her weight; steady, all-round performance.

Sail area / displacement 15.3
TenderStiff

38% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 38%

Built heavy and sea-kindly — a boat made to cross oceans and forgive a rough night.

  • Heavier than ~83% of boats her size on file

Compared with 1709 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
38.2%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Cutter
Ratios
SA / displacement
15.3
Displacement / length
255.9
Comfort ratio
38.8
Capsize screening
1.67
Hull speed
8.4 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1881
Hull
Hull type
Fin with rudder on skeg
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 1994
Designer
Robert H. Perry
Builder
Passport Yachts Inc

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Orion 5015.09 mSame hull family0.2 m shorterA Gary Mull-designed staysail ketch built for offshore stability with a heavy displacement and skeg-mounted rudder
Dufour Yachts 4815.29 mSame hull familyNear-identical lengthA 15.29-metre performance cruiser with a 4.85-metre beam and a 2.35-metre draft for offshore stability
Hallberg-Rassy 4814.99 mSame hull family0.3 m shorterA German Frers-designed bluewater cruiser featuring a stiff 42% ballast ratio and a stable, comfortable motion at-sea motion
Dufour Yachts 500 Grand Large15.10 mSame hull familyNear-identical lengthA 15.1-meter fractional sloop with a 2.3-meter bulb keel, produced from 2011 to 2015 before the 512 update
Bestevaer 49ST14.97 mSame hull family0.3 m shorterA 15-metre aluminum cruiser with a fixed fin keel and bulb, designed for stability and offshore performance

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