BoatsPassport Yachts Inc. (Taiwan) Vista 545

Passport Yachts Inc. (Taiwan) Vista 545

Masthead Sloop · Fin With Rudder On Skeg · First built 2012

A 16.6-metre masthead sloop with a 19.52 SA/displacement ratio, designed for a balance of offshore speed and comfort

Designed by Bill Dixon.

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

See her sail

The Passport Yachts Inc. (Taiwan) Vista 545, on the water

The fleet's own footage — the truest look at how she really moves.

Footage from Living For Sail

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 33 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.

Comfort ratio 33
CoastalBluewater

1.80 — just under the 2.0 offshore line; her beam is modest for her weight.

Capsize screening 1.80
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 183
EasygoingPowered-up

19.5 — plenty of sail for her weight; lively and quick to respond.

Sail area / displacement 19.5
TenderStiff

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

Ballast 38%

Light and lively — happiest day-sailing and coastal-hopping in settled weather.

  • Heavier than ~80% of boats her size on file
  • Beamier than ~78% of boats her size on file

Compared with 1190 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Passport Yachts Inc. (Taiwan) Vista 545, as the fleet has seen it

Derived from the videos the fleet has analysed of this model. ▶ marks open the moment aboard.

The Passport Yachts Inc. (TAIWAN) Vista 545 is a Bill Dixon-designed masthead sloop, built by Passport Yachts Inc. from 2012 to the present, with a fin keel and skeg-mounted rudder.0:49 It measures 16.6 meters LOA, has a 4.6-meter beam, a 2.0-meter draft, and displaces 17,463 kg. The Vista 545 is a 40,000-pound vessel with a 38% ballast-to-displacement ratio.0:49 Its deck layout includes high bulwarks, an ICW-friendly Selden in-mast furling rig, and Harken electric primary winches.3:01 The interior features an L-shaped galley, a dedicated mechanical room with standing headroom, and a forward master stateroom.4:09 Aboard a toured Vista 545, priced at $1.1–1.2 million USD, John of Living For Sail met Tom Wagner, who has owned Passport Yachts since 1982.4:24 Practical Sailor compared the Passport Vista 545 to the Hylas 56, noting the Passport's more traditional layout compared to the Hylas's greater tankage and living space.4:49

The living fleet

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Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen 2 times across 2 channels of the fleet.

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On the water

The Passport Yachts Inc. (Taiwan) Vista 545 on video

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
38.2%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
19.5
Displacement / length
182.8
Comfort ratio
33.1
Capsize screening
1.80
Hull speed
9.0 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
2461
Hull
Hull type
Fin with rudder on skeg
Construction
FG/w closed cell foam deck
Ballast type
Lead
Production
Years built
First built 2012
Designer
Bill Dixon
Builder
Passport Yachts Inc

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The family

Related models

The designs closest to hers — usually the rest of the builder's range, sometimes the same hull sold under another name.

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