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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

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

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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

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The Passport Yachts Inc. (TAIWAN) Vista 545 is a Bill Dixon-designed Masthead Sloop built by Passport Yachts Inc. from 2012 to the present, featuring a fin with rudder on skeg hull. It measures 16.6 meters LOA, with a 4.6-meter beam, 2.0-meter draft, and 17,463 kg displacement. The model is available in Tall and ICW variants, offering different sail area configurations, such as a 635 sq. ft. tall rig main or a 529 sq. ft. ICW rig main. A Passport Yachts Vista 545 was priced at $1.1–1.2 million USD at the Annapolis Boat Show.4:26

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Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

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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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