Passport Yachts 40
Masthead Sloop · Fin With Rudder On Skeg · 1980–1991
A Robert Perry-designed masthead sloop offering tall rig and shallow draft options for versatile cruising
Designed by Robert H. Perry.
- LOA
- Beam
- Draft (max)
- Displacement
- Ballast
- Hull type
- Fin With Rudder On Skeg
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The Passport Yachts 40, on the water
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Is it for you?
Character
Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.
Her moderate displacement on a moderate beam gives 34 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.
1.79 — just under the 2.0 offshore line; her beam is modest for her weight.
272 — moderately heavy for her waterline, a balanced cruising weight.
15.8 — moderate power for her weight; steady, all-round performance.
37% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.
A capable cruiser that sits just inside the offshore line — coastal work with real passages in her.
- Heavier than ~84% of boats her size on file
Compared with 2872 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.
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The Passport Yachts 40 on video
What they go for
Market signal
Where the fleet has seen this model for sale, and the asking prices that came with it.
1982 Passport 40 listed for $40,000, considered a great deal despite needing some work
from Be The Captainseen April 2025watch
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