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Passport Yachts 42

Cutter · Fin With Rudder On Skeg · 1981–1988

A Stan Huntingford-designed cutter featuring a skeg a skeg-mounted rudder and a stable, heavy-displacement hull for offshore work

Designed by Stan Huntingford.

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

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The Passport Yachts 42, on the water

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

Footage from Cruisers Academy

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 moderate beam gives 36 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.

Comfort ratio 36
CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 1.75
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 269
EasygoingPowered-up

14.2 — modest power for her weight; easygoing rather than lively, and happier with a breeze.

Sail area / displacement 14.2
TenderStiff

35% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 35%

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

  • Heavier than ~84% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2639 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Passport Yachts 42, 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 42 is a 12.8-meter cutter-rigged sailboat designed by Stan Huntingford and built by Passport Yachts from 1981 to 1988. It features a fin keel with a rudder on a skeg, a beam of 3.9 meters, a draft of 1.9 meters, and a displacement of 11,566 kg. The design is similar to the SLOCUM 43. Aboard *Sailing SV Delos*, a 1980 Passport 42 named *Lentica* was seen in Mexico, having been refitted for modern cruising. *Lentica* buddy-boated with *SV Delos*, demonstrating the Passport 42's capability for extended cruising and participation in group sailing activities, including downwind spinnaker sailing.2:59

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

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 42 on video

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
35.3%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Cutter
Ratios
SA / displacement
14.2
Displacement / length
269.4
Comfort ratio
35.6
Capsize screening
1.75
Hull speed
7.9 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1597
Hull
Hull type
Fin with rudder on skeg
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
1981–1988
Units built
50
Designer
Stan Huntingford
Builder
Passport Yachts Inc

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Valiant Yachts 4212.80 mSame hull familyNear-identical lengthA Robert Perry-designed offshore cutter featuring a skeg-hung rudder and a heavy displacement hull for blue-water stability
Matt Rutherford // Around the Arctic (in a Valiant This Time!)6:36from 59° North Sailing
Moody 4212.74 mSame hull familyNear-identical lengthA masthead ketch offered with a centre cockpit and an optional inside steering station for all-weather cruising
The refit continues [Ep. 136]0:36from Sailing Supernova
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Sailing West in the English Channel Isn’t Easy Ep 493:51from Sailing Northern Brees
Rustler Yachts 4212.80 mSame hull familyNear-identical lengthA 12.8-metre cutter with a 40% ballast ratio, engineered for heavy-weather stability and long-range blue water autonomy
Rustler 42 - A Yacht Delivery from St Lucia to Antigua0:28from Halcyon Yachts - International Yacht Delivery
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#9 | At Sea Reaction | ‘Encountering Storm Force 10’6:45from The Mariner

The family

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