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Passport Yachts 47

Cutter · Fin With Rudder On Skeg · First built 1983

A 14.2-metre cutter with a 35% ballast ratio, engineered for a high comfort ratio and stable long-distance passages

Designed by Robert H. Perry.

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

See her sail

The Passport Yachts 47, on the water

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

Footage from Practical Sailor

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 40 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.

Comfort ratio 40
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

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

Displacement / length 257
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 15.3
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 ~89% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2175 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Passport Yachts 47, as the fleet has seen it

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The Passport Yachts 47 is a Robert H. Perry-designed cutter, built by Passport Yachts Inc. since 1983, with a fin keel and skeg-hung rudder. It measures 14.2 meters LOA, has a 4.1-meter beam, a 2.0-meter draft, and displaces 15,422 kg. The model is available in both center and aft cockpit configurations, and some variants feature a ketch rig. Multiple interior layouts are offered.

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

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What they go for

Market signal

Where the fleet has seen this model come up for sale.

1seen for sale

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The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
35.3%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Cutter
Ratios
SA / displacement
15.3
Displacement / length
256.7
Comfort ratio
39.8
Capsize screening
1.67
Hull speed
8.4 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1879
Hull
Hull type
Fin with rudder on skeg
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 1983
Designer
Robert H. Perry
Builder
Passport Yachts Inc

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Kelly-Peterson 4614.10 mSame hull familyNear-identical lengthA Doug Peterson-designed cutter built for long-range comfort with a skeg-mounted rudder and a high displacement-to-length ratio
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The family

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Nearby designs by size, type, and era — worth a look alongside her.

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