With moderate displacement, deeper forefoot transitioning into a cruising fin keel, and skeg hung rudder, sailing the Passport is a comfortable, well balanced, sea kindly experience. The interior layout is a smooth flowing and sensible two stateroom configuration with a large U shaped galley, fore and aft cabins with ample hanging locker and storage space, along with comfortably sized berths. Her main salon is spacious with an L-shaped settee on port surrounding a large salon table.

VAQUITA has many upgrades including: 

Mainsail and genoa (2014)

Standing rigging replaced (2015)

Frigoboat refrigeration

(2) Garmin chartplotters with radar (2019)

Re-powered with a Beta Marine Diesel with 100 hours (2019)

New Dickinson Mediterranean galley stove (2021)

Accommodations

Below decks, VAQUITA features the desirable vee-berth forward with a custom mattress. The head compartment and separate stall shower are aft to port. Her interior is of hand crafted, furniture quality, satin varnished solid teak staving. Locker doors are also hand crafted with arched frames and louvered faces for ventilation. Cabin doors are solid teak with raised floating panels and bottom louvers, again contributing to the excellent ventilation through out the yacht. The thick teak and holly sole, stainless steel opening ports, two fixed cabin side windows and four opening overhead hatches all contribute to her warm and inviting interior.

Starting at the companion way, immediately to starboard is a large quarter cabin with custom mattress double berth, and large hanging locker. Ample floor space and head room exists for changing in privacy. Lockers and shelves up and outboard allow for additional storage.

Opposite of the aft stateroom is the large Passport 40 signature galley. This is U-shaped with the well insulated top and front loading refrigerator and separate top loading freezer. Above the refrigerator/freezer is a microwave oven. Outboard is the new (2021) 3 burner Dickinson "Mediterranean" gimbaled stove with oven. The deep stainless steel sink is forward and near the centerline. The sink is fitted with pressure hot and cold water and a manual foot pump for fresh water. Outboard of the sink is a very large top loading locker and additional front loading locker. An additional top load locker is inboard of the sink with a bank of drawers under.

Forward of the galley is an L-shaped dinette with the straight settee opposite to starboard. The dinette table encloses the very well insulated engine compartment, has a large hinged leaf, built in drawers on the inboard side of the table and has three access doors to the engine room. The table top is removable and can be lifted up to provide top access to the engine. Engine access is among the best of any boat. Forward of the starboard settee is a Dickinson “Alaska” diesel fired heater (2017) that keeps the boat warm on those chilly evenings.

At the aft end of the starboard settee is a very nice aft facing navigation station with large chart table, shelves, drawers and a custom distribution panel. Her electronics are all easily accessible, professionally installed.

Forward to port is the large walk-in head compartment and stainless steel sink outboard set in a black quartz counter. A mirrored medicine cabinet is above and a large locker below the sink. The separate stall shower forward of the sink and head offers plenty of elbow room. It also has a teak seat and teak grating in the floor. To starboard of the head are storage and hanging lockers as well as a large bank of drawers.

Forward is the owners stateroom with large offset double v-berth with a custom mattress, tons of locker space and a huge dry storage area under the berth. Ventilation and light in this cabin is excellent.

Galley

Located at bottom of companionway steps. This large U-shaped galley has more that ample storage behind louvered lockers, in dry storage bins, numerous drawers and a microwave in the aft bulkhead of the galley. The Frigoboat refrigerator/freezer has both a top and front loading feature. There is a New Dickinson Mediterranean 3 burner propane stove/oven/broiler (2021). The deep double stainless steel sinks have a modern faucet with a pull out wand, hot and cold pressure water, and a foot pump for fresh water. The countertop has a white tile surface.

Electronics and Navigation

Garmin color plotter/radar with wind/speed /depth all repeating at helm 

Garmin remote control pad at the helm 

Raymarine P70 Smartpilot control head at the helm

Raymarine X-30 Core 3 autopilot course computer with linear drive 

Raymarine remote autopilot controller 

Garmin color plotter/radar at the nav station 

Raymarine showing wind/speed/depth at the helm station

ICOM M604 VHF at the nav station

ICOM Command Mic in the cockpit

AIS Garmin (2019)

Electrical Systems

12v and 110 electrical systems

Smart Plug 30 amp shore power cord 

Sterling Pro Charge Ultra battery charger 

Sterling remote battery monitor panel 

Victron remote battery monitor (2022)

(3) Group 31XT Lifeline AGM house batteries

(1) Group 31 Dekka start battery

(4) USB charging ports

(5) Alpenglo warm white LED overhead lights

(1) Alpenglo warm white/red LED overhead light in galley

(2) LED reading lights (2023)

LED light strips in the galley

(2) electric fans

Samsung flat screen smart TV (2019)

Hi Def TV antenna

Fusion Stereo with Bose speakers inside and out (2019)

Mechanical and Plumbing Systems

Beta Marine 43 diesel engine with 100 hours (2019)

Gori 3 blade feathering prop 

Seaward Whale hot water heater (2019)

New holding tank and hoses (2019)

Fresh water Raritan head (2019)

Electric bilge pump (2019)

High water alarm (2019)

Sails and Rigging

Aluminum double spreader mast

Lewmar winch on mast for genoa halyard

Standing rigging replaced (2015)

Running rigging 

Spare genoa halyard 

Spare main halyard

Garhauer rigid vang with line led aft to clutch 

Garhauer mainsheet blocks (2017)

Hood Dacron full batten main (2014) 

Hood Stack Pack (2014)

Hood Dacron 120% genoa (2014) 

Dacron Jib

Harken roller furler (2015)

Hood Asymmetric spinnaker on a Harken Reflex top-down furler (2018) 

Seldon gennaker bowsprit (2018)

Forespar whisker pole

Deck and Hull

CQR anchor with 300’ chain

Fortress anchor with chain and rode for stern anchor

Lewmar CPX3 windlass (2019)

Anchor bridle (2023)

(5) Stainless steel cowls

(4) Lewmar opening hatches complete replacements (2013)

(8) Opening bronze ports

(2) Fixed bronze portlights

Deck mounted stainless steel granny bars on either side of the mast to ensure safety while working at the mast underway

Harken traveller with clutches controlling the traveller lines on both sides (2017)

(2) Clutches on the starboard cabintop manage the mainsheet and the main halyard

(2) Clutches on the port cabintop manage the 1st and 2nd slab reef lines

(2) Barient 23 ST winches on the cabintop

(2) Barient 28 ST primary winches

Stainless steel radar arch with telescoping dinghy davits incorporated

Stern anchor roller

Fuel tanks were cleaned and fuel polished (2015)

Sunbrella cockpit cushions (2017)

Exterior light fixtures have all been replaced with LED, with the exception of the steaming light, and bow and stern running light

Miscellaneous and Safety

West Marine Aluminum RIB inflatable dinghy (2024)

6hp Mercury outboard

Liferaft in hard case mounted on deck, re-certified thru January 2025

Lifesling in a rigid case 

Electronic Flares

First Aid Kit