Used Passport 42 Sailboats for Sale

The Passport 42 stands as a definitive example of the "Golden Age" of Taiwanese yacht building, representing a departure from the Robert Perry-designed models that initially defined the brand. While the more common Passport 40 and 44 models featured transom sterns, the 42 is a traditional double-ender designed by Stan Huntingford. Built primarily at the Hai Yang yard in the mid-1980s, the Passport 42 was conceived as a heavy-displacement, long-range voyager. It shares a deep architectural lineage with Huntingford’s other celebrated designs, most notably the Tashiba 40 and the Panda 40, which utilized very similar hull forms to emphasize sea-kindliness over raw speed. According to the historical records at Passport Yachts, the brand's early success was rooted in this specific era of high-quality craftsmanship in Taiwan, where massive scantlings and exquisite teak joinery were the industry standard.