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Manitou is a 1984 Passport 40 designed by Robert Perry. Manitou has been well maintained by her previous and current caretakers. A recent survey values Manitou at the top end of P 40s at $154,000.
Some of the most recent updates include: Teak decks removed (2019) Cockpit Teak removed (2023) Standing rigging (2022) 660House/220Engine AH AGM batteries (2021) Solar 400W (2021) Custom Crane (2019) New Traveler (2019) Like/New Max Prop (2023) Rebuilt knees (2011) Arch with integrated seats and extended side rails (2014) Beta Marine 50 currently 1660 hrs (2014) JEFA Rudder Bearing (2011 no cage) Mast step replaced (2011) Groco Thru hulls & new hoses throughout (2012) Chainplates replaced (2011)
Manitou is currently in NC heading to the Chesapeake. Please contact me for history, a detailed description, and more information. A detailed survey (10/2023) is available.
Equipment: Propulsion: Engine: BetaMarine 50 hp, installed 2014, <2000 hours. Transmission: TMC 260 (upgrade over standard transmission), installed 2014. Propeller: Like-New MaxProp 3-blade 18 from PYI
Major equipment list: Custom stainless steel arch with integrated stern pushpit with extended forward sides, retractable dinghy davits, solar panel platform, wind generator mast, and custom stern seats. Lofrans Tigres 1500W windlass with remote control (2014). Rocna 55 lbs primary anchor, 250’ 3/8” Acco G43 chain (2014). Lightning protection copper plate 6” x 24” connected to mast and upper shrouds.
Sail-related equipment: Tides Marine Strong Track for mainsail (2011). Removable inner solent forestay (2020) with Harken B500 tensioner (2011). Forespar 403202 Whiskerpole (2011). Profurl NCI-42 furler (2011). Quantum full-battened mainsail (2011), inspected by Quantum 2020. Quantum 130% genoa (2011), inspected by Quantum 2020. Hood asymmetrical MPS spinnaker with sock, ATN tacker. Two Johnson staysails. Lazy jacks. Mainsail cover.
Electrical: Lifeline GPL-4CT AGM batteries (660 A-hr for house bank), 2021 Lifeline GPL-4CT AGM batteries (220 A-hr for engine bank), 2021. 120 A Letricka AAK alternator with external Balmar 614 voltage regulation. (Also spare) Blue Sea voltage and current meters for engine and house battery banks. Victron Pheonix 12/250W pure sine wave inverter at nav station (2023). Heart 1800 inverter/charger with remote control. Southwest Wind Power Breeze wind generator (2012) with Silent Wind blue blades (2014). 2 Sun Power CMP22200S solar panels (2021) with Victron Smart Solar MPPT 100/30 Charge Controller with Bluetooth (2021) totaling 400W output. Additional Solar Capacity: 3 Genasun GV-10 MMPT controllers, cables, and wiring (in place, currently abandoned). 30 amp shore power cord. 50 A to 30 A power adapter.
Electronics: Raymarine Evolution autopilot (2014), Autohelm 2S drive unit inspected 2022 (bearings replaced, planetary gear ok). Garmin 740 GPS chartplotter at helm. Garmin 740 GPS chartplotter at navigation station. Garmin GMR18 HD radar interfaced with Garmin chartplotter at helm. Garmin VHF 300 AIS. Garmin 600 AIS transponder (transmit and receive). Garmin GHS 20 wireless VHF remote. Airmar DST transducer (depth, speed, and water temperature). All Garmin electronics NEMA 2000 networked. Simrad Handheld GPS-VHF radio. ICOM M600 Single Side Band HF radio with AT-120 tuner and insulated backstay. FM/CD/USB Stereo and speakers. Iridium external satellite antenna. Ubiquiti bullet and antenna for WiFi.
The theoretical maximum speed that a displacement hull can move efficiently through the water is determined by it's waterline length and displacement. It may be unable to reach this speed if the boat is underpowered or heavily loaded, though it may exceed this speed given enough power. Read more.
Classic hull speed formula:
Hull Speed = 1.34 x √LWL
A more accurate formula devised by Dave Gerr in The Propeller Handbook replaces the Speed/Length ratio constant of 1.34 with a calculation based on the Displacement/Length ratio.
Max Speed/Length ratio = 8.26 ÷ Displacement/Length ratio.311
Hull Speed = Max Speed/Length ratio x √LWL
A measure of the power of the sails relative to the weight of the boat. The higher the number, the higher the performance, but the harder the boat will be to handle. This ratio is a "non-dimensional" value that facilitates comparisons between boats of different types and sizes. Read more.
SA/D = SA ÷ (D ÷ 64)2/3
A measure of the stability of a boat's hull that suggests how well a monohull will stand up to its sails. The ballast displacement ratio indicates how much of the weight of a boat is placed for maximum stability against capsizing and is an indicator of stiffness and resistance to capsize.
Ballast / Displacement * 100
A measure of the weight of the boat relative to it's length at the waterline. The higher a boat’s D/L ratio, the more easily it will carry a load and the more comfortable its motion will be. The lower a boat's ratio is, the less power it takes to drive the boat to its nominal hull speed or beyond. Read more.
D/L = (D ÷ 2240) ÷ (0.01 x LWL)³
This ratio assess how quickly and abruptly a boat’s hull reacts to waves in a significant seaway, these being the elements of a boat’s motion most likely to cause seasickness. Read more.
Comfort ratio = D ÷ (.65 x (.7 LWL + .3 LOA) x Beam1.33)
This formula attempts to indicate whether a given boat might be too wide and light to readily right itself after being overturned in extreme conditions. Read more.
CSV = Beam ÷ ³√(D / 64)
From BlueWaterBoats.org:
The Passport 40 comes from the first generation of performance cruisers for which its designer, Robert Perry, has generally been credited with when he introduced his groundbreaking Valiant 40. The Passport 40 has a similar underbody to the Valiant but most strikingly different a first glance is the use of a transom over Perry’s usual double-ended stern.
Introduced in 1980, the Passport 40 has become one of Perrys more successful 40-footers. With their sensible interiors, quality Taiwanese build and sailing characteristics described as nimble, fast and sea-kindly, it’s no wonder.
The Passport 40 project was kicked off in 1978 when Wendell Renken of Passport Yachts wrote from Taiwan to Perry commissioning a design for a 40-footer. The request as Perry recalls was for an interior based on his previous work on the Freeport 36 with Islander Yachts. It’s interesting to note that Perry accepted the commission by asking for a hefty upfront fee instead of the usual designer’s fee and commission arrangement after noting the dubious nature of the letter’s stationary, “Yacht Builders, Frozen Foods, and Eel Farms.”
The fee proved no impediment and the boat was duly penned and then built by King Dragon boatyard in Taiwan. It was after all the boom years for Taiwanese boatbuilding with exchange rates and cheap but good quality craftmanship favoring the exchange. The Passport 40 was introduced in 1980 and production continued for just over a decade through to 1991 with a final tally of 148 boats built before the design was tweaked into the Passport 41 with an extra foot incorporating a reverse transom and swim platform. The design was eventually massaged into the Passport 43 which had the stern extended even further and five extra feet added to the rig which was revised to two spreaders. Including the Passport 41 and Passport 43 at total of 163 boats were built.
Perry has penned some fantastic boats in his career, the Passport 40 shares company with the Valiant 40 and the Baba 40 as being his most popular in the 40-foot range so it’s interesting to note all three share the basic hull lines which the Valiant 40 pioneered. Where Perry makes a departure from his usual formula of that era is the choice of a standard transom instead of his normal canoe stern.
The sheerline line is sweeping and handsome. Below the waterline a cruising fin keel drawing 5′ 9″ and a skeg hung rudder, their profiles looking very similar to the Valiant 40. There is a shoal draft option that draws a useful 5′ 3″.
Passport 40s came with a sloop rig as standard equipment, though almost all boats have been fitted with a inner stay, usually the removable type producing a double headsail cutter style rig more suited for crossing oceans. John Kretschmer mentions in Sailing Magazine that the original design objective was to allow the boat to be sailed under a single mainsail alone.
Above deck the Passport 40 has a sensibly designed cockpit for seagoing action, there’s room for up to four with wide seats and a coaming that’s trimmed in teak, large cockpit drains, and plenty of cockpit locker space. All the sail control lines are fed back into the cockpit and the main winches within easy reach of the helm to ease single handing.
The side decks are relatively wide with a molded in bulwark that provides for a secure feel when moving to the fore-deck. You’ll notice a fair amount of teak; from the caprail to handrails to the eyebrows on the coachroof. Deck fittings tend to be solid and of top quality, the original boat had a single bow roller as standard, but many have opted for double rollers and have since updated with a electric windlass.
Down below the interior feel is really nice. The joinery, finished in teak, is superb, though the sheer quantity of teak can be a bit dark for some. It’s said most Passport 40 interiors were semi-custom in nature so expect some variation here, roughly half of the boats were configured with a pullman berth placed forward with a head at the forepeak and the other half with a traditional v-berth layout. The pullman berth arrangement tends to be more practical as the berth situated a little back is more comfortable and the head at the forepeak doesn’t mind if it gets seaspray from an open forward hatch. All boats feature a seagoing quarter berth sleeping two in the starboard aft cabin.
The U-shaped galley to port is large and dominates the main saloon area. It’s functional with plenty of pantry space, large refrigeration bins, and features twin sinks not too far from the boat’s centerline. The nav station to starboard varies between boats and can be found facing in forwards, aft, or outwards.
Further forward, the living space includes a large L-shaped settee (U shaped on some) surrounding a large teak table to port and a single settee opposite, again, there is plenty of storage behind the settees.
The engine is located under the saloon table and provides good access. Owners have reported the engine removal and replacement is particularly easy on the Passport 40.
Like most GRP boats built in Taiwan of that era, the Passport 40’s hull was built strong and heavy with lots of polyester resin and glass. Renkin in particular had the hull built thicker than Perry’s design spec, arguing the solidity was what buyers loved.
The ballast was of iron encapsulated in GRP. Decks were originally cored in marine ply with resin barriers to limit potential for rot damage from leaks. Later boats moved to Airex foam coring. The hull-to-deck joint is bonded and through-bolted on an inward flange on the raised bulwark, there’s also a steel strip embedded into the bulwark for mounting the stanchions. Over time this strip has been made refitting more difficult. On most boats the mast is keel stepped. Bulkheads and internal furniture are fiberglassed into the hull.
The Passport 40 has all the sailing characteristics of a good passage-maker. They are beautifully balanced, fast, yet preserve crew energies by being seakindly with a soft easy motion. They perform quite well in light winds and really come to life when the weather picks up, especially on the beam. Downwind they track well enough for the speed lovers to fly spinnakers under self steering with no problems. You can expect routine 130-140 miles days in the trades, but with fair winds and 24/7 hand steering we hear of numbers as high as 190, even 200 miles per day have been clocked.
The Passport 40 has held its value well since its introduction, testament to its original build quality and owner appeal. Many boats on the market have been well looked after. That said, there are some standard things to inspect for on the Passport 40:
For further research it’s worth contacting other owners on the Passport 40 email list run on Google Groups.
As of 2010, the asking price of Passport 40s are in the range of $110k-$190k USD.
» Passport 40 owners email list on Google Groups
» Sailing Magazine’s review of the Passport 40 by John Kretschmer
» Yacht Design According to Perry: My Boats and What Shaped Them, by Robert H. Perry (Ch 9)
» Sailing Magazine’s review of the Passport 40 by John Kretschmer
» Passport 40, Evolution of the Valiant 40 by Jordan Yachts
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