Sold. Here are the comments from vendor's Lou & Mary:
"After arriving in NZ in the fall of 2005, we made the difficult decision to sell our beloved Passport 42, ACE, and to return to the US. We listed the boat with a broker in Auckland. Two months later, we returned to the US, leaving ACE for sale. During that time, our broker had not shown the boat to a single potential buyer! Nor did he tell us that the Auckland boat show was imminent, and that we could put ACE on display in the show!
A friend of ours had a great experience selling his boat with Mike Ward's help, and recommended him to us. We contacted him by phone from the US on a Saturday, two days before the Auckland Boat Show started, and decided to make him our agent. Mike scrambled, moved our boat from Gulf Harbour to the display area at Viaduct Basin, and had a written purchase offer before the boat show even started! The survey identified some problems, which scared away the buyer, and required Ace to be hauled for some bottom repairs. Mike took care of all of of the issues, getting the boat hauled, dealing with the boatyard, monitoring progress, and frequently sending us photos of the work in progress. While the boat was hauled, he identified another buyer, and got us a very attractive offer. After the work was completed, Mike took the buyers out for two sea trials during winter weather and closed the deal! And he also worked with NZ Customs and arranged GST and duty fees that were much lower than we had expected.
I can't imagine how any agent could work more diligently and professionally on behalf of an owner. I never would have guessed that we could find an agent we would trust to resolve such complicated issues while we were 8000 miles away from the boat. But Mike's professionalism came through in the first phone call, and he made us comfortable from the start. He went far above and beyond the call of duty, and made a difficult process as painless as possible! We will highly recommend him to any cruisers who are arriving in NZ and decide that it is time to sell their yacht. Thanks, Mike!
Bye,
Lou & Mary"
The Passport 42 was designed by Stan Huntingford of Vancouver, British Columbia, who is famous for his well founded cruising yachts which include the world famous Slocum 43’, a close sister ship in design and performance to this vessel. The hull is fashioned with a canoe stern providing excellent stability in down-wind tracking and lumpy seas. The Passport 42 is an easily managed blue-water cruiser with quick response provided by its modified keel underbody. Ace is a very well-equipped world-sailing, live-aboard cruiser with huge stowage areas for a couple or small family.
Ace is hull #51, the last of the Passport 42s, built in 1988 and commissioned in 1991. Ace was pleasure-sailed in San Francisco Bay from 1991 to 2000 by her first owner. Her second owner extensively refitted her in 2002 and 2003, and cruised for 2 1/2 years from California across the Pacific to New Zealand.
With new sails, heavy ground tackle, a robust Monitor windvane and powerful Autonav autopilot, Ace makes short-handed passagemaking easy and fun. Ace has been carefully maintained and is ready to resume cruising immediately.
Safe and secure deck work is ensured with raised bulwarks, double fastened extra heavy stanchion bases with double lifelines. The stemhead fitting is stainless steel and incorporates 2 anchor rollers. A powerful horizontal windlass contains chain gypsy and also rope capstan for the secondary anchor rode. Heavy stainless steel mast guards provide individual security at the mast.
The hull is hand laminated FRP with Airex foam core (above the waterline only) and was designed and built to meet ABS specifications.
The topsides and deck are white gelcoat. The house and deck are also cored with plywood for stiffness and insulation. The outer side decks are cockpit sole are overlaid with 5/8” teak planking, bedded in Thiokol. All deck hardware is installed by drilling and tapping into prepositioned and fiberglassed-in heavy duty backing plates. Ballast is internal cast iron bedded in chopped glass and resin and then fully encapsulated. Hull is configured as a heavy cruising fin and full skeg hung rudder.
The dodger is covered with Royal Blue Sunbrella, as are the mainsail cover, binnacle cover, windlass, and dinghy covers. The bimini is covered with White Sunbrella to reflect the tropical sun. Shadetree covers extend from bow to dodger. Mounted above the dodger are three 75 Watt solar panels, which are protected by at the forward edge by a very robust teak boom gallows. Above the bimini are two additional 75 Watt panels with quick release mounts and connectorized wiring for easy removal. At anchor, the solar charging system can run all systems, including refrigeration, indefinitely, with no need to run the engine for battery charging.
The cockpit is designed for offshore sailing and safety. The cockpit is roomy and dry with good hand holds, and 2 large cockpit drains. Autopilot and instrument displays are mounted on the binnacle, and rotate for viewing from the companionway. The radar/chartplotter display is mounted on a swing-arm in the companionway, and is visible from the helm. A manual bilge pump is mounted on the starboard side. Beneath the cockpit is a very large open equipment and storage space accessible through 3 lazarette lids.
The underbody is epoxy coated. The s/s shaft is protected within the skeg, and carries a three bladed feathering Max-prop. The canoe stern contains a molded in propane storage compartment with drains and holds 2- 20 lb. propane tanks.
Accomodations/Layout
Owners aft-state-room: Located to port at the base of companionway, queen size berth with 4 drawers beneath for storage. Additional storage includes 2 drawers, small closet, bookshelf with 2 side mounted lockers with louvered doors, and a 17”x27” teak trimmed mirror. 2 reading lamps, fan, deck prism, ceiling hatch 12”x16’ with removable screen, 2 ports with ss screen.
Quarter-berth: Located to starboard of the companionway, contains a drop-down metal top work bench and tool storage cabinet, 9” shelf entire length, locker with louvered door, ceiling light, deck prism, 1 port with ss screen.
Hanging Wet Locker/teak grate: Teak grate with drip pan at base of companionway, hanging locker located starboard at the base of the companionway, 1 locker light, manual bilge pump below teak grate.
Galley: U-shaped layout, white counter-tops, Isotherm cold plate freezer, top-opening, and refrigerator section with top-opening and front-opening door, 2 aluminum ice-cube trays, Broadwater ss 4 burner gimbaled propane stove/oven/broiler, large 2 section dry locker, 6 drawers, large under-sink counter cabinet with shelf, 2 over-cabinets, 2 outside wall cabinets with sliding louvered doors, cutting board and spice rack, 2 ceiling lights,2 fluorescent lights, 2 over-counter lights, fan, safety bar across stove recess, pan and tray drawer under stove, hatch 12”x16”.
Navigation area: Starboard side opposite galley, nav table 30” deep x 41” wide; lift-top storage, seat faces forward and large stowage cabinet underneath nav table. Nav area contains: SSB, GPS, VHF, stereo/CD/MP3 player, built-in VGA computer monitor (laptop or desktop computer fits in locker forward of nav station), instrument and autopilot remote control, Newmar electrical panel, windlass breaker, house and engine start switches, charging system monitor, LPG solenoid control and alarm. (Radar/chartplotter is mounted on swinging arm in companionway for easy access from cockpit or below. )
Saloon: Headroom 6’6”, 6’ settee to starboard with lockers/bookshelves. Large teak inlaid drop leaf table seats 6 in comfort. On the port side outboard, pilot berth above seat back. 6 ceiling lights, 2 fluorescent lights, ceiling hatch 20”x20” with screen cover, and dorade ventilation. Hanging locker forward of salon.
Head and Shower: Located on the port side forward of the salon, separate compartment with stand-up shower, marble vanity, manual head, locker under vanity cabinet, 2 lockers above vanity, teak trim mirror 20”x30”. Shower ceiling light, head ceiling light, 2 ports with ss screens, hatch 9”x9”.
Forward Stateroom: Large double V-berth, louvered cabinets and bookshelf along each upper side, Large clothes hanging locker to starboard with light, drawers below berth. Chain-locker entry is through louvered doors located at the forward wall. Reading lights, one fan and one wall switched ceiling light, deck prism, ceiling hatch 20”x20” with teak screen, 1 port with ss screen.
Very extensive spare parts inventory for all major systems
Extensive documentation, drawings, and manuals for all systems
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