Passport 42 sailboat for sale asking $179,000 (open to offers) with the option to purchase Shares with moorage $50,500 at Spruce Harbour Marina Floating Home CO-OP False Creek Vancouver BC. Don’t miss this incredible opportunity to enjoy affordable living onboard this beautiful blue water coastal cruiser sailboat in downtown Vancouver located next to Granville Island a five minute walk away.
INTERIOR ACCOMMODATIONS
Friend is designed with comfortable, functional sailing in mind. Gorgeous Burmese tongue and groove teak throughout, solid beveled teak cabin doors with louvers, teak and holly sole, heavy teak grab rails at the cabin sides under ports and solid teak companionway ladder are all features she boasts. Opening ports, hatches and dorade vents provide good ventilation, and fans throughout her interior provide additional air movement in hot weather. Storage is also abundant with lockers and cabinets throughout – many with louvered fronts which provide essential storage ventilation. Her arrangement will sleep six in two private cabins a single quarter-berth and settee.
Beginning forward, the solid teak privacy door excludes the forward cabin from the salon, perfect for guests. Immediately to starboard is a large hanging locker with a louvred teak door to provide ventilation. Just forward is a built-in dressing seat with a small shelf forward. The hull is lined with teak tongue and groove and shelves on both port and starboard sides for clothing storage. At the very forward end of the bunk is access to the anchor locker. On the overhead is a single LED dome light with a switch on the hanging locker bulkhead. The twin bunk has a single 6-inch-thick cushion and plentiful storage below. A single brass reading light is on the aft bulkhead above the bunk and a deck prism and overhead hatch provide additional light. The Hella cabin fan keeps air circulating for comfortable sleeping conditions.
Located on the port side just aft of the forward stateroom is the head and shower compartment. The head features a single large vanity cabinet above the stainless vanity sink and a locker under vanity cabinet with solid teak door. A teak trim mirror is above the forward-facing electric control head, and a teak grate covers the sole. There is a large separate shower stall forward with a molded in seat and shower pan. A series of four hooks is provided for towels or washcloths. The handheld faucet is within reach when seated and above are two bronze opening ports for ventilation. The holding tank is located below the sole on the hull.
The comfortable salon is nicely arranged with a spacious U-shaped dinette to port and a straight settee to starboard. The dinette features a beautifully finished teak table. On the forward port bulkhead is the Dickenson Newport propane cabin heater. Opposite the heater is a built-in cabinet with four drawers below and a countertop with sturdy varnished teak fiddles. Double bookshelves line the hull on both port and starboard sides with a cabinet on either end with teak louvred doors. There is generous storage above, behind, and below the settee and dinette seats. A large overhead hatch and cabin fan offer good airflow, and the teak trimmed windows to both port & starboard deliver light to the cabin. Headroom is 6’6”.
The forward-facing navigation station is aft and to starboard in the salon. There is a large table with a lift top storage compartment. Below the seat is a stowage compartment that houses the Schenker ZEN 50 water maker pumps providing easy maintenance access. Along the hull is more open storage compartments for guidebooks or small electronics. The updated main electrical panel is mounted here as well. Behind the seat back is a large hanging wet locker with a drain below into the bilge for foul weather gear.
The large C-shaped galley, opposite the nav station on the port side, features expansive counter space and tremendous amount of storage. The centerline double stainless-steel sinks have hot/cold pressurized water and additional storage space under sinks. A gimbaled Dickenson Force 10 gourmet 3-burner LPG stove with oven is outboard and is lined with stainless-steel, there are two LPG tanks in a dedicated propane locker aft of cockpit and remote solenoid shut-off valve on the galley bulkhead. Above the stove is one cabinet with sliding louvred teak doors and double height storage for dishware. On the aft end of the galley, are the refrigerator and freezer compartments. The fridge is large with access through two countertop hatches or a door in the lower bulkhead. The freezer is outboard beside the fridge and accessible through the countertop hatch. The freezer cools the fridge down passively through three holes in a bulkhead that divide the space. In the forward outboard corner of the galley is a large dry storage locker below the countertop. A deck hatch in the overhead above the galley lets out any unwanted cooking fumes and keeps the space well ventilated in conjunction with the companionway which is just aft of the galley.
The companionway is off-centre to starboard to create a nice aft cabin on the port side. The four steps into the cabin are wide and sturdy with generous teak hand holds. Behind the two lower steps is storage.
Located to port at the base of the companionway is an enclosed aft cabin with a double size berth with FLEXIMA mattress. There are four drawers below the bunk with more storage under the berth. A shelf runs along the width of the berth for storage and one cabinet with sliding louvred teak doors and small shelf along the port hull for storage. There are two large storage compartments, one under the companionway stairs and the other in the aft bulkhead. Two bronze portlights provides great airflow.
Located to starboard of the companionway, a quarter berth is perfect for ocean passages with easy access to the cockpit. A shelf runs along the width of the berth for storage and one cabinet with sliding louvred teak doors and small shelf along the starboard hull for storage. There is also access to ample storage below the berth.
DECK & HULL
Friend is an aft cockpit double ended cutter designed by Stan Huntingford of Vancouver, British Columbia who is famous for his well-founded cruising yachts which include the Slocum 43, a close sister in design and performance to this vessel. Fiend is a serious blue-water, world sailing, liveaboard cruiser with excellent sailing capabilities in both light and heavy weather. She has a surprising amount of storage in separate lockers, drawers, and shelves.
The canoe stern hull provides excellent stability in down-wind tracking and lumpy seas. Mr. Huntingford’s Passport 42 is an easily managed blue-water cruiser with quick response provided by its modified full keel and rudder hung on skeg underbody. The stainless-steel propeller shaft is protected within the skeg, propulsion is provided by a three bladed bronze prop. The hull is white with molded grooves in the fiberglass to show as carvel planking. The cove stripe and boot stripe are both navy blue with a teak rub rail just below the cove stripe.
A teak cap rail surrounds the wide side decks from bow to stern. A teak eyebrow trim accents the cabin house with sturdy teak handrails on the cabin top house. Side decks are wide and easily navigated. There are stainless-steel chocks in the toe rail and large stainless-steel cleats on deck. Back in the cockpit, is spacious and comfortable, with a tall coaming that provides good security. There is a large lazarette locker and a large storage locker beneath each cockpit seat. A fully enclosed Iversons Design dodger and Bimini protects the cockpit and the companionway. It is sturdy with excellent visibility with removable panels for installation of sunshade mesh panels for allow airflow, provide shade, UV, and bug protection while providing good airflow. Heating provided by the Hurricane hydronic heating system is ducted to the cockpit providing comfort during foul weather sailing. Stainless-steel brackets for the monitor windvane are mounted on the transom. A teak cockpit table stowed at the forward end of the cockpit is easily lifted into place when at anchor.
In 2017, Fraser Fibreglass Ltd. conducted comprehensive upgrades and enhancements on the vessel Friend. Pro-Tech Yacht Services inspected, repaired, rewired, and replaced the standing and running rigging while the mast was out. KMG Industries Ltd rebuilt the engine while it was out. In 2020 House batteries and solar charge controller install and harness safety check by Pacific Yacht Systems.
ELECTRONICS & NAVGATION
ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS
MECHANICAL SYSTEMS
GALLEY & INTERIOR
DECK & HULL
Winches & Windlass
SAFETY & COMFORT
SAIL & RIGGING
RIGGING
HEAD & SHOWER COMPARTMENT
MISCELLANEOUS
Spruce Harbour Marina is a gem of a marina, located in downtown Vancouver, BC, on the south shore of False Creek just east of Granville Island a five minute walk away. The marina is owned and operated by the Greater Vancouver Floating Home Co-op (GVFHC) as a cooperative where members can live aboard their vessel year round (www.Spruceharbour.com).
April/2025 Invoice:
Member Moorage Fee 2024 - $8.60/ft/month X 49 ft = 421.40
Live Aboard Fee - 2025 = 247.33
Monthly hydro charge 2024 ($0.09/kWh) = 62.36
Shaw bulk service rate 2025 = 57.88
PST on internet = 4.05
2nd Car Parking = 60.00
Bicycle storage x 2 = 8.00
GST on sales = 30.48
Total = $891.50/month