The designer.  Bill Huntingford designed High Drama. She was built in Taiwan in 1987. We are advised that only 8 Passport 51s were commissioned that year. Six are apparently still owned by the first owners.

High Drama is a cutter rigged, fiberglass sloop. Although the center cockpit contains the wheel, she also has an aft cockpit that is like a small back porch off the aft cabin. She has an auxiliary diesel engine, an auxiliary diesel generator to generate power to recharge her batteries and a reverse osmosis water maker. Her interior is finished with Burmese teak with a white cabin roof. She feels quite spacious, inside and out.

Layout. The forward V berth has a large queen sized bed with a foam mattress. The main salon contains dining and a built in set of teak cabinets which houses a stereo, charts, and some food supplies. Above the engine in the companionway leading to the aft cabin a sea berth is located directly above the engine. We anticipate that this will be the most used bunk while the boat sails in stiff breezes at sea. The aft stateroom has a queen sized berth with  a latex foam mattress. It opens to an aft cockpit with a shower on the stern.

Galley. There is a new Regency stove, and freezer, and refrigerator. Tile counter tops house  storage canisters for flour, coffee, oatmeal, popcorn, cookies, and other staples. 

High Drama has two separate cabins with a total of four berths, two heads and one shower, a salon that can  seat six for dinner, an efficient sea-going galley and a sturdy dodger.  A long waterline and generous sail plan make our Passport 51 a comfortable, easily driven offshore boat. She has a wonderful sea kindly motion. For windless days, a 88 h.p. Nanni Mercedes diesel engine provides 7.5 to 8.4 knots under power. High Drama is equipped with an six-person life raft,  first aid supplies, a dingy with a 9.9 h.p. Mercury outboard motor, a 406 EPIRB and a 121.1 EPIRB, (emergency positioning radios), radar, sextant, 2 global position systems,  2 VHF radios, a marine single sideband radio, 2 bilge pumps, automatic and manual fire extinguishers, safety harnesses and float vests for each person. She carries 240 gallons of water and 190 gallons of diesel fuel. She has  two private heads, one with shower, plus a deck shower in the aft cockpit.

Sail plan. The mainsail is brand new from North Sails. It is full battened and at the top displays  the logo of courage used by several Native American tribes:

She is equipped with a a roller furling Genoa jib, a high footed Yankee, detachable forestay with staysail, and a  cruising spinnaker with a sock. A storm jib hanks onto the forestay and storm trysail mounts with a separate track   on the mast.

Steering. She has hydraulic steering at the wheel, an electric autopilot, and a Saye's rig wind vane which permits automatic steering in constant wind without electricity.