Sea Spirit 60 Passagemaker boat test and performance review covering photos, features, the layout, and engine statistics.

The 60’s stance dockside, however, was fetchingly balanced. She sat precisely on her marks once we’d finished with the tie-up and literally exuded practicality. Topside safety, for example, was an obvious priority—at 3'7", the height of the bulwarks forward was lofty and protective, as were the heights of the Portuguese Bridge (4'3") and the welded, stainless steel boat-deck railing (2'6"). Interior living spaces were expansive, cruise-comfortable, and finely crafted; our test boat, with a 17'6" long saloon, galley, and wheelhouse on the main deck and an engine room and three-stateroom, two-head accommodation area below, sported one of several optional layouts. Additionally, just about every piece of ancillary equipment I looked at while touring the vessel—from the residential-type appliances in the galley to the Key Power KP3500 genset-energized hydraulic get-home system in the machinery spaces—was standard issue. Indeed, I came across only four major options: granite countertops, electronics, a Bower davit, and an extra genset.

This last factor made summarization at the end of my tour especially easy. Sea Spirit’s Passagemaker 60 is an exceptionally efficient expeditionary-type cruiser with a repertoire of roomy, easy-livin’ conventional layouts, an operational ambiance of quiet comfort, and all the equipage necessary to make crossing oceans both safe and enjoyable. And best of all, at $1,690,000, she’s virtually turn-key.

Noteworthy: Machinery Spaces

Our test boat had simple, practical machinery spaces with 5'2" headroom, ample fluorescent lighting, and diamond-plate underfoot. Access to the engine is superb—I could walk all around the Lugger, which was guarded by high stainless steel railings, like I was strolling around a park.

The outboard fuel tanks are covered with noise-absorbent sheets and perforated aluminum and are equipped with sightglasses and large inspection covers. There’s also a standard Reverso fuel-polisher. Moreover, Racors for gensets and the main are conveniently marshaled in a single, easy-to-get-at location: on a StarBoard panel against one tank.

Thanks to the fact that the 60’s machinery spaces are so expansive and sparsely inhabited (electrical components are mostly in the lazarette), access to everything is superb, and there's no sweat grasping the logic of the place.

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