De Fever Passagemaker 40 All Fiberglass Offshore Cruising Trawler (1973)

 

Passagemaker 40 Designed by Arthur De Fever and Built by Jensen Marine, Cruises the Open Seas.

Passagemaker 40 Designed by Arthur De Fever and Built by Jensen Marine, Cruises the Open Seas. | GGA Image ID #

 

At last! The reliability of an all American, all fiberglass offshore cruising trawler!

Passagemaker 40 designed by Arthur DeFever and built by Jensen Marine in America!

Only Jensen Marine, with 12 years of experience in the craft of building ocean-going sailboats, has the know-how and skill in fiberglass construction to produce the kind of trawler you want when you go cruising offshore.

 

Passagemaker 40, Designed by Arthur De Fever and Built by Jensen Marine in America. 1973 Print Advertisement.

Passagemaker 40, Designed by Arthur De Fever and Built by Jensen Marine in America. 1973 Print Advertisement. | GGA Image ID # 23b743c31a

 

Only Arthur De Fever, with 19 years experience in the design of giant super-trawlers for the commercial fishing industry, could design the kind of sea-kindly hull that lets you keep on going when the going gets rough.

There is probably no naval architect in the world with more years of actual cruising experience in the world's great cruising waters, than Arthur De Fever.

This experience is evidenced in the use of space that makes a 40' Passagemaker live better than many 42' cruisers of other makes.

The distinctive flared bow typical of all De Fever designs and the unmatched fiberglass construction that marks all Jensen products combine to make the Passagemaker 40 the choice of experienced and discriminating yachtsmen who seek the perfect answer to long range, offshore cruising.

 

Send for a brochure giving full description and details and the location of your nearest De Fever dealer.

De Fever Passagemaker

Costa Mesa, Calif. 92627

A Bangor Punta Company

GG Archives REF: BPDFP-006-1973-BW-AD

 

Last Updated: May 2026

 

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Repository Information

The Gjenvick-Gjønvik Archives (GG Archives) is cataloged with the Library of Congress under MARC Org Code: WiMfGGA and ISIL: US-wimfgga.

Current location:
N91W16562 Pershing Ave, #1
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Note: Historic addresses listed in earlier MARC records include Marietta, GA and Woodstock, GA. These appear in authority files but are no longer active.

 

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Bangor Punta Era

The Bangor Punta era, lasted approximately twenty years -- from 1964 to 1984.

History will likely remember the company for its tenacity in pursuing acquisitions; their high-profile corporate executives; and, two United States Supreme Court cases that the company was involved in during its short life span.

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