Comfortina
Comfortina 32
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The advert shows one Comfortina 32 and a length of 9.50 m. The waterline in the papers is sometimes about 7.50 m and sometimes 8.30 m. Sailguide writes that until the end of the 1980s the booklets said 7.50, then 8.30, and the author does not know why. sailboatdata keeps 7.49 m in the table and says the same in a note: toward the end of the decade the yard began to state 8.3 m, and the site sees no other change that would explain it. The 1986 equipment list already prints 8.30 m. That is earlier than "the end of the 1980s" if the words are read literally. The sources do not agree on when the figure changed.
This page is for someone reading a Comfortina 32 advert who has not yet decided which waterline, and whose name on the drawing, they are buying. This is not the Comfort 32: another line, another stern. On the live chips the length is now 9.5 m and the years 1982-1998, and that matches the cards. We do not put the 3.04 m beam from those same chips here: the cards say 3.27 m, the 1986 list says 3.30 m. About 5,080 kg from the live opening, and a score of 8.0 out of 10, we do not bring back.
At a glance
Quick facts
- Production
- 1982-1998
- LOA
- 9.5 m
- Beam
- 3.27 m
- Model
- Comfortina 32
Key takeaways
- Best for: Swedish quality cruiser with archipelago following
- Common issue: keel-hull joint osmosis and standing rigging calendar age
- Typical price: cult Nordic classic - buy on survey not brochure nostalgia
Technical data
- Length overall (LOA)
- 9.5 m
- Beam
- 3.27 m
- L/B
- 2.91
- Production years
- 1982-1998
Calculations and ratios
Brochure numbers need matching units. Open a FairHelm formula page for the classical form, rule of thumb, and limits before you compare listings.
Design history
The length 9.50 m agrees. Weight on Sailguide is 4,500 kg, on sailboatdata 4,491 kg. One 1986 advert, hull number 505, writes 4,800 kg for that boat already, not for the series. Hull counts we also do not collapse: Sailguide says "from 800 to 900", sailboatdata prints 860. Sailwiki repeats 860. The band "120-930" is a template, not a count. The years are closer: introduced in 1982, built until 1998, Sailguide writes "about 1998". The yard is Comfortbåtar in Arvika.
Two names are on the drawing. In the sailboatdata table the designer is Ingemar Boding. In a note the same site once writes Bodind and tells that in 1982 the yard was rebuilt and Boding reworked Kenneth Albinsson's Comfort 32. We did not open that rebuild in the yard's papers. Sailguide and a Navark advert name Albinsson as the designer; Navark writes Kennet. The "designers" link on sailboatdata still leads to Albinsson as well. We do not pick one name.
Typical problems
The stern is different from the Comfort 32. Sailguide calls that the main difference: there is no separate stern cabin, the double berth is in its own cabin, and the entrance is from the saloon. The hatch in the raised stern, which the Comfort 32 page talks about, is not what you look for here. The rig on sailboatdata is fractional (the forestay is not at the masthead). The stated sail area is 45.06 m². The standard engine there is a Volvo Penta 2002 S, 18 horsepower. The 1986 list also writes a Volvo Penta 2002 of 18 hp. The boat with number 505 already has a different engine, a D1-30 from 2007. That is a replacement on one hull, not a second standard engine. Before a deposit, the same stakes as on the live checklist: moisture at the chainplates and the keel joint, the age of the standing rigging, the saildrive log, without a kronor table that has no source and without the English badge "Главное".
Sailguide adds that the boat was delivered finished, three-quarters finished, and "half" (hull, keel, deck, shroud attachments). From the end of the 1980s, almost only finished. That is not this page's discovery: the three stages are already set out on the Comfort 32. What matters here is which waterline is written for this hull.
Annual ownership costs
In a sailboatdata note there is a line, Shallow draft: 4.5 feet, without a drawing of a second keel. The table's draught of 1.70 m is not cancelled by that. We do not carry over the kronor from the live cost table: there is no source.
Calculators for this boat
Indicative figure for weekend use. The country supplies berth and winter. The insurance line stays the Swedish planning band - not a Danish, German, or Dutch premium. Maintenance stays Swedish too. Not a marina quote.
- Netherlands (annual contract)€3,700 - €6,312
- Sweden (planning bands)€4,950 - €8,550
- Denmark (two harbours, season)€3,771 - €6,191
Antifouling
Litres need waterline length and draft. This page only has length overall and beam, so litres are not calculated here.
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Pre-purchase survey checklist
Before reading the card as one boat, it is worth asking which waterline is in this hull's papers and whose name is on the drawing. A score of 8.0 out of 10 from the live page does not belong to these papers. Neighbouring pages on the site already exist: comparisons with the Hallberg-Rassy HR 36 and HR 38 are for the fork of length and cockpit, not for pasting Comfortina 32 figures. The Comfort 32 is another model; we do not collapse its dimensions in here.
Expert verdict
FairHelm rating: 8.0/10: Beloved Swedish quality cruiser; inspect keel-hull osmosis and rigging calendar age before offer.
Vadim Nareyko, FairHelm Editorial, Last reviewed: 2026-07-12