Hallberg-Rassy
HR 29
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On the live Hallberg-Rassy 29 card the Best for block still says: an early pocket cruiser before Monsun and the HR 31 ladder. The yard in Ellös prints something else. Monsun 31 sits in the previous-models table as 1973-1982, about 904 hulls. HR 29 is 1982-1994, 571 hulls. Until Best for puts the 29 ahead of the 1970s bestseller, you are not yet looking at the compact the yard describes as coming after the Monsun window.
The designers on the yard sheet are Olle Enderlein and Christoph Rassy, not Germán Frers. Frers appears on the yard history from the late 1980s; we do not pair this 29 with a «little Frers». The yard hub on the site keeps its own Monsun/Frers-era story - the stake on this page is different: the year order on the 29 card itself. Before money changes hands a short plate is enough: years 1982-1994, about 571 hulls, names Enderlein/Rassy. Otherwise hull identity is not closed.
At a glance
Quick facts
- Production
- 1982-1994
- LOA
- 8.9 m
- Beam
- 2.83 m
- Model
- HR 29
Key takeaways
- Best for: early HR pocket cruiser before Monsun and HR 31 ladder
- Common issue: upper shroud chainplate moisture on 1970s decks
- Typical price: classic HR entry - repower alignment matters on diesel swaps
Technical data
- Length overall (LOA)
- 8.9 m
- Beam
- 2.83 m
- L/B
- 3.14
- Production years
- 1982-1994
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
Figures agree where the yard, the club and sailboatdata say the same. Overall length 8.90 m, waterline 7.25 m, beam 2.83 m, displacement about 3,800 kg, ballast about 1,750 kg (steel encapsulated in the bilge). Draft on the yard sheet is 1.59 m, on sailboatdata 1.60 m - a centimetre fork, we do not pick one number. The spec engine is a Volvo Penta 2002 on saildrive, about 18 hp; fuel 60 L, water 120 L. Live chips already hold the years and 8.9 × 2.83; LWL is missing on the card for the antifoul calculator - the yard sheet supplies it.
Typical problems
The yard offered the 29 with or without a quarter berth. Without the berth you get an extra cockpit locker. That is a layout fork under one name, not «another model». Under water sailboatdata reads a fin and a skeg-hung rudder. Monsun has a long keel and a different club memory. The HR 29 / Monsun 31 pair on the site is already written: we do not retell the keel drama from there, we only refuse to scramble the year order.
Annual ownership costs
On survey, apart from the false «before Monsun», check skeg play, teak and moisture at the chainplates for a 1980s-1990s hull, standing-rigging invoices and saildrive history. The live FAQ still talks about shroud moisture on 1970s decks - for a series that started in 1982, that is the wrong decade in one line. Read the annual cost bands on the card as a Swedish marina class around 9 m, not a yard offer. We do not invent an asking price here.
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
Beside this page: Monsun 31, HR 312, the yard hub and a few compares. Their opens are not cloned here: first fix the ladder order on the 29 card itself.
Expert verdict
FairHelm rating: 7.8/10: Early HR pocket cruiser with loyal following; survey chainplate moisture and repower alignment.
Vadim Nareyko, FairHelm Editorial, Last reviewed: 2026-07-12