Comfortina 32
Comfortbåtar · Kenneth Albinsson · 1982
Updated
The Comfortina 32 is a 9.37 m heavy displacement racing yacht designed by Kenneth Albinsson and built by Comfortbåtar, first launched in 1982. It races in Class C. Across the measured fleet it goes better than its own numbers promise, ahead of 30% of the designs it races against. It is at its best in light air and struggles to hold that once it blows.
Goes better than its own measurements promise, and does it better than 30% of the boats it races against.
111th of 159 in its class.
This design has been found in real race results — 3 starts across 1 event — not only in measurement files.
Length
9.37 m
30′ 9″
Beam
3.30 m
Draft
1.76 m
Displacement
4.7 t
Sail area
57 m²
On the podium
Where a Comfortina 32 finishes when she goes racing.
0
Wins
0
Seconds
0
Thirds
3
Starts
Not enough races yet for a percentage — these are the counts so far. We keep collecting results, so this will fill in.
Read from 3 starts by 1 boat between 2025, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Comfortina 32 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Malaga Sailing Cup2025
Raced one we are missing?
Report a regattaRound the buoys, or offshore
A short windward-leeward and a night at sea ask different things of a boat. Here is how this one does in each.
Round the buoys
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Not enough data yet: 3 races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: no races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Comfortina 32 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Met too few times for a figure:
First 34.7 (3 meetings), Mean Marine 32 (3 meetings), Oceanis 331 (3 meetings), Platu 25 (3 meetings), Hanse 342 (3 meetings), First 31.7 (3 meetings), Fortuna 9 (3 meetings), Yatlant 24 (3 meetings), First 27.7 (3 meetings), Aphrodite 101 (2 meetings), Astraea 295 (2 meetings), First 345 (2 meetings), First Class 8 (2 meetings), Dufour 34 (2 meetings)
Speed at every angle
The shape of this design's speed, drawn from the measured fleet. Pick a wind and watch it stretch.
Upwind VMG
4.59
39°
Beam reach
7.28
90°
Broad reach
7.77
135°
Downwind VMG
7.00
170°
Speed in knots at 20 knots of true wind. Green marks the angles that pay: the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Where it wins and where it pays
Every boat is judged against its own measurements — length, weight, sail area. The quicker those say it should be, the more it has to deliver just to break even. Going fast is not enough: it has to go faster than its own numbers promised.
It does its best work before the breeze fills in. Early-season racing and morning breezes play to its strengths; once it pipes up the fleet comes back to it.
Where it gains
Its best ground is on the beat in light air, where it goes better than its measurements say it should.
Where it pays
It falls short on a broad reach when it blows, giving away time it never gets back. That is weight that has to be driven rather than released.
Above the line it delivers more than promised and gains on the fleet. Below, it falls short. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.
Full width is 0.4 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the upwind.
How fast is a Comfortina 32
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.20 | 4.20 | 4.52 | 4.59 |
| 52° | 4.82 | 6.04 | 6.39 | 6.50 |
| 60° | 5.06 | 6.20 | 6.54 | 6.69 |
| 75° | 5.21 | 6.33 | 6.72 | 7.00 |
| 90° | 5.13 | 6.42 | 6.83 | 7.28 |
| 110° | 5.13 | 6.49 | 7.05 | 7.66 |
| 120° | 4.94 | 6.41 | 7.03 | 7.86 |
| 135° | 4.44 | 6.12 | 6.85 | 7.77 |
| 150° | 3.79 | 5.62 | 6.58 | 7.45 |
| Run VMG | 3.28 | 4.91 | 6.08 | 7.00 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Nearly all carry a folding propeller. Crew weight is declared around 460 kg.
Rigging
Comfortina 32 rig and sail dimensions
A Comfortina 32 carries 12.60 m of mainsail hoist on a 3.95 m boom, a forestay 11.43 m above the deck and a 3.83 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 14 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 54 to 61 m² depending on bowsprit and set-up. Before ordering a sail, read the figure on your own measurement record rather than the typical one for the design.