Comfortina 42
Comfortbåtar · Thomas Bern · 1998
Updated
The Comfortina 42 is a 12.80 m displacement racing yacht designed by Thomas Bern and built by Comfortbåtar, first launched in 1998. It races in Class B.
Length
12.80 m
42′ 0″
Beam
3.87 m
Draft
2.08 m
Displacement
9.3 t
Sail area
80 m²
On the podium
Where a Comfortina 42 finishes when she goes racing.
0
Wins
0
Seconds
0
Thirds
1
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 1 start by 1 boat between 2022, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Comfortina 42 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
1000 Vele per Garibaldi XV Edizione2022
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: no races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: 1 race over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Comfortina 42 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Met too few times for a figure:
Genesi 43 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini) (1 meeting), Bavaria 36 (1 meeting), Comet 910 (Stadt) (1 meeting)
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
5.64
38°
Beam reach
8.58
90°
Broad reach
9.27
135°
Downwind VMG
7.77
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 is an upwind boat first. Windward-leeward courses give it more of what it is good at than a coastal race does.
Where it gains
Its best ground is upwind when it blows, where it goes better than its measurements say it should, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage across the wind as well, so the gain is not down to one leg of the course.
Where it pays
It falls short off the wind once it pipes up, giving away time it never gets back. That is a displacement hull working to its designed speed.
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 beam reach.
How fast is a Comfortina 42
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.29 | 4.66 | 5.43 | 5.64 |
| 52° | 5.07 | 6.83 | 7.59 | 7.86 |
| 60° | 5.39 | 7.08 | 7.75 | 8.07 |
| 75° | 5.62 | 7.27 | 7.91 | 8.40 |
| 90° | 5.70 | 7.57 | 8.21 | 8.58 |
| 110° | 5.76 | 7.68 | 8.43 | 9.30 |
| 120° | 5.59 | 7.56 | 8.36 | 9.47 |
| 135° | 4.97 | 7.13 | 8.10 | 9.27 |
| 150° | 4.17 | 6.36 | 7.63 | 8.61 |
| Run VMG | 3.61 | 5.51 | 6.68 | 7.77 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Nearly all carry a folding propeller. A bowsprit is standard across the fleet. Crew weight is declared around 350 kg.
Rigging
Comfortina 42 rig and sail dimensions
A Comfortina 42 carries 15.00 m of mainsail hoist on a 5.00 m boom, a forestay 15.65 m above the deck and a 5.12 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 5 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 95 to 108 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.