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Comfort 30

Masthead Sloop · Fin With Rudder On Skeg · 1972–1980

A Swedish-built masthead sloop based on the Joker S30, featuring a fin keel with a skeg-mounted rudder

Designed by Kenneth Albinsson, built by Comfortbatar AB.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin With Rudder On Skeg

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The Comfort 30, on the water

The fleet's own footage — the truest look at how she really moves.

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Is it for you?

Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

LivelySea-kindly

Her moderate displacement on a moderate beam gives 21 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.

Comfort ratio 21
CoastalBluewater

2.06 — right around the 2.0 line, the edge between coastal and offshore.

Capsize screening 2.06
LightHeavy

260 — moderately heavy for her waterline, a balanced cruising weight.

Displacement / length 260
EasygoingPowered-up

16.7 — moderate power for her weight; steady, all-round performance.

Sail area / displacement 16.7
TenderStiff

42% of her weight is ballast — stiff, standing up well to her sails.

Ballast 42%

A balanced, easily-driven cruiser — comfortable and forgiving for coastal work.

What the fleet has seen

The Comfort 30, as the fleet has seen it

Derived from the videos the fleet has analysed of this model. ▶ marks open the moment aboard.

The Comfort 30 is a masthead sloop designed by Kenneth Albinsson, based on Rolf Magnusson's JOKER S30, and built between 1972 and 1980 by Comfortbatar AB and Robertsons. It measures 9.1 meters LOA, with a 3.0-meter beam, 1.7-meter draft, and 3299 kg displacement. Most units were produced in Sweden, with a small number built in Scotland during the mid-1970s.

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

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The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
42.1%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
16.7
Displacement / length
260.1
Comfort ratio
20.9
Capsize screening
2.06
Hull speed
6.5 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
824
Hull
Hull type
Fin with rudder on skeg
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Lead
Production
Years built
1972–1980
Units built
1000
Designer
Kenneth Albinsson
Builder
Comfortbatar AB, Robertsons

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The family

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Nearby designs by size, type, and era — worth a look alongside her.

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