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Hallberg-Rassy 352

Masthead Sloop · Fin With Rudder On Skeg · 1978–1991

A classic center-cockpit cruiser from Enderlein and Rassy, featuring a skeg-hung rudder and a stiff, stable hull

Designed by Christoph Rassy & Olle Enderlein.

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

See her sail

The Hallberg-Rassy 352, on the water

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

Footage from Abandon Comfort

Is it for you?

Character

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

LivelySea-kindly

Her heavy displacement on a moderate beam gives 30 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.

Comfort ratio 30
CoastalBluewater

1.81 — just under the 2.0 offshore line; her beam is modest for her weight.

Capsize screening 1.81
LightHeavy

282 — heavy for her waterline, built to carry stores and ride steadily.

Displacement / length 282
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 16.0
TenderStiff

45% of her weight is ballast — stiff, standing up well to her sails.

Ballast 45%

A capable cruiser that sits just inside the offshore line — coastal work with real passages in her.

What the fleet has seen

The Hallberg-Rassy 352, as the fleet has seen it

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

The Hallberg-Rassy 352 is a masthead sloop designed by Christoph Rassy and Olle Enderlein, built by Hallberg-Rassy from 1978 to 1991, with an LOA of 10.6 meters and a displacement of 6699 kg. Aboard *59° North Sailing*, Ben Shaw sailed his 1985 Hallberg-Rassy 352, *Dovka*, 2,989 miles from La Cruz, Mexico, to the Marquesas in 23.5 days, continuing through the Tuamotus to Tahiti.12:52 Shaw noted the challenge of a long passage with two non-watch-standing children and an unequal division of labor.19:20 Aboard *WhiteSpotPirates*, Nike and Flo sailed their Hallberg-Rassy 352, *Santana*, 480 nautical miles from Rabat, Morocco, to La Graciosa in the Canary Islands, experiencing confused seas, cold temperatures, and physical exhaustion; they performed an at-sea repair to the boom vang hardware due to heavy motion. *Abandon Comfort* reviewed a Hallberg-Rassy 352 that had a 2-inch gap in the hull-to-deck joint, softening four deck sections, and corroded bottom paint, with estimated repairs of $10,000–$12,000.5:49

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen 3 times across 3 channels of the fleet.

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On the water

The Hallberg-Rassy 352 on video

Who's been looking

Market signal

Crews the fleet has filmed weighing this model up — no sale seen, and no asking price.

1channel weighed buying one

From the fleet's own footage — our observed signal, not broker listings.

The record

Full specifications

The complete reference set — tap any figure to switch between metric and imperial.

Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
44.8%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
16.0
Displacement / length
282.4
Comfort ratio
30.5
Capsize screening
1.81
Hull speed
7.2 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1131
Hull
Hull type
Fin with rudder on skeg
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Steel
Production
Years built
1978–1991
Units built
802
Designer
Christoph Rassy, Olle Enderlein
Builder
Hallberg-Rassy

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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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