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Comfortina 39
January 20, 2010 · 5 min · 24K views
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The Comfortina 39, a 39-foot cruising sailboat from the Swedish yard Comfortina, is sea-trialed in 12–14 knots of wind over flat water.1:29 Designer Thomas Bern's hull features a balanced volume distribution, a maximum beam that tapers slightly to the transom, and traditional appendages — a pronounced-chord keel with a boot-shaped bulb — that produce soft motion over waves and solid performance across all points of sail.0:51 Under the standard Jib 3 headsail, the boat reaches 6.8 knots close-hauled at 35 degrees of apparent wind angle, a figure the testers note approaches racing-boat territory for a cruiser.2:01 Tacking is light and intuitive, with a dead angle of roughly 70 degrees.2:18 At a 90-degree apparent wind angle, boat speed holds near 7 knots even as wind drops to 10 knots.2:18 Hull construction is hand-laminated fiberglass, with Divinycell sandwich in the topsides and deck; the yard claims no osmosis has appeared on any Comfortina hull.3:00 The deck layout prioritizes short-handed offshore sailing: a compact, well-protected cockpit, primary winches on the coachroof coaming operable from inside or the rail, and 50-cm sidedecks with angled coachroof walls for safe forward passage when heeled.3:36 The raised mainsheet traveler divides the helmsman's area from the foredeck crew's zone but restricts movement aft.4:22
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