Design and Construction
The Comfort 30 was built by the Swedish yard Comfortbåtar AB in fibreglass, with a solid hull and a fin keel carrying a lead ballast of 3,064 pounds against a 7,275-pound displacement — a 42 percent ballast ratio that places real emphasis on righting moment for a 30-foot hull. The beam of just under ten feet and a length-to-beam ratio of 3.00 give her a comparatively narrow, purposeful profile rather than a beamy modern plan, while the 23.2-foot waterline and 260 displacement-length ratio slot her into the "moderate racer" category defined by the design data. Her wetted surface of about 269 square feet and immersion rate of 803 pounds per inch describe a hull that sits firmly in the water and responds predictably to loading.
Rig and Handling
She carries a masthead sloop rig with a mast standing 42 feet above the waterline and a reference sail area of 390 square feet, yielding a sail-area-to-displacement ratio of 15.9 on the ISO reference sail and 19.1 with a 135 percent genoa. The standing and running rigging dimensions are fully specified: halyards run 26.3 metres with 10-millimetre diameter, sheets scale to 9.1 metres at 12 millimetre, and the mainsheet is a 22.7-metre, 12-millimetre line. On the water, the theoretical displacement hull speed is 6.5 knots, while calculated engine maximums are 3.8 knots with a Yanmar diesel and 4.8 knots with a Volvo Penta diesel. Her capsize screening value of 2.05 means she would not be accepted to participate in ocean races, and the Motion Comfort Ratio of 20.8 speaks to a settled ride in a seaway rather than a featherweight racer's twitch.
Accommodations
Below, the Comfort 30 provides five berths, a galley, and a toilet facility — a straightforward cruising layout for a 29.8-foot loa hull. The interior is functional rather than expansive, consistent with a boat whose design priorities leaned toward seaworthy proportions and a moderate-racer hull form over maximal cabin volume.
The Verdict
The Comfort 30 is a well-founded Scandinavian cruiser whose numbers describe a stable, moderately quick coastal boat built in meaningful volume. Her lead-ballasted fin keel, solid fibreglass construction, and documented rig dimensions make her a comprehensible ownership proposition, though the capsize screening value plainly marks her as a coastal and short-passage craft rather than an ocean racer.
Pros
- Solid fibreglass hull with lead fin keel and 42 percent ballast ratio
- Fully specified rigging lengths and diameters
- Motion Comfort Ratio of 20.8 for a steady seaway manner
- Produced in quantity by a single Swedish yard for consistent parts context
Cons
- Capsize screening value of 2.05 excludes her from ocean racing
- Calculated engine maximum speed of 3.8–4.8 knots is modest
- Narrow beam and moderate-racer hull form limit interior volume
