Comfortina 35 Buyer's Guide
Shopping a used Comfortina 35 means looking at one of fewer than 200 Thomas Bern designs built by Comfortbåtar AB from the mid-1990s, a fractional-rig ocean-certified cruiser whose small fleet keeps her a niche rather than a common sight. She is a boat you buy for the sailing rather than the square footage, and the right example will have been maintained by an owner who understood the saildrive and the sandwich hull.
Layouts on the Used Market
The available record does not itemize interior arrangements or model-year layout changes for the 35, so a buyer should treat the cabin plan as a view-at-inspection matter rather than a known variable across the fleet. What is fixed is the structure: a fiberglass sandwich hull with a 5.9-foot bulb keel, a fractional sloop, and tankage of 47 gallons water and 21 gallons diesel. Expect a narrow-beam (10.83-foot) 35-footer with ocean-class certification rather than a voluminous coastal weekender.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
On the used market, heating, autopilot, chartplotter, teak decks, hot water, and AIS are commonly fitted — the climate-control and navigation basics an owner in the boat's home markets expects. Often-seen sail-handling gear includes a self-tacking jib, gennaker or asymmetric spinnaker, furling main, and bimini, which together make the overrigged fractional boat manageable short-handed. Less common but possible owner upgrades run to solar, inverter, code zero, bow thruster, electric winches, and liferaft. For a buyer, the consequential clusters are power and energy (heating plus often-added solar or inverter) and sail handling (self-tacker and asymmetric spinnaker already on many boats), with teak decks a common cosmetic-and-survey item rather than a performance one.
What to Inspect
The one type-specific point the record supports is the saildrive transmission, whose rubber sealing diaphragm is a periodic-replacement component on this drive style. At viewing, confirm the diaphragm service history and look for weeping at the saildrive housing or a musty smell in the aft cabin that would signal replacement due and possible intrusion.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
These boats turn up across Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, the United Kingdom, and Denmark. For a shopper, the short list is:
- Confirm saildrive diaphragm replacement history
- Inspect teak deck bedding if fitted
- Verify Yanmar diesel and saildrive coupling condition
- Check CE Class A papers are present
- Sail her to feel the overrigged fractional rig
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Comfortina 35. The line shows the median ask each month; the bars show how many listings appeared.
Monthly breakdown · 9 rows
| Month | Listings | Median ask | Δ vs. last mo. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25 | 6 | $144,813 | — |
| Dec 25 | 1 | $128,883 | -11.0% |
| Jan 26 | 1 | $129,605 | +0.6% |
| Mar 26 | 1 | $138,668 | +7.0% |
| Apr 26 | 11 | $115,945 | -16.4% |
| May 26 | 1 | $114,354 | -1.4% |
| Jun 26 | 2 | $113,556 | -0.7% |
| Jul 26 | 1 | $145,543 | +28.2% |
| Aug 26 | 2 | $107,201 | -26.3% |
Where they're listed
Comfortina 35 listings appear across 6 countries. Germany has the most listings with 7 (31.8%), followed by Sweden and Netherlands.
Country view
22 listings · 6 countries| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | $145,543 | 7 | 2 | 31.8% |
| Sweden | $121,619 | 6 | 1 | 27.3% |
| Netherlands | $115,945 | 5 | 1 | 22.7% |
| United Kingdom | $106,373 | 2 | 0 | 9.1% |
| Denmark | $151,369 | 1 | 0 | 4.5% |
| Norway | $87,690 | 1 | 0 | 4.5% |
Comparable models
Similar length, displacement, and era. Open a row to compare that model's market page.
Similar boats to compare
6 similar designs| Model | LOA | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comfortina 35You are here | — | $ 122,005 | 26 | 5 |
| Hinterhoeller Niagara 35 | 35' | $ 25,000 | 14 | 4 |
| Scanmar 35 | 35.1' | $ 38,000 | 13 | 5 |
| Sweden Yachts C34 | 34' | $ 51,270 | 12 | 3 |
| Helmsman 35 | 34.52' | $ 39,066 | 6 | 2 |
| Baltic 35 | 34.83' | $ 67,290 | 3 | 0 |