Comar Yachts - Any Good?

[Whitelighter]

Does anyone have any experience of these yachts?

They look like good cruiser racers but I am finding quite a few second hand for sensible money and wondered if they are not as good as they claim. New web site is very swish but I would be looking at 2001-2006 boats

 

[Polux]

They are around since 1961, first cruiser in 1971 and made more than 5000 boats. Do you think that a company can last so long making bad boats in such a high competitive industry as it is boat building?

 

[Whitelighter]

Well Bavaria have built more, so have the beneteau group.

So are they on a par with these, or better or worse?

Why be so defensive, I like the look of them and might buy one but don't know brand.

 

[Lakesailor]

Website is a bit disjointed and the 41 seems to lean a lot.

 

[Polux]

Well Bavaria have built more, so have the beneteau group.

So are they on a par with these, or better or worse?

Why be so defensive, I like the look of them and might buy one but don't know brand.

I guess it was the way you have posted "are they any good?"

The quality is higher than Benetau or Bavaria, about the same as Grand Soleil also an Italian boat with a similar price tag and one of its direct concurrents. Talking of no Italian boats I would say about the same quality as Dehler.

 

[Habebty]

I have helped deliver a brand new Comet 36 from the East Coast to Southampton. Nicely fitted out below (possibly better than the JenBenBav offerings)and nice deck layout. Sailing quality was a little average but we werent really tested. In fact averagely nice probably summed it up.

 

[bikesherpa]

Hi,
Since last year, I own a Comar Genesi 43 built in 1998. I find it perfect for cruising (2 adults with 2 children) yet thrilling and highly competitive as a club racer too, even against much newer boats. Higher quality than any JenBenBav I had seen before purchasing my boat. The Genesi 43 is hand crafted and includes superior quality materials (cherrywood inside with many handcrafted details, teak covering and decks, fully equipped rigging and deck, etc.). Overall, I think the Genesi 43, as many other Comar's boats, is suitable for a wide cross-section of purposes.

 

[Polux]

Since I answered to this thread I have a better knowledge about the Comet since I acquired a 2007 Comet 41s. After 2 years and about 5000 NM me and my wife are very satisfied. We use it only for cruising even if the previous owner used it mostly for racing.

A short video:

http://youtu.be/oyZkwbb6tiE

 

[Bernie B]

We have bought a 2001 Genesi 43 some months ago and my wife is just loving her. We intend to spend some time living aboard and do some bluewater cruising with her. She has got a kind of a classical design and you can clearly see that it's a small series handcrafted boat. The Deck is bolted to the Hull through a aluminium deckrail and then the railing is bolted onto this rail. An older but rugged construction for a 2001 build. All the Harken fittings are large dimensioned. The rudder and keel seem to me solid too. There are some nice little details like boom- and spreader lights. The interior is luxury with beautiful cherry wood with lots of handles. Webasto heating, electric flush toilets and alcantara trim seem to be standard. The fusepanel is very large and the wiring looks very tidy. Another thing I like is the generous storage compartment at the bow which is accessible from the in- and outside. One negative aspect is the italian-style accessibility of the lombardini diesel engine in the center of the saloon. Sailing though is a real pleasure and the performance is too. Due to the high aspect rudder, I guess, she is very agile and very very well handled by the autopilot even in big waves. She seems well balanced in every course and condition. Generally I'm very impressed by this brand I didn't know at all before.

www.baerfussroute.com

 

[Polux]

We have bought a 2001 Genesi 43 some months ago and my wife is just loving her. We intend to spend some time living aboard and do some bluewater cruising with her. She has got a kind of a classical design and you can clearly see that it's a small series handcrafted boat. The Deck is bolted to Hull through a aluminium deckrail and then the railing is bolted onto this rail. An older but rugged construction for a 2001 build. All the Harken fittings are large dimensioned. The rudder and keel seem to me solid too. There are some nice little details like boom- and spreader lights. The interior is luxury with beautiful cherry wood with lots of handles. Webasto heating, electric flush toilets and alcantara trim seem to be standard. The fusepanel is very large and the wiring looks very tidy. Another thing I like is the generous storage compartment at the bow which is accessible from the in- and outside. One negative aspect is the italian-style accessibility of the lombardini diesel engine in the center of the saloon. Sailing though is a real pleasure and the performance is too. Due to the high aspect rudder, I guess, she is very agile and very very well handled by the autopilot. She seems well balanced in every course and condition. Generally I'm very impressed by this brand I didn't know at all before.

Hi! I have a Comet 41s:

A word of advise: If you come to the med leave the boat one year at Gestinautica in Fiumicino. They are the official shipyard for the maintenance of Comar boats (Genesis is a Comar boat) and their knowledge of the boats and replacement pieces is very good. Best of all it is at 3Kms of the main Roma airport and it is not expensive. I went there to make some modifications on my boat and since then (4 years ago) I leave there the boat for the winter. Working on the boat is allowed too.

 

[bikesherpa]

I fully confirm what Bernie and Polux posted.
The build quality of Comet boats is really superior to Ben/Bav/Jen
Here's a picture of my Genesi 43

If you are interested and speak Italian (or know how to use Google Translator ), I suggest to look at the facebook group of the Genesi 43 owners
https://www.facebook.com/groups/168281403349671/
and my website dedicated to this boat
http://genesi43.com

 

[Polux]

I fully confirm what Bernie and Polux posted.
The build quality of Comet boats is really superior to Ben/Bav/Jen
Here's a picture of my Genesi 43
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If you are interested and speak Italian (or know how to use Google Translator ), I suggest to look at the facebook group of the Genesi 43 owners
https://www.facebook.com/groups/168281403349671/
and my website dedicated to this boat
http://genesi43.com

I did not said that Comar boats were better than any other boat, just that I have one and I am satisfied as it seems to be the case with several other owners here . Photos can tell a lot and at least we can say they are beautiful boats (at least for us LOL). Here a well loaded Genesis:

and a Comet 41s:

And a picture of my boat this year, some days ago, going to the water (more photos on my blog).

 

[overstag]

I have owned a 1978 Comet 801 and a 2005 Bavaria 37. I now sail a Bavaria 38.
Now it might just be the advance in technology, but the quality of the Bavarias is much better then that of the Comet.
I know it's not the popular thing to say, but in my view you're much better off with a Bavaria.
Remember it's Italian. It looks great, but it breaks down all the time ;-)

 

[Polux]

I have owned a 1978 Comet 801 and a 2005 Bavaria 37. I now sail a Bavaria 38.
Now it might just be the advance in technology, but the quality of the Bavarias is much better then that of the Comet.
I know it's not the popular thing to say, but in my view you're much better off with a Bavaria.
Remember it's Italian. It looks great, but it breaks down all the time ;-)

I really cannot comment on a quality of a 40 year old Comet. at the time I did not know that they existed but I have owned a (new at the time) 2002 Bavaria 36 and I own now a 2007 Comet and the difference in quality is big as well as the proportional difference in price, not in things like the interior but in things like the boat structure, the quality of the sail hardware and the finnish, specially on the parts you don't see. Not saying bad things about Bavaria, I was very satisfied with the Bavaria 36 but they are not boats on the same price tag and if the quality of a Comet was not superior nobody would buy Comet. The difference in price on a 40ft boat should be about 100 000 euros

 

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