Balance Boats

Inside Hello World, the First Balance 464

She’s the 104th Balance to launch and the smallest boat we now build, but step aboard and you’d never guess she’s the baby of the family. While Hello World was...

Inside the Balance 750 Ultra Velo: A Walk Through Her Interior

The Balance 750 Ultra Velo is our proof-of-concept flagship, specified without compromise and handcrafted in our Cape Town yard. Most of what’s written about her is about speed: a full...

Cruising the Road Less Traveled: How Balance 482 Sailor Paul Britton Learned to ‘Trim the Fails’

From the boardroom to the helm of a Balance 482 What happens when a lifetime of engineering massive commercial ships meets the unpredictable reality of the open ocean? For Paul...

100 Boats: Balance Catamarans Celebrates a Milestone Launch in Cape Town

Good morning from the Royal Cape Yacht Club in Cape Town, where we’re celebrating a milestone. We’ve been dropping hints for weeks that we were closing in on triple digits,...

Inside the Build: A Walk Through the Cape Town Factory with the New 464 and 502

https://youtu.be/v3CqmsTt8Fo There’s a particular kind of chaos that only makes sense once you’ve seen it in person — dusty, loud, and constantly moving, but somehow perfectly choreographed. That’s what a...

Build for Safety: The Thinking Behind Every Balance Catamaran

At Balance, safety is not something we bolt on at the end. It is designed into the boat from the first line drawn, and it is built into every laminate,...

Introducing the Balance 750 Ultra Velo

https://youtu.be/8gWKWtOcsTU Our Flagship, Built Without Compromise For over a decade, Balance Catamarans has been quietly redefining what a performance luxury catamaran can be. Since 2012, we’ve launched more than 100...

Aboard Matsu: From the Lesser Antilles to French Polynesia

A Voyage Through the Caribbean, the Pacific, and Beyond In Julie’s own words, continuing the story of her family’s voyage aboard their Balance 482, Matsu. For those who followed our...

Luxurious outdoor daybed and dining area in the aft cockpit of the Balance 580 performance catamaran Marnie Kai 3

Inside Marnie Kai 3: A Tour of the Balance 580’s Interior

There’s a moment on every performance catamaran walkthrough where the conversation shifts from knots and daggerboards to something more personal: what does it actually feel like to live aboard? For...

Onda Launch, the Last Balance 442 Ever Built

The Final Balance 442 Launch Meet Onda. Hull 30 of the Balance 442, and the last of her kind. She launched on a clear Cape Town morning, not a cloud...

Understanding Catamaran Pricing

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