St Francis Bay
We are thrilled to welcome Marnie Kai 3 to the water! A beautiful day and calm waters in St Francis Bay set the scene for a truly successful launch. A milestone moment for her proud owners, and the beginning of many great adventures ahead. From start to finish, everything came together beautifully, marking another special moment in the Balance Catamarans story.
Marnie Kai 3
With her crisp white hull, bold red waterline stripe, and name in red script on the stern, Marnie Kai 3 is a timeless beauty. Her classic colours will turn heads in every anchorage.
We wish Marnie Kai 3 and her crew fair winds and following seas on the adventures ahead.
The Balance 580 - Performance Catamaran
The Balance 580 is a high-performance luxury voyager designed by Philip Berman and Anton du Toit, built for sailors with speed in their hearts but luxury on their minds. At 17.78m (58.32ft) with a 209.1m² sail plan, the Balance 580 is built in St. Francis Bay, South Africa, and has been named a SAIL Magazine Top 10 Best Boats 2026 winner.
With her long lean hulls and carbon-reinforced structure, foam core hulls, and 100% epoxy construction, the Balance 580 points high upwind with little leeway in the 8 to 11 knot range with her high-aspect daggerboards. Reaching in true winds between 8 and 16 knots she’ll do wind-speed or better with ease – and in stiff winds and surf, she accelerates into the 20s.
The Balance 580 is available in two hull configurations: the Carbon Cross Performance Hull, built with E-glass and significant carbon fibre reinforcement in high-load areas, laminated and vacuum-bagged with closed cell foam cores in full epoxy construction; and the Carbon XP High Performance Hull, crafted with 100% epoxy resin and full carbon construction. Layouts range from 3 to 5 cabins.
