The Story
Climb aboard the new Balance 482 and behold the boldly contemporary lines of our trend setting high performance blue water voyager. Designed by World Champion catamaran racer Phillip Berman and Award Winning naval architect Anton Du Toit, the Balance 482 is blue water tough, fast as a gazelle, yet exceptionally easy to handle.
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Specs
Base, sail away price for the Balance 482 begins at $1,081,599 FOB our South African Factory. A fully cruise equipped model runs approximately $1,350,000 FOB our South African Factory. For a full list of standard 482 equipment and a detailed options pricing list, please click here.
Overall Length
48.26ft / 14.71m
Waterline Length
48.26ft / 14.71m
Beam Overall
25.91ft / 7.9m
Main Sail
964 ft2 / 89.6m2
Working Self-Tacking Jib
468 ft2 / 43.5 m2
Sail Area (100% Foretriangle)
1,432 ft2 / 133.1 m2
Asymmetric Spinnaker
1970 ft2 / 183.1 m2
Draft
Boards Down: 7.22ft / 2.2m
Boards Up: 3.81ft / 1.16m
Hull Beam
7.55 ft/ 2.3m
Air draft
71.39 ft/ 21.76 m
DISP (L/Ship)
24,950lbs / 11.315 kgs
DISP (Max Load)
33,075lbs / 15,000kgs
DaviT LOad & dinghy
The 482 davits are designed to take a safe load of 250kgs (550 lbs) per davit arm.
Suggested dinghy is the AB Inflatables 11ALX at 3.5m (11’ 6”) at an estimated weight of 129 kgs (285 lbs) with a recommended 30hp outboard at 85 kgs (187 lbs). Total weight of rig = 214 kgs (472 lbs).
Screacher/furling
784 ft2 / 72.9m2
Yanmar 4JH45 x SD 60
2× 45 HP / 2×34 kW
Fuel Capacity
2×105 gals / 2×400 liters
Fresh Water Capacity
2×103 gals / 2×390 litres
Black Water Capacity
2×16 gals / 2×61 litres
Designers
Phillip Berman and Anton Du Toit
Layouts
- 3 cabin owners version. Owner master berth starboard forward, owner master shower aft. Queen berth forward on port side with double bed aft. There can be one or two heads on port side, depending on customer choice
- 3 cabin owner version with office to port. Owner master berth to starboard forward, owner master shower aft. Queen berth forward on port side, with single berth/office combination aft.
- 2 cabin double owner version, where both port and starboard hulls are private owner suites.
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Four cabin two head version
Read What Experts Are Saying About The 482
Want to learn more about the Balance? Read what experts from around the world have come to learn about the Balance Catamarans after test sails and inspections on this special cat by visiting our media page.
“In addition to being a yacht of the finest quality, the new “Versahelm” design is so elegant, wise and functional one wonders why nobody thought to do it before…”
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