Balance 442

Design

Designer

Phillip Berman & Anton du Toit

Summary

Best Suited For

• Liveaboard

  From the published figures: LOA 13.5 m · 4 cabins · fresh water 700 L

Tags are derived from certified class, length, sail area, accommodation and tankage using the criteria described on the Sources page; an editor may add or remove one.

Sailing Ratios

Classic yacht-design ratios worked out from the builder's published figures, each shown against the bands designers read it by.

Most builders publish a light displacement. The ratios were defined on a loaded boat, so every boat here reads a little lighter than a surveyor's figure would — all alike, which keeps them comparable.

Tanks

What the builder publishes about how fast, how strong and how much the boat carries.

Dimensions

LOA

44.3 ft (13.5 m)

Hull length

—

LWL

44.3 ft (13.5 m)

Beam

24.9 ft (7.6 m)

Draft (min)

3.8 ft (1.16 m)

Draft (max)

7.1 ft (2.15 m)

Air draft

65.6 ft (20.01 m)

Displacement

26,015 lb (11,800 kg)

Ballast

—

Cabins

3–4

Heads

—

Berths

—

Sail Plan

Main sail

814 ft² (75.6 m²)

Jib

321 ft² (29.81 m²)

Genoa

—

Sail area

1,206 ft² (112 m²)

Downwind sail area

1,645 ft² (152.83 m²)

Rig type

—

Engine and Tanks

Engine

29 hp (Yanmar)

Engine count

2

Engine manufacturer

Yanmar

Propulsion type

saildrive

Fuel capacity

211 gal (800 L)

Fresh water capacity

185 gal (700 L)

Black water capacity

—

Construction

Mast material

—

Hull material

E-glass with carbon-fiber reinforcement, closed cell foam core

Deck material

—

Keel type

—

Rudder type

—

Steering wheels

—

Builder's Own Figures

Davit Load

250 kgs per arm

Max Weight Tender w/OB

214 kgs

Black Water Capacity

2 x 42 ltrs

Maximum Load Displacement

15,340 kgs

Max Length Tender

3.5 m

Bridgedeck Clearance

818 mm

Screacher/Reacher

59.64 m2

Brochure

About Balance Catamarans

Semi-custom

American-founded builder of performance sailing catamarans, established in 2013 by Phillip Berman, with boats built by partner yards in Saint Francis and Cape Town, South Africa.

The Balance Catamarans Range

Every model Balance Catamarans publishes, by length — where this one sits in the range.

1. Balance 75076.1 ft
2. Balance 58058.3 ft
3. Balance 54054.5 ft
4. Balance 526Discontinued52.5 ft
5. Balance 50250 ft
6. Balance 482Discontinued48.3 ft
7. Balance 46446.6 ft
8. Balance 442· this modelDiscontinued44.3 ft

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