Balance 482

Design

Designer

Phillip Berman & Anton du Toit

Summary

Best Suited For

• Liveaboard

  From the published figures: LOA 14.71 m · 4 cabins · fresh water 780 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

48.3 ft (14.71 m)

Hull length

—

LWL

48.3 ft (14.71 m)

Beam

25.9 ft (7.9 m)

Draft (min)

3.8 ft (1.16 m)

Draft (max)

7.2 ft (2.2 m)

Air draft

71.4 ft (21.76 m)

Displacement

29,321 lb (13,300 kg)

Ballast

—

Cabins

3–4

Heads

—

Berths

—

Sail Plan

Main sail

1,017 ft² (94.47 m²)

Jib

390 ft² (36.25 m²)

Genoa

—

Sail area

1,481 ft² (137.58 m²)

Downwind sail area

1,984 ft² (184.34 m²)

Rig type

—

Engine and Tanks

Engine

45 hp (Yanmar)

Engine count

2

Engine manufacturer

Yanmar

Propulsion type

saildrive

Fuel capacity

211 gal (800 L)

Fresh water capacity

206 gal (780 L)

Black water capacity

—

Construction

Mast material

—

Hull material

Carbon reinforced foam core / E-glass with carbon-fiber reinforcement

Deck material

—

Keel type

—

Rudder type

—

Steering wheels

—

Builder's Own Figures

Black Water Capacity

2 x 60 ltrs

DISP (Base Boat - Keeled)

13300 kg

Davit Load

250 kgs per arm

Draft Keeled Version

1.352 m

Bridgedeck Clearance

818 mm

Maximum Load Displacement

17290 kg

Max Length Tender

3.5 m

Max Weight Tender w/OB

214 kgs

Screacher/Reacher

88.70 m2

Sail Area (overview strip)

133.1 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 482· this modelDiscontinued48.3 ft
7. Balance 46446.6 ft
8. Balance 442Discontinued44.3 ft

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