Balance 502
Catamaran, twin daggerboards · Fractional Sloop · First built 2025
A 15.25-metre performance catamaran offering VersaDrive hybrid propulsion and a versatile sail plan for varied conditions
Designed by Philip Berman & Anton DU Toit.
- LOA
- Beam
- Draft (max)
- Displacement
- Hull type
- Catamaran Twin Dbrd.
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The Balance 502, on the water
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Footage from Lady K Sailing
Is it for you?
Character
Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.
101 — light for her waterline, so she is easily driven and quick to accelerate.
26.7 — a lot of sail for her weight; powered-up and eager, a real performer.
- Draws more than ~84% of boats her size on file
Compared with 254 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.
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The record
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