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2025Balance482

$1,350,000
Norfolk, VA, United States
Year2025
Length48'
TypeSailing
ListingBrokerage

Overview

November 2025 Balance 482 (custom 50.2).  Immaculate, turnkey, and offered well below replacement cost. A reluctant sale, driven by the owner’s health and changing family circumstances, brings to market the most comprehensively equipped and upgraded Balance 482 on the market. Hull #31 launched in November 2025 at a build cost of approximately $1.9 million. Her owners have since invested further, most recently in $50,000 custom-engineered stern extensions. She is the first of 482 to be offered for sale with this upgrade. The stern extensions An independent naval architect designed the extensions using CFD analysis. They add waterline length and buoyancy aft, which makes her faster and more efficient under sail and power and takes her to 50.2 ft. Balance’s new 502 is an updated version of the 482, built on the same platform with extended sterns. A comparably specified 502 costs about $2.3 million. Pura Vida is a very similar, proven boat for close to $1 million less. No wait and a proven platform. Power without a generator She has the Integrel dual E-Drive 15kW generating system with a 36kWh 48V lithium house bank, an upgrade worth more than $100,000. It runs the air conditioning all night and recharges quickly, and there is no diesel generator to run or maintain. Built for short-handed bluewater sailing • Six Harken 48V electric winches and an upgraded fishbone boom • Ullman 75m² Screecher on a Selden furler, a Code D, and a New…

Additional details

Disclaimer The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.

Key specifications

BuilderBalance
Model482
Year2025
Length overall48 ft
Catamaran typeSailing
ConditionUsed
Cabins3
Heads2
Hull materialComposite
Waterline length50.17 feet
Beam25.92 feet
Maximum draft7.25 feet
Draft — drive up3.83 feet
Displacement24945 pound

Accommodations

Cabins3
Heads2
Convertible saloonNo

Engines and performance

Number of engines2
Fuel typeDiesel
Total engine power90.0 hp
Total engine hours1,200
Drive typeSail

Systems and deck equipment

Trim tabsNo

Price, tax, and warranty

Tax statusNot Paid

Summary

The 2025 Balance 482 is a 48-foot composite sailing catamaran listed in Norfolk, Virginia; the seller describes this hull as a custom 50.2 after adding stern extensions. Its three-cabin owner’s layout dedicates the starboard hull to the owners, while a port-aft office has a pull-out double berth that can serve as guest sleeping space or a work area.

For buyers weighing onboard power and equipment, the listed system pairs dual Integrel E-Drive units with a 36 kWh, 48-volt lithium house bank, alongside 2.4 kW of solar; the seller says this replaces a diesel generator. The listing also reports fewer than 600 engine hours and recent engine and saildrive servicing, while the November 2026 survey is described as available to serious buyers.

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