Balance 526 vs Windelo 55 Sport
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On the numbers
Next to the Balance 526, the Windelo 55 Sport is 0.5 m longer and 1% heavier. The Balance 526 has the higher Capsize screening (3.63, above the guideline), the Windelo 55 Sport the lower (3.49, above the guideline).
Balance 526
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Windelo 55 Sport
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| General | ||
| Builder | Balance Catamarans | Windelo Catamarans |
| Designer | Phillip Berman/Anton du Toit | Barreau/Neuman |
| Hull type | Catamaran Twin Dbrd. | Catamaran |
| Keel type | – | Daggerboard |
| Rigging | Frac. Sloop (Rotating Spar) | – |
| Construction | E-glass/cabon | – |
| First built | 2016 | 2026 |
| Dimensions | ||
| Length overall | 16.00 m ▼ | 16.54 m ▲ |
| Waterline length | 15.60 m | – |
| Beam | 8.28 m ▲ | 7.98 m ▼ |
| Draft (max) | 2.20 m ▼ | 2.95 m ▲ |
| Draft (min) | 1.16 m ▼ | 1.25 m ▲ |
| Weight & ballast | ||
| Displacement | 12,200 kg ▼ | 12,300 kg ▲ |
| Sail plan | ||
| Sail area | – | 154.00 m² |
| Mainsail | – | 106.00 m² |
| Foresail | – | 48.00 m² |
| Engine & tanks | ||
| Engine make | 2x Yanmar | – |
| Fuel | 1,000 L | – |
| Water | 780 L | – |
| Ratios | ||
| D/L | 90 | – |
| Comfort ratio | 9.9 lightweight racing | – |
| Capsize screening | 3.63 ▲ above the guideline | 3.49 ▼ above the guideline |
| Hull speed | 9.59 kn | – |
| KSP | 0.90 | – |
▲ highest and ▼ lowest value in each row. Ratio bands as on the yacht pages; – means the value is not in the catalogue.