2027 Balance 580 for Sale – 58 ft – St. Francis, South Africa

This listing is for available hulls for 2027 deliveries which can be customized.

The Balance 580 supercharges performance voyaging for sailors who demand both speed and refined luxury. Designed for long-range cruising without compromise, her long, lean foam-core hulls and heavily carbon-reinforced 100% epoxy construction deliver exceptional stiffness, strength, and sailing efficiency while remaining remarkably light. She is engineered to sail fast in light air, point high upwind with minimal leeway, and surge effortlessly into the high teens and twenties as conditions build.

With a powerful 2,255 sq ft sail plan, three-headsail rig, and self-tacking jib, the 580 ghosts along in under five knots of wind while others motor, yet remains easily managed short-handed. Her award-winning 90% pivoting VersaHelm® provides unmatched sightlines and seamless flow between cockpit and salon, while superb deck ergonomics and centralized sail handling make her one of the easiest performance cats of her size to sail alone.

Inside, the Balance 580 delivers expansive, open-plan living with an island-style galley, luxurious accommodations for six to eight, and handcrafted foam-core wood cabinetry throughout. Italian-inspired interiors, generous storage, and convertible living spaces make her equally suited to passagemaking or extended liveaboard comfort. Optional VersaDrive hybrid propulsion further enhances efficiency, dramatically reducing fuel consumption while supporting large lithium battery banks and solar arrays.

Fast, strong, and elegantly executed, the Balance 580 represents the pinnacle of bluewater performance cruising—where speed, comfort, quality, and sustainability remain perfectly in balance.

Specifications

Overall Length:17.78 m / 58.32 ft
 Waterline Length:17.78 m / 58.33 ft
 Beam Overall:8.6 m / 28.21 ft
 Main Sail:140.9 m² / 1,516 ft²
 Working Self-Tacking Jib:79.5 m² / 856 ft²
 Sail Area (100% Foretriangle):209.5 m² / 2,255 ft²
 Asymmetric Spinnaker:310.83 m² / 3,346 ft²
 Screacher / Reacher:125.7 m² / 1,353 ft²
 Draft (Boards Down):3.35 m / 10.99 ft
 Draft (Boards Up):1.65 m / 5.40 ft
 Air Draft / Mast Clearance:27.43 m / 89.99 ft
 Displacement (Cruise Equipped Launch Weight):16,668 kg / 36,753 lbs (Standard Carbon Cross Version)
 Underwing Clearance:1.10 m / 3.61 ft
 Fuel Capacity:2 x 500 L / 2 x 132 gal
 Fresh Water Capacity:2 x 300 L / 2 x 79 gal
 Black Water Capacity:2 x 60 L / 2 x 16 gal
 Co-Designers:Phillip Berman & Du Toit Yacht Design

STANDARD SAIL-AWAY equipment as per Schedule "A" specifications 

• Owners Three / Four Cabin GA ( with either convertible office / bunk beds / captains quarters for the Four Cabin option)

• Carbon Core Construction - Corecell SAN foam core with epoxy resin and carbon reinforcements in high load areas

• Carbon Daggerboards & Trunks

• Carbon Rudders, Stock & Quadrants

• Aluminium Mast with spreaders and wire rigging - Sparcraft Masts

• Aluminium Hayrack Boom  - Sparcraft Masts

• Carbon Crossbeam and Longeron - Fused Composite Designs

• Deck, hull and cockpit including non-skid standard colour Cloud white

• 2 x Harken 60 Electric Radial Winches (Jib Sheet, Reefs) at helm

• 2 x Harken 60 Electric Radial Winches  (Main Halyard & Genoa) at helm

• 2 x Harken 50 Electric Radial Winches (lifting dinghy, dagger boards and/or spinnaker and Code 0) aft end coaming

• 1 x Harken 60 Electric Radial Winch 3 speed at Mast Base

• Straight Jib Track on Foredeck

• Main Sail (Square Top) -  Ullman Sails Crosscut Dacron with stack pack.

• Staysail - Ullman Sails Crosscut Dacron on manual Single Line Furler on torsion cable with lock

• Genoa - Ullman Sails Crosscut Dacron on Structural Forestay manual Furler with single line

• Screecher (Code 0) - Ullman Sails Radial Nylon on manual continuous line Furler with lock

• 2 x Yanmar (4JH80hp) SD60 sail drive diesel engines and standard fixed props

• Yanmar VC20 Dual electronic throttle (upper helm & lower helm) 

• Each engine has a 12V 130a/h AGM start batteries trickle charged from the main house bank

• E - Power Single Integrel 9KW – 48V charging system - port engine

• Dual Racor fuel filters per engine

• Service Voltages: 48 VDC & 220V 50Hz & Optional - 110V 60Hz per ISO/CE standards

• Victron Lithium-ion Batteries 4 x 24V 200A/h, 400A/h capacity at 48 volts

• Victron Lithium-ion Batteries 1 x 24V 200A/h, charged from the 48V bank

• Victron Quattro Inverter Charger 2 x 48V 5KW, 230V Charger/Inverter for the house batteries

• Digital Battery & Monitoring System via Victron display

• C-Zone digital switching system

• Shore power cable; 20m 230V Marinco with easy lock system starboard transom step 

• AC outlets/USB: 2 x AC outlets/USB per cabin, 4 x AC outlets/USB in the galley, 2 x AC outlets/USB at the nav, 2 x AC outlets/USB at fridge area, 1 x AC outlet/USB at the DB board, 1 x AC outlet /USB in hull passage

• LED Downlights for cockpit, saloon, galley, companion ways, heads and cabins - warm white/red.

• Self switching LED service light in engine rooms, DB board, sail lockers, water maker cupboard, comms cupboard & foredeck lockers

• Courtesy lights (warm white) one on each transom step   

• LED strip lights for port and starboard companion ways, galley, nav area, saloon plinth & furniture detail in cabins

• Reading lights - Chrome, warm white self-switching  x 2 in each cabin

• Each cabin has 2 x Caframo Sirocco white fans

• Electric Tecma silent plus 2G 24v (Tall) white toilets x 3, salt & freshwater plumbing

• Indel Double Drawer 160L Light Fridge 

• Indel Double Drawer 160L Light Freezer

• Bosch Electric oven, 4 plate induction hob with stainless-steel pot holder

• Portlights in saloon windows - 2 x 600 in the front windows

• B&G ZEUS S 12 Multi-function Display (Includes chart for South Africa) 

• B&G HALO20+ 36NM Radar on the mast

• B&G TRITON2 digital display 

• B&G Autopilot - NAC-3 autopilot computer, RF25N rudder feedback unit, Precision-9 solid-state compass, 1 x TRITON2 Autopilot control head

• B&G Hydraulic 24V T3 Ram

• B&G V60 DSC- AIS - RX VHF marine radio fitted at nav table

• B&G V3100 SOTDMA Class B AIS with GPS-500

• Transom Outdoor Shower Pressurized hot and cold water - starboard side

• Aluminium flip up Sparcraft swim ladder - starboard side

• Electric Anchor windlass (non-capstan) with wired remote

• Primary Anchor - Rocna 50 MKII with 50m of 10mm (3/8”) galvanized chain

• Secondary Anchor: Fortress FX-85 with 3m chain & 90m warp

• 8 x Inflatable fenders with 2.5m of polyester rope

• 2 x custom fenders for aft transom step

• 10 x 15m by 18mm black dock lines with spliced eye

• 8 x Black alloy mooring cleats - Sides and transom

• 2 x Pop up cleats on the transom

• 2 x Fairleads for mooring at the bow of the boat

• Carbon Steering wheel

• Carbon Stanchions with Dyneema triple line guard rail  

• Carbon Dock line chafe plates 

• Dyneema Trampoline, black colour

• Line bag & Daggerboard covers package

• Black Aluminium pulpits with white composite seat

• Versa-Helm swing pedestal (upper/lower position)

• Folding stainless-steel Bimini with canvas sunshade at upper helm

• Composite grab handles around coach roof, transom coaming & between lower & upper helm

• Build in Aft Cockpit track for canvas enclosure 

• Versa-Doors with custom sliding on transom port & starboard

• Salt water deck wash located on the fwd face of anchor locker & port transom

• Cockpit composite table on  telescopic pedestals to lower into daybed

• Wooden Saloon table (matching carpentry) with double fold out leaf on telescopic pedestals to lower into daybed

• Cockpit quick-dry foam cushions covered in outdoor rated fabric

• Foam mattresses 150mm (6") thick for all cabins with memory foam topper.

• All Cabins have Dometic Oceanair pleated shades

• All heads and showers have Dometic Oceanair white roller shades

• Heads counter tops, Solid surface with matching basin all white with towel rails in all heads

• Bottom Paint - Pettit Odyssey Triton Black

• Interior Fabric and Timber Veneered Cabinetry options as per the Balance Configurator

• Launching and Commissioning