The Engineering Behind the Balance 750 | with @dutoityachtdesign

The Balance 750 took more than a years of design work before anyone touched a mould. In this interview, Sean van Rensburg, General Manager of Du Toit Yacht Design, walks through the engineering decisions behind our flagship: why loads change fundamentally past 60 feet, why you can trim nine tons of mainsheet load without putting your hands on a winch, how 34 tons still delivers healthy polars, and what actually happens in the years before a hull exists. If you haven't seen the full walkthrough of this boat yet, start here: https://youtu.be/8gWKWtOcsTU Du Toit Yacht Design have been the naval architects behind the Balance range from the beginning, and the 750 is their 13th or 14th large catamaran. This is the part of boatbuilding that almost never gets explained. Still to come: a sailing performance video with North Sails, filmed under way, covering sail plan and all points of sail. Subscribe so you catch it. CHAPTERS 00:00 Two years before the boat 00:53 What is a Balance 750? 02:26 Luxury or performance, and why not both 03:36 The rig and the loads 04:44 Rethinking the sail plan 06:01 24 tons into the hulls 06:51 The martingale 07:14 Tensioning a rig without turnbuckles 07:58 What the hydraulics actually do 09:11 The Balance helm position 09:38 The forward cockpit 10:04 34 tons, and where the weight hides 12:00 What naval architecture actually is 13:37 The part nobody sees 13:55 The people who drew it 15:09 Designing for 1,500 miles from land 16:45 One hundred boats 18:40 What's coming next ABOUT THE BALANCE 750 https://balancecatamarans.com/750-2/ Naval architecture and engineering: @dutoityachtdesign ​ Interior design: Design Unlimited Built in Cape Town, South Africa #BalanceCatamarans #Balance750 #NavalArchitecture #PerformanceCatamaran #Sailing