There is a size at which you stop wanting a bigger catamaran and start wanting a house that moves. The Bali 7.0 is 73'11" with 2,476 sq ft of usable deck, a hull that can be given over entirely to the owner, and crew quarters with their own mess so the service happens out of your sight.
This is the yard's flagship, and it changes what the range is for. Against the 57'11" 5.8 it offers 2,476 sq ft of usable deck to that boat's 1,501, crew cabins with a separate mess, and an owner's hull rather than an owner's cabin.
Who It's For
This is the boat if you are running a crewed programme and want a catamaran platform with the private accommodation of a motor yacht: a hull to yourself, a galley that does not sit in your living room, and crew who can work without walking through dinner.
She is laid out for six to eight guests plus crew, in two, three or four cabins each with its own head. Give a whole hull to the owner if the boat is genuinely yours. Take the four-cabin plan only if guests rotate through in numbers.
Design and Layout
An entire hull can be dedicated to the owner, and that is the decision that separates this boat from everything else in the range. The space is organized around a panoramic suite full of daylight, extended by a private lounge, a walk-in wardrobe and a bathroom finished to residential standard. Pocket doors let you run it as one open volume or close it down to a single private room, depending on who else is aboard.
The galley sits in the port hull rather than on the main deck. That frees the saloon for one large reception space and keeps meal preparation out of the room your guests are in, with a dumbwaiter carrying service between levels. The dining table seats up to ten.
Crew have their own cabins and an independent mess, so the service side of the boat runs without crossing the guest side. Forward, the rigid deck becomes a full lounge facing the horizon.
The organising idea is the one the rest of the range is built on, taken further: open-plan living where boats of this size usually divide the volume into separate compartments, with the signature Bali door opening the main deck from the saloon through to the cockpit.
The yard's R&D department conceived her, Briand Yacht Design drew the naval architecture and Piaton Berco designed the interior.
On the Water
Auxiliary power is twin diesels, 195 HP standard with 230 HP optional, moving 88,185 lbs (40 t) light and 110,231 lbs (50 t) at maximum load.
Draft is 6'1" (1.85 m) — deeper than the numbered boats below her, and the dimension to check against your home anchorage and your intended cruising ground before anything else on the specification. Beam is 33'10" (10.32 m). Those two figures together decide which marinas and which anchorages are open to you.
Sail area is 3,013 sq ft (280 m²), balanced for power against ease of handling: the boat keeps the simple manoeuvring the smaller Balis are known for rather than adopting a grand-prix rig.
Integrated solar across the hardtop, lithium storage and 528 gal of fuel are the autonomy package, and they are what make isolated anchorages a plan rather than an ambition. Get observed burn at your intended cruising rpm in writing at sea trial and work your own passage numbers off 528 gal.
Living With It
Three things to settle early.
The first two are dimensions. 33'10" of beam and 6'1" of draft together decide where you can go and where you can stay. On a boat at this length that is the conversation to have with your captain and your marina before you have any other.
The third is paperwork. The CE category is listed as pending, so name the delivered category in the contract.
Beyond that, the autonomy package is the part that changes daily life: integrated solar, lithium storage, 528 gal of fuel and 401 gal of water. On a crewed boat with eight guests aboard, that is what decides how long you can stay somewhere quiet.
Where to Start
The 7.0 meets the seventy-foot sailing catamarans bought with crew in mind. Its argument against them is the open main deck and how much of the deck area you can actually use — 2,476 sq ft of it.
If you want most of this in a shorter slip and without crew, the 5.8 is the honest alternative. If you want a semi-custom interior rather than a series one, look at the semi-custom builders at this length.
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