The Multihull Company - TMC
215-709-8244
The Multihull Company - TMC
215-709-8244
Lyra Noa is a Balance 60 that was stretched on the sterns to become a custom Balance 64. She was designed and crafted specifically for the owner of Nexus Yachts, who builds the Balance 526, 580 and 620. He built her for himself as an offshore adventure cat for surfing, fishing and diving charters. With 6 double cabins and all of the serious gear one needs for fishing, diving and off-the-grid adventures, she's is a unique performance sailing catamaran unlike all others.
Lyra Noa, like all of our larger Balance cats, is a carbon reinforced, foam core, total epoxy fabrication. She is light, strong, and exceptionally fast yet has the capacity to carry significant cruising payloads. She was launched in 2019 in Saint Francis, South Africa, and due to the pandemic her owner was unable to use her as planned. He then eventually decided to sail her to the Cape Verde Islands for a fishing expedition. That mission was called short due to the rapid expansion of Balance Catamarans and the need for him to return to Saint Francis to oversee the third factory expansion in three years.
Lyra was then sailed to Panama, where she is right now, and it was decided to put her up for sale as her owner has three years of a busy build schedule to oversee and no longer has the time to sail her or manage the adventure charter operation he first envisioned.
The owner of the boat is a lifetime seaman and in addition to owning the company that built her, owns and operates a fleet of fishing boats. I explain this because Lyra Noa is reflective of his deep pool of experience sailing and operating boats in the rough waters of South Africa. He knows how to build a catamaran, how to fit one out, how to make a performance catamaran capable of off-the-grid adventuring. So while it is the case that Lyra Noa is a "charter boat" (because she has 6 double cabins) she is anything but typical of a charter boat - she is fast, she is robust, she is equipped and designed to go just about anywhere and sustain herself. She'll do windspeeds reaching in 8 knots of breeze, but can still carry a big genset, dive compressor, dive tanks, fishing gear, etc. etc. And big tender.
Lyra Noa is ideal for a family who wants to really sail, loves to sail, and wants to explore the world, or is ideal for an adventure charter operator to perform charters where the typical charter cat just couldn't cut it. She can handle a blow, she can sail to windward, she will be comfortable riding over big sloppy seas, she will reduce passage times, burn less fuel, and be as easy to care and maintain as any cat with her level of gear and systems can possibly be. She's a very, very special cat.
To learn all about her feel free to email us or give us a call. She can be shown at any time in Panama where she is presently lying for hurricane season.
Engine Model: Yanmar 4JH110
Engine Hours: 1300
Engines HP: 2 * 110 hp
Cruising Speed: 6 – 8 KNOTS
Max Speed: 12 KNOTS
Standard C35 engine control 12V/125 Amp alternator fixed props
Each engine fitted with a 70A/24V auxiliary alternator for charging house bank & 2 separate start batteries (linked)
Dual Racor fuel filters for each motor
2x Gori 3 blade 20" folding propellers dual pitch overdrive
Diesel transfer pump, port to starboard and visa versa
Mainsail: Ullman (2019)
Jib type: Ullman (2019)
Storm Jib: Ullman (2019)
Screecher: Ullman (2019) Code 0
Genoa Furler: PROFURL ELECTRICAL
Screecher furler: HARKEN HAND
Mast: SPARCRAFT 23M
Bowsprit type: ALUMINUM
Aluminum mast with single spreader and wire rigging with Antal slide system
Aluminum Boom with Hayrack upgrade, including trampoline
Construction:
12 x Carbon Stanchions with Dyneema double line guard rail
Carbon Grab handles around coach roof
Carbon dock line chafe plates (x10)
Keel option (no dagger boards)
Cockpit:
Winches:
Deck Cleats:
Bow pulpit seats: 2 x Double stainless steel and composite
Deck Wash:
Dinghy:
Cockpit seating and table: YES
Cockpit cushions: Full set, 100mm foam covered in Sunbrella
Deck Shower: Outside Shower with hot and cold water - starboard transom
Bimini Design: Nexus Helm Bimini with Clears
Traveler: Harken 3 block
Standing Rigging:
Running rigging: Spectra (2019)
Stack pack with lazy jacks: Yes (2019)
Standard sail cover: YES
Batten car brand: HARKEN
Primary anchor: Rocna 55kg
Primary anchor chain and rode: 13MM 48M
Secondary anchor brand and size: Rocna Stainless steel 45kg
Secondary anchor chain and rode: 10mm 80m
Windlass:
Trampoline: Webbed Vinyl White (2019)
Bumpers:
Dock lines:
Davits: Winch driven with jammers
Opening hatches:
UV window covers: Full Saloon Covers, White
Winch covers: 2
Water toys: Zodiac
Sea Kayaks: 2
Swim platform: 2 SUGARSCOOPS
Fishing gear:
Owner Version with 6 cabins- can sleep 12
Hull color white. Deck, hull and cockpit including non-skid standard color White
Wooden Saloon table (matching carpentry) with double fold out leaf on double telescopic leg to lower
Mattresses 150mm (6") thick and headboards for each cabin
Heads counter tops and basins, solid surface material - Corian / Avonite, color cameo white
Towel rails in each head
Six electric Vetus toilets
Type of flooring: Vinyl
Interior finish: Bamboo
Salon table: Bamboo
Head and showers: 6
Cabinets: 6
Hanging lockers: 6
Navigation station: YES
Interior lighting: YES
Water maker type and size: 2x 100L/HR AND 30L/HR SCHENKER
Air conditioning: 2- port and starboard
Hot water heater: 2 * 30L
Cabin fan: Each cabin has 1 Caframo Sirocco White Fan (6 total)
2x Size 40 hatches in saloon windows
Refrigerator: Isotherm SN7280101 Stainless Steel
Freezer: Isotherm SN620058 Stainless Steel
Sink: 2x Stainless Steel
Saltwater pump: 3* Salt Services and Deckwash
Stove: Faber Gas 4 Burner - full size domestic appliance
Oven: Faber Gas
Type of counter tops: Corian
Hatches: 2x Size 40 Hatches in saloon windows
Generator: Northern Lights generator with enclosure - 15 kva 1200 hours
Batteries: 400A/h capacity, 2 x 24V 200A/h, Victron Lithium-ion (house bank 10 KwH)
Additional Batteries: 2 x 24V 200A/h, Victron Lithium-ion (house bank), 400A/h at 48V
Solar Panels: 1200w Total- 4 x Glass Solar Panels 400W incl. Victron Mppt 100/30 solar regulator 48V in raised composite frame
Shore power cord: YES 30M
Charger system type: Victron Energy Skylla Multivoltage Battery Charger - 230V Integrel 50 AMP incl. Isolation Transformer 110/230, second shore power plug
Alternator: 15KVA NORTHERN LIGHTS
Inverter: VICTRON ENERGY QUATRO 24V/5000VA/120AMPN (2019) and Quattro Inverter Charger, 24V 5KW, 230V
Battery monitor system: Victron Energy SKYLLA-TG 24V 100AMP (2019)
Straight shaft: Gori folding props plus spares
Electric Plugs: two in each cabin, two at nav table, two in galley and two above fridge area and two in starboard companionway.
USB Outlet: two in each cabin, two at nav table, and two above fridge area and one in starboard companionway.
All lighting LED including service areas
Courtesy lights (blue) one on each transom step and one in each companionway and helm steps
Spreader LED lights down
Aircon 1x Frigomar 16BTU Saloon & 4 x 10BTU cabins sharing pumps (variable speed inverter tech), excl. forepeak cabins
2 x Spectra watermaker Newport 700 NP-MK IIZ-700 24v, Z-ion protection (100 lph & 30 lph)
GPS: 2 *Furuno Navnet TZ Touch
Depth sounder: 2 *Furuno Navnet TZ Touch
Wind speed and direction: Furuno Integrated System
Autopilot: Furuno Evolution Autopilot with p70s control head & ACU-400, EV1 Sensor Core
VHF Radio: ICOM IC M506 and 1 hand held rechargeable portable
Satellite phone system: Cobham Thrane & Thrane Plus Iridium Go
Radar: Furuno Quantum Q24C 18" Radar Furuno i70s Color instruments DST tri-ducers
Chart plotter: 2x Furuno Navnet TZ Touch 15”
Compass: Ritchie
Samsung Washer/Dryer - 230V (67kgs/148lbs) locally purchased
32" TV colour with Alumimium swivel wall mounting bracket
Fusion System MS-AV750series AM/FM, DVD/CD, Bluetooth, Aux2, antenna and 4 x 200 watt 6" speakers
Electric bilge pumps: 6
Manual bilge pumps: 4
Drogue: 8M PARACHUTE ANCHOR
Safety Gear:
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