Balaton 24 Sailboats for Sale

Drawing Diagram

Builder drawing

Hull Type

Monohull · fin

Rig

Masthead Sloop

LOA

24.44' · 7.45 m

Disp.

4,189 lbs · 1,900 kg

First year

1966

The genesis of the Balaton 24 represents a fascinating intersection of Scandinavian naval architecture and Eastern European heavy industrial manufacturing. Designed in the mid1960s by the prominent Swedish maritime architect Gunnar Cardell—highly regarded for his work at Malmö Flygindustri and his codesign of the legendary Laurin Koster 32—the Balaton 24 was engineered with a deeprooted understanding of rough, coldwater seaworthiness. However, the production of this 24.44foot pocket cruiser took place far from the North Sea. Between 1966 and 1974, the model was laminated and assembled in fiberglass by the Hungarian Shipyards and Crane Factory in Balatonfüred, right on the shores of Lake Balaton. This unique partnership yielded a vessel that paired Gunnar Cardell's seaworthy Swedish lines with a robust, almost overengineered hull layup suited to survive both coastal chop and inland squalls.