Bali 4.5 Sailboats for Sale

Layouts on the Used Market

Charter four-cabin layouts are the more common on the used market, but both are available; ex-charter examples are common. The four-cabin version with matching hulls was built for the charter trade, and a Miami-configured example showed four cabins and four heads. Private use saw a three-cabin three-head version with the owner's suite in the port hull — wide berth, sofa, desk, and his-and-hers sinks — while the starboard hull held two cabins and two heads. A three-cabin two-head option and a two-cabin two-bath layout were also offered. Helm choice splits between a starboard bulkhead helm with a lower boom and a flybridge helm with bench seating for four and a raised boom.

Equipment and Common Upgrades

On the used market, a bimini, chartplotter, and watermaker are commonly fitted, while solar, inverter, autopilot, radar, electric winches, and life raft are often seen. Less common but present as owner upgrades are AIS, asymmetric spinnaker, cockpit shower, EPIRB, self-tacking jib, gennaker, washing machine, Code 0, hot water, and dinghy davits. The original boat used a Quick horizontal windlass below the forward seating, stainless steel dinghy davits to the waterline, an AC fridge with ice maker, Eno galley, Victron digital switching, and four 80-watt bimini solar panels — many retained, some upgraded.

What to Inspect

Documented inspection points start with the companionways in the two hulls, which reviewers found a little tight — check wear on stair edges and overhead clearance for taller crews. The fixed keels attach to watertight recesses at the bottom of the hulls, and those recesses also serve as gray-water holding tanks, so confirm their seals and that the watertight integrity is uncompromised. The vertical transom section folds down to extend the cockpit another 2 feet; inspect the hinge and locking hardware for fatigue. On flybridge versions, the boom is raised to provide room for occupants, so verify rigging geometry and gooseneck wear. The saildrive units have been turned 180 degrees — a survey should confirm mounts and seals. The AC fridge depends on the 720Ah house bank, 225-amp alternator, and genset path through Victron switching; test the full cooling cycle off shore power.

Availability and Buyer's Takeaway

Typical markets for the Bali 4.5 are Croatia, France, Italy, Spain, Greece, and Martinique. For a buyer, the short checklist is: confirm helm type and boom clearance, test the folding transom and forward nacelle seals, verify the gray-water keel recesses are watertight, and check the electrical path from alternator and genset to the AC fridge. Choose a four-cabin ex-charter unit for capacity or a three-cabin private layout for owner comfort, and expect to add owner-tier gear as needed rather than assuming it.