{"id":15158,"date":"2021-11-15T17:39:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T17:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/balancecatamarans.com\/?p=15158"},"modified":"2025-04-10T17:41:44","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T17:41:44","slug":"keala-balance-482-launches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/balancecatamarans.com\/keala-balance-482-launches\/","title":{"rendered":"Ke&#8217;Ala, Balance 482, Launches!"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"15158\" class=\"elementor elementor-15158\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3e73aa e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f3e73aa\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_use_container_extras&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c2d0145 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c2d0145\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Watch the step -by -step launch sequence as the Balance 482, Ke&#8217;Ala, is launched at the Royal Cape Yacht Club in Cape Town. 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