{"id":15340,"date":"2025-01-31T15:08:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T15:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/balancecatamarans.com\/?p=15340"},"modified":"2025-04-11T15:11:48","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T15:11:48","slug":"windigo-balance-580-launches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/balancecatamarans.com\/windigo-balance-580-launches\/","title":{"rendered":"Windigo, Balance 580, Launches!"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"15340\" class=\"elementor elementor-15340\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3734e6c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3734e6c\" 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-d9a8432 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d9a8432\" 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>On January 29, 2025, in St. Francis Bay, South Africa, the very first Balance 580 touched the water. 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