From the sunbathed solid foredeck to a galley that faces the sea, this guided tour shows why Bali's 44-footer lives far larger than its numbers suggest.
Filmed in the soft light of an early morning, this walkthrough of the Bali 4.4 does something many boat videos skip: it starts with the numbers, then spends the rest of its time showing you exactly where those numbers go. The model launched in 2022, and the boat offered here through Eric Macklin is a 2026 example listed as S/V Bali 4.4.
The headline figures from the tour: 13.4 metres long by 7.4 metres wide, with roughly 89 square metres of livable area. Light displacement is around 13 tons, and the guide is emphatic that you can load more than 5 tons of gear, water and fuel on top of that — a point he returns to repeatedly as he opens locker after locker.
The solid foredeck
Bali’s signature is the solid foredeck, and the video makes the case for it on three fronts. Structurally, it stiffens the platform and reduces flex. Practically, it stays dry underway, with no spray blowing through a trampoline. And socially, it turns the bow into a genuine second cockpit: eight people can gather around a removable table, right beside a sink, with the galley just through the forward bulkhead.
Storage up here is generous. There’s a large locker sized to take either a generator or simply serve as a deep sail locker, a gas locker, dedicated stowage amidships for lines and fenders, and a chain locker holding 17 metres of chain with a windlass that can be operated from the bow or from the helm. Fresh and salt water outlets are on deck for washdowns, and because the deck is solid, drains are built in to shed boarding water in heavy weather. A pulpit seat and handholds throughout keep the area usable at sea.
A mid-height helm and a sociable flybridge
The helm station sits at mid height, a choice the guide explains clearly: it allows the boom to sit lower, which enlarges the mainsail area while keeping the sail and lazy bag within easy reach. Access from the cockpit is up a well-protected route with solid handrails all the way.
The station is laid out for two. Halyards and reef lines run to a port-side winch, with engine controls, compass, windlass control and chain counter, electronics and autopilot to hand, and a second winch for the remaining sheets. Ahead of the helm, eight people can sit without the driver being cut off from the crew, and an aft sunbed area is framed by solar panels.
Walkaround decks and the tilting door
Bali’s walkaround system lets you move from one hull to the other without ducking back through the cockpit. Along the way the tour points out a shore power locker on starboard, a toys locker, bilge pumps and natural air intakes for each engine room, davit controls, a bathing ladder and a hot-and-cold transom shower to port, plus a gas grill on the side. The engine room, he notes simply, is huge.
The other defining Bali idea is the absence of a midship bulkhead: the aft lounge connects directly to the saloon, with drainage between the hulls handling any water that finds its way in. When weather closes in, the Bali tilting door swings shut — secured by two pins at the top and two large handles at the bottom — without stealing interior volume. Combine the aft bench, a dining table seating eight and a three-person couch, and roughly 15 people can share the same space.
Galley, nav station and owner’s suite
The galley faces the sea — the presenter’s favourite detail — so cooking or washing up doesn’t mean turning your back on the crew or the horizon. It carries a house-sized fridge, a good freezer, chilled water and an ice maker, a microwave, gas oven and a four-burner stove, with storage under the floor and beneath a long countertop. Lateral sliding bays open in three positions to drive natural ventilation through the boat.
The chart table sits connected to both the saloon and the forward cockpit for near 360-degree visibility, with the inverter for 220-volt power, tank level management for fuel, water and black water, lighting, davit and winch controls, hi-fi, VHF, chart plotter and autopilot all gathered there.
The owner’s cabin occupies the port hull with a queen bed, storage under the steps on both sides, drawers and further stowage beneath the berth, two wardrobes, deep cupboards, a makeup table and a full-length mirror. The en suite is well ventilated with a good-sized forward shower, double sinks, plenty of cupboards, and space to fit a washer and dryer. A separate crew cabin in the opposite forepeak has its own head and shower accessed from the foredeck.
Where the 4.4 sits in the market
The Bali 4.4 is a thinly traded model, so context is worth having.
| Metric | Figure |
|---|---|
| Solds, last 24 months | 1 |
| Median sold price | $650,000 |
| Median time to sell | ~206 days |
| Active listings | 3 |
| Asking range | $690,000 – $1,097,470 |
| Median asking | $725,000 |
| Median sold (24 mo) | $650,000 | |||
| Median asking (active) | $725,000 |
If the video leaves one impression, it’s of a 44-footer designed around gathering places rather than corridors — forward cockpit, flybridge, aft lounge and saloon all flowing into one another, with the storage capacity to actually live aboard.