Brady catamarans

Brady catamarans are twin-hulled boats that are designed by Peter Brady a well respected New Zealand designer. Brady originally designed sailing cats, motorsailers and power cats, but for the last 20 years the firm (now called Pathfinder Powercats)[1] has specialised in powered catamarans exclusively.[2]

A Brady 45 sailing catamaran
Founded1976
FounderPeter Brady
Headquarters
Brisbane
,
Australia
ProductsCatamarans

Brady catamarans are either constructed at Brady's Brisbane boatyard, or plans-built by third-party constructors for private owners. Brady catamarans tend to be built in small numbers or even as one-offs, so the firm has adopted "strip-plank" as the optimum construction method. Strip-build involves attaching strips of cedar onto formers, the strips themselves being glued edge-on with epoxy. The completed wooden monococque is then covered with fiberglass matting and epoxy resin. This method is very suitable for low-volume construction, avoiding the need to build a female mould; it is simpler and cheaper to manufacture a plywood jig that may be discarded afterwards.

Brady catamaran models

Brady catamaran models include:

  • Brady 45 - sailing yacht with twin 40hp Yanmar auxiliary engines.
  • Brady 52 "Passagemaker" - a motorsailer with a modest-area staysail schooner rig and twin Perkins 95hp main engines.[3][4]
  • Brady 57 "Pathfinder pilothouse 17.4" - a luxury 57' cruising motoryacht. [5] [6]
  • Brady Pathfinder M Series - a range of displaning[7] power catamarans between 41 and 49ft.[8]
  • Brady Powercats - various models for leisure, fishing, and business use.[9]

See also
  • Pathfinder Powercats
  • Magazine articles [10]

References
  1. Pathfinder Powercats
  2. Article on Powercats
  3. Brady 52
  4. The Brady 52 has no trampoline at the bows, instead having a solid foredeck (not unlike a Catalac)
  5. Brady 57
  6. Brady 57 - magazine cover
  7. "Displaning": a portmanteau word meaning a displacement hull that may also plane.
  8. The Pathfinder M Series range
  9. Brady Powercats
  10. Magazine articles


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