Brady catamarans are twin-hulled boats that are designed by Peter Brady of

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. Brady originally designed sailing cats,

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s and power cats, but for the last 20 years the firm (now called ''Pathfinder Powercats'') has specialised in powered

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exclusively. Brady

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s 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

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onto

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s, the strips themselves being glued edge-on with

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. The completed wooden

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is then covered with

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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

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and twin Perkins 95hp main engines. * Brady 57 "Pathfinder pilothouse 17.4" - a luxury 57' cruising motoryacht. * Brady Pathfinder M Series - a range of ''displaning'' power catamarans between 41 and 49ft. * Brady Powercats - various models for leisure, fishing, and business use.

External links

* Pathfinder Powercat

* Magazine articles Magazine articles

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Brady catamaran models

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