Brady catamarans are twin-hulled boats that are designed by Peter Brady of
Brisbane
Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Queensland, and the third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of approximately 2.6 million. Brisbane lies at the centre of the Sou ...
,
Australia. Brady originally designed
sailing cats,
motorsailer
A motorsailer is a type of motor-powered sailing vessel, typically a yacht, that can derive power from its sails or engine, independently from each other during moderate seas or winds. A motorsailer may have a sail-to-engine power ratio in the r ...
s and
power cats, but for the last 20 years the firm (now called ''Pathfinder Powercats'') has specialised in powered
catamarans
A Formula 16 beachable catamaran
Powered catamaran passenger ferry at Salem, Massachusetts, United States
A catamaran () (informally, a "cat") is a multi-hulled watercraft featuring two parallel hulls of equal size. It is a geometry-stab ...
exclusively.
Brady
catamaran
A Formula 16 beachable catamaran
Powered catamaran passenger ferry at Salem, Massachusetts, United States
A catamaran () (informally, a "cat") is a multi-hulled watercraft featuring two parallel hulls of equal size. It is a geometry-sta ...
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
cedar onto
former
A former is an object, such as a template, gauge or cutting die, which is used to form something such as a boat's hull. Typically, a former gives shape to a structure that may have complex curvature.
A former may become an integral part of the ...
s, 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
A staysail ("stays'l") is a fore-and-aft rigged sail whose luff can be affixed to a stay running forward (and most often but not always downwards) from a mast to the deck, the bowsprit, or to another mast.
Description
Most staysails are t ...
schooner rig 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.
See also
*
List of multihulls
*
Boat building
Boat building is the design and construction of boats and their systems. This includes at a minimum a hull, with propulsion, mechanical, navigation, safety and other systems as a craft requires.
Construction materials and methods
Wood
W ...
External links
* Pathfinder Powercat
* Magazine articles
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References
Catamarans
Shipbuilding companies of Australia
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