Brady catamarans explained
| A Brady 45 sailing catamaran |
| Foundation: | 1976 |
| Founder: | Peter Brady |
| Location City: | Brisbane |
| Location Country: | Australia |
| Products: | 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]
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 40 hp Yanmar auxiliary engines.
- Brady 52 "Passagemaker" - a motorsailer with a modest-area staysail schooner rig and twin Perkins 95 hp 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 49 ft.[8]
- Brady Powercats - various models for leisure, fishing, and business use.[9]
See also
External links
Notes and References
- http://pathfinderpowercats.com Pathfinder Powercats
- https://www.boatsales.com.au/editorial/details/peter-brady-s-powercats-take-on-the-world-58484/ Article on Powercats
- Brady 52 http://theyachtbrokerage.net/brokerage-boats/power-boats/item/702-brady-52-passagemaker.html
- The Brady 52 has no trampoline at the bows, instead having a solid foredeck (not unlike a Catalac)
- http://pathfinderpowercats.com/?page_id=16 Brady 57
- http://pathfinderpowercats.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Australian-Multihull-World-Front-Cover-Nov-Dec-14.pdf Brady 57 - magazine cover
- "Displaning": a portmanteau word meaning a displacement hull that may also plane.
- http://pathfinderpowercats.com/?page_id=102 The Pathfinder M Series range
- http://pathfinderpowercats.com/?page_id=75 Brady Powercats
- http://pathfinderpowercats.com/?page_id=77 Magazine articles
