A Brady 45 sailing catamaran![]() |
| Founded | 1976 |
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| Founder | Peter Brady |
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| Headquarters | , Australia |
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| Products | Catamarans |
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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 boatyard in Brisbane Australia, 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
- Pathfinder Powercats [2]
- Magazine articles [10]
References
