| A Brady 45 sailing catamaran | |
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| Founded | 1976 |
| Founder | Peter Brady |
| Headquarters | , Australia |
| Products | Catamarans |
Brady catamarans are twin-hulled boats that are designed by Peter Brady, a New Zealand designer. Brady originally designed sailing cats, motorsailers and power cats, but for the last 20 years the firm (now called Pathfinder Powercats) has specialised in powered catamarans exclusively.
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 include:
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