Brava 42

After a waterfront property? The Brava 42 is just as spacious as any high rise flat. It’ll provide better views, too. Custom-built power catamarans are becoming more common on waterways up and down the east coast these days. The price of properties along these waterways has gotten completely out of control. So, wanting to be near the water in comfort, people are turning more and more to spacious, floating ‘homes’ that in many cases can only be offered by the beam of a catamaran. Designed by Peter Brady, the Brava 42 has this market sector right in it sights and, while Brava Marine has been a company for only 18 months, Brady’s boatbuilding experience goes back to custom 1170 and 1270 Leopards, as well as other earlier power catamaran designs. The forward sections of the 42’s hulls have vee-shaped entries with raked bows and multiple water-deflecting chines, while the aft keel line flattens out for planing. Under the forward part of the wing deck is a central, prominent deep-vee pod that increases the slamming strength of the wing deck but forms part of a design that Brady has applied to patent. This is a complex design of the shape, angles, and chines of the inner sides of the hulls combined with the ratio of the height and beam of the void under the wing deck. It results in greatly reduced drag through rough water while sound levels associated with water gushing between the hulls is reduced dramatically. Brady refers to this design as ‘displaning’, a cross between a high-speed displacement hull and one that is also capable of planing. And the results aimed for have definitely been achieved, with the design producing a soft ride with hulls capable of piercing chop but with a silence that makes high-speed travel a pleasure. To read complete story – click here Brava 42 Review on BoatPoint website