

The Brava 45 Sports was recognised by the Judges at the 2008 Australian Marine Industry awards presented at the Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show. The Brava 45 Sports won the Judges Innovation Award in recognition of scoring "outstandingly against one or more of the applicable criteria".
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The Brava catamaran as we know it today evolved from an earlier and extremely successful design that in effect was Brady’s first impetus into fully moulded 'production' catamarans.
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Whilst fuel economy is one of the displaning or high speed displacement power catamarans strongest points (and getting stronger as fuel prices rise) it is not the dominant feature on which the decision to purchase is made. Lifestyle is the reason most people choose power cats.
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Every type of vessel has its strengths and weaknesses with power catamarans no exception. For catamarans, slamming under the wingdeck when driving into head seas has always been considered their archilles heel.
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How do we decide what is the minimum or adequate strength for a given size of boat?
What equipment is required to make a boat safe?
Can you combine cutting edge technology with traditional values of strength and safety in the construction of a power catamaran?
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Brava Marine continues to move forward with four Brava 42 Sports now in the water and a replacement for George Sklavos’s well known Brisbane based dive vessel “Ocean Cat” due to be launched shortly.
This is George’s second Peter Brady designed and built power catamaran, with the original “Ocean Cat” being a stretched Scimitar.
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