BRAY YACHT DESIGN AND RESEARCH

Patrick J. Bray, Naval Architect
Patrick has been involved with boating since high school, helping his father to build a 30-foot cutter sailboat. This fixed his resolve to became a yacht designer, and led him to apprentice with both designers and builders, gaining further practical experience to complement his extensive theoretical studies. He now has more than thirty years of design experience and a reputation for producing vessels that exceed the clients' requirements and performance expectations.

Pat heads up this family business with a core design team that includes his wife and business partner Caroline and their daughter Jen Bray, a specialist in computer drafting. Consultants are also brought on board, as and when their specialized knowledge is required by a certain project. This gives a significant design advantage, ensuring that every project is given the maximum attention and input.

85 ft. (26m) OCEAN ROVER

This serious explorer yacht is an updated version base on one of our long-range sportfish. This vessel has loads of room for visiting family or as a successful charter boat. There is accommodation for 12 guests in five staterooms and four crew in two cabins.

Private space and entertaining room are on separate decks with plenty of glass and easy access to the outdoors. The main deck has sliding glass doors port and starboard to let in the light and fresh air. The doors out to the aft deck can be opened right up to bring the outside in allowing the main salon to become part of the outdoor entertaining. Stairs aft lead down to a large swim platform with a lowering centre section for easy water access. There is even a mini beach club built into the stern. Main deck forward is the dining room and galley with a centre island/breakfast bar. The fore peak is down just half a flight where there are three guest staterooms with queen berths each with their own bathrooms. Down another half a flight and you find two more staterooms fitted with a double and a fold down single and of course their own bathrooms. From the main deck forward up half a flight are two crew cabins and the bridge. Here you can access the fore deck or continue on half a flight to the flybridge. This area is dedicated to the sun worshippers, although there is a shade area provided by the hard top. There is also a plunge pool/hot tub.

The aft engine room is accessible from a side deck door and down a ladder. The engine room is spacious with a work bench and day tank. A hybrid propulsion system is planned. Silent electric power will move the vessel along at 4 knots for harbour and river cruising, with the twin diesels able to take the vessel up to 14 knots for extended cruises. There is a large mechanical space under the forepeak.

100 ft. (30.5m) OCEAN CONDO MOTORYACHT

Designed as a home afloat, this vessel has loads of features tailored to the life style of an urbanite. Private space and entertaining room are on separate decks with plenty of glass and easy access to the outdoors. The top deck is entirely given over to the Owner with a large apartment, skylounge, and outside deck. Sliding glass doors port and starboard let in the light as well as fresh air. Forward of this is and half a deck down is the bridge. Down another half a flight is the main salon, dining room, and galley with a pass-through to the main aft deck for alfresco dining and outdoor entertaining. Sliding glass doors on the port side and aft make this area bright and airy. Forward are two large guest staterooms each with their own head. The lower deck has two additional guest staterooms as well as two crew cabins. Don’t worry about the stairs, there is an elevator as well.

Forward is all mechanical space accessible from the crew compartment. There are also large electrical cabinets port and starboard amidships to house the batteries and hybrid propulsion monitoring systems. The aft engine room is spacious with a garage just off the swim platform, for a compact electric car. The large swim platform is fitted with a transformer capable of lifting the catamaran landing craft into the water or carry the car to the pier. The landing craft can also be used to take the car ashore for excursions. The main deck house is offset increasing the already spacious interior. A walk along the port side forward will lead you up to the raised fore deck with sun lounging pads. There is also access to the bridge. A walk around to the starboard side will bring you to steps up to the master deck.

A hybrid propulsion system is planned. Silent electric power will move the vessel along at 6 knots for harbour and river cruising, with the twin diesels able to take the vessel up to 16 knots for extended cruises. Solar cells cover the entire top deck to extend the time between generator runs. The super fuel-efficient, semi-displacement hull form that has been thoroughly tank tested with our latest hull technology to ensure superior powering characteristics and seakeeping. The aluminium hull is a conically projected, double chined form with wide spray knocker, flared bow, and a transom stern. It is longitudinally framed with wide spaced transverse frames for maximum strength.

source:superyachtnews.com