Bray Yacht Design And Research

We are best known for our super fuel efficient hull technology and our long range motoryachts. We strive to design boats that are not only stylish but have excellent seakeeping and stability characteristics.

A yacht is a floating work of art but it is also a seagoing vessel and as such must take its guests and crew safely over thousands of miles of open ocean some of which can be exceedingly hostile.

The Company’s design and consultative responsibility has included all types of pleasure, commercial, and special-purpose vessels using foam cored and composite fiberglass, wood epoxy, steel, and aluminium materials. Vessels embodying our direct design, conversion, and construction participation are in use in North and South America, The People’s Republic of China, the Middle East, Europe and Australia.

Research and model testing is a big part of our work. We design and build plating models, models for testing, and models for display. In-house projects are ongoing and our own development of super fuel-efficient pleasure craft includes model testing in Dalian and Shanghai, P.R. of China, as well as here in Canada.

Work is also being carried out on appendages for improving rolling and pitching motions of long-range motoryachts while at the same time improving fuel economy. In addition we are working on evaluation and analysis of ballast/displacement ratios, as well as the development of new building systems.

Participation in testing programs has included work on Boeing Marine System’s Jet Foil into Dover Harbor Project, military research on 100 knot planing hulls, and S.W.A.T.H.s, as well as evaluation of the “Orca” class patrol vessel hull.