Paris
Boat Show
The only full size Lagoon on display – the evergreen 380 Interesting bow shape on the Catana 41
Next down from the Catana 41, whose staff were somewhat under Based in Belgium, the Brazapi Catamaran Builders are in the
siege by public interest, lurked something quite unique: the Brazapi process of moving production to Sri Lanka, in order to increase
41. It was hard to decide which was more intriguing, the boat or production and service the demand for their boats! When I asked
its display! Sporting a patchy layer of anti-foul primer and resting about the somewhat unfinished state of the boat on display, I was
on a carpet of fresh grass, the Brazapi 41 catamaran had a black told, “We sell a lot of our boats half finished, because we sell the
leather sofa unit and coffee table under the boat. Behind the boat dream most people can never afford!” I then inquired about the
and its monohull little sister, a scaffolding stair case took the visitor performance expected from their design. The co-owner/concept
up to a second level where a series of poorly mounted, out of creator then replied; “the Brazapi 41 will be much faster than
focus photographs were pinned to the wall. The windows at least, everything else!” “Faster than the Gunboat?” I asked incredulous.
afforded a spectacular view of the boat as well as a proper chance “Yes! Faster than the Gunboat! We want to have a race with a
to take in the ornate windows, made to look like a theatre box! Gunboat 48.” He certainly made my day!
Whoever’s art project this was, deserved an ‘A’ for effort! ‘Creative
or tacky?’ it was certainly different.
The rather bizarre presentation of the Brazapi 41 takes away from the fact that
Catana 41 – interesting bridgedeck
these are pretty good performance cruisers!
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