Bragington

The Braginton 42 is the ultimate statement ingood taste, classic beauty and state of the art construction technology. TheBraginton's Nara rosewood laminated hull sides, polished stainless hardware and teak decks give it a nostalgic look that is reminiscent of vintage woodpower boats of the 1950's, only the Braginton is built on a modern fiberglasshull. Her interior is of the futuristic Art Deco period, a time influenced by speed, chrome, black mirror finishes and unrestrained opulence.She is powered by twin silver anniversaryedition Cat diesels with chrome valve and intake covers (375hp) housed in astandup engine room. The Braginton 42 is equipped with twin carbon fiber 5 blade speed props for maximum performance. She features a teak hydraulic swim platform for launching a dinghy and a hot tub spa for entertaining that is neatly hidden under the deck just forward of the transom. Even though she is a glass boat, she has been featured in the book, Classic Wooden Motor Yachts and in Motor Boating and Sailing magazine. She is listed in the Guinness book of world records as the largest rosewood object in the world and she is guaranteed to win prizes in any wooden boat show. Her graceful high performance hull lines were drawn by renowned Brazilian marine architect Luiz de Basto who also designed yachts for Riva. HowardApollonio an accomplished west coast marine architect, did the structuralengineering and tested the design at Boeing with their computers. At the timehe was working with Boeing designing high speed assault boats for the US Navy. The hull has 22 degrees dead rise amidships and 17 degrees in the stern. TheFRP hull is built of Knytex unidirectional cloth for incredible strength with an Airex foam core laminated with Syntex isothalic resin for osmosis protection. The 3/16' rose wood exterior skin on the hull is laminated with West System epoxy and fiberglass. She was originally custom built for Ed andDee Dee Teren of Sun Valley by Transworld Boatbuilding in Taiwan.Her interior is elegantly finished in ebony, rosewood and teak with black granite counter tops, leather upholstery and polished stainless steel Italian fixtures. Her interior is by Brazilian designer Luiz Avilliz. The interior isplanned around the galley as if preparing fine meals is the primary reason for going below. The galley is along the port side and features a Gaggenau flush top 4 burner range and GE Monogram convection microwave oven. The boat is surprisingly open and roomy inside with a circular dinette, generous double V berth forward and aft there is a TV parlor lounge under thecockpit with inward facing leather settees that convert to a double berth. The head has a stall shower, black granite counters, matching black Vacu-flush marine head and a gorgeous Art Deco mirror vanity. She displays alevel of craftsmanship that is breathtaking. This is especially notable in the circular ebony and rosewood dinette table that is inlaid with mother ofpearl in the shape of a conch shell. Throughout the vessels interior there is mounted artwork that tastefully reflects the boats seashell motif. On deck the cockpit has a double helm seat with a reversible pivoting seat back that converts it to a dinette in an instant. A clear coated customaluminum radar arch supports a bimini and full cockpit enclosure made of matching silver Stamoid fabric. The center window frame is hinged to open outonto the foredeck for sunbathing and for access to the windlass. Her rumble seat hot tub spa is ideal for entertaining or relaxing and it's conveniently located just aft of the cockpit. You'll be the envy of all the boats in theanchorage when you're relaxing in the spa with a glass of wine shrouded in steam.If you are looking for a unique and distinctive high performance yacht; the type of boat James Bond would own, then the Braginton 42 is well worth your consideration. She is elegantly finished, robustly built and extensivelyequipped.