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G. Prout and Sons of Canvey Island, Essex, in the United Kingdom, was initially a builder of folding dinghies, canoes and kayaks founded in 1935.In the 1950s, the company moved to the construction of small sailing catamarans with Shearwater I and later Shearwater III, which the National Maritime Museum describes as the first production catamaran in the world. [2]
The Shearwater III is a type of two crew racing catamaran, produced originally by G. Prout & Sons of Canvey Island, Essex, and was first sold in kit form. It is a "restricted development class". [3] According to the UK's National Maritime Museum, The Shearwater III was the world’s first production catamaran. [1]
Prout Catamarans, Ltd. designed a mast aft rig with the mast aft of midships to support an enlarged jib—more than twice the size of the design's reduced mainsail; it was produced as the Snowgoose model. [23] The claimed advantage of this sail plan was to diminish any tendency for the bows of the vessel to dig in. [24] [25] Hobie 16 beachable ...
An Arkansas pastor is facing animal cruelty charges after police allege he drowned two cats, according to multiple news outlets, citing authorities. Charles Thessing, 63, was arrested on Tuesday ...
Prout was born in Saxilby [3] in 1894 [4] to Anne Isabel and William Henry Prout, a customs officer and Devonshire native, [5] and Geoffrey Prout spent at least part of his youth in Plymouth [6] [5] By 1911 Prout was working for an auctioneer in Plymouth, [5] and he began publishing extensively in The Boy’s Own Paper regarding boating related topics and then in various other publications.
Trevor Hughes was blasted in the torso as he and Lavar Davis, 46, got into a heated clash just before 2 a.m. Sunday outside his home on Fowler Avenue near Morris Park Avenue, authorities said.
A shocking crime investigators say was motivated by greed and cruelty started in Newport Beach, California, and quickly became one of the most surprising cat-and-mouse stories in recent years. In ...
Roland Prout (1 March 1920 – 24 April 1997) [1] was a British canoe sprinter who competed in the early 1950s. He was eliminated in the heats of the K-2 1000 m event at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki .