G. Prout & Sons
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Boatbuilding |
| Founded | 1935 in Canvey Island, United Kingdom |
| Founders | Geoffrey Prout, Roland, and Francis Prout, |
| Defunct | 2002 |
| Fate | bankrupt |
| Headquarters | , United Kingdom |
| Products | Initially folding dinghies, canoes and kayaks, then sailing catamarans |
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. The company then developed from small catamarans to larger cruising vessels. G. Prout & Sons was dissolved in 2002.