Prospect 900
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|designer = Ericus Gerhardus van de Stadt
|location = Netherlands
|year = 1975
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|builder = Rydgeway Marine
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|displacement = {{convert|7275|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
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|hull type = Monohull
|construction = Fiberglass
|loa = {{convert|28.83|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|beam = {{convert|9.17|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|engine = Volvo MD5A diesel engine {{convert|8|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}}
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|keel type = lifting keel
|ballast = {{convert|3086|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
|rudder type = internally-mounted spade-type/transom-mounted rudder
|rigs = Masthead sloop
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The Prospect 900 is a sailboat that was designed by Dutch naval architect Ericus Gerhardus van de Stadt and first built in 1975.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/prospect-900|title = Prospect 900 sailboat specifications and details|accessdate = 1 January 2017|last= Browning| first = Randy |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2016|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220305145835/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/prospect-900|archive-date= 5 March 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url = http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/3448/prospect-900|title = Sailboat Specifications for Prospect 900 |accessdate = 1 January 2017|work = Sailing Joy|author= InterVisionSoft LLC|year = 2016|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170102083706/http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/3448/prospect-900|archive-date= 2 January 2017|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/designer/van-de-stadt-e-g|title = E. G. Van de Stadt 1910-1999 |accessdate = 23 October 2016|last= Browning| first = Randy |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2016|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210311193610/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/van-de-stadt-e-g|archive-date= 11 March 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/rydgeway/prospect-900|title= Prospect 900|access-date= 5 March 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220927001616/https://sailboat.guide/rydgeway/prospect-900 |archive-date= 27 September 2022|url-status= live}}
Production
File:Prospect 900 Sailboat Keewaydin 3950.jpg
File:Prospect 900, moored on the Beaulieu River, Hampshire.jpg
The boat was built by Rydgeway Marine in the United Kingdom, starting in 1975, but is now out of production.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/builder/rydgeway-marine-ltd|title= Rydgeway Marine Ltd 1968 - 1991|access-date = 5 March 2022|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220305151238/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/rydgeway-marine-ltd|archive-date= 5 March 2022|url-status= live}}
Design
The Prospect 900 is a small recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass. It has a masthead sloop rig, an internally-mounted spade-type rudder and a lifting keel. It displaces {{convert|7275|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|3086|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of iron ballast. The boat has a draft of {{convert|4.92|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the lifting keel extended.
The boat is fitted with a Volvo MD5A diesel engine of {{convert|8|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}}. It has a {{convert|35|u.s.gal}} fresh water tank and {{convert|10|u.s.gal}} fuel tank.
The boat has a hull speed of {{convert|6.34|kn|km/h|2|abbr=on}}.
See also
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