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No Title Date Price Members

1 Catamarans 1955 * †

2 Hydrofoils 1955 * †

3 Sail Evolution 1955 * †

4 Outriggers 1956 £1.00 £0.50

5 Sailing Hull Design 1956 * †

6 Outrigger Craft 1956 £1.00 £0.50

7 Catamaran Construction 1956 * †

8 Dinghy Design 1956 * †

9 Sails & Aerofoils 1956 * †

10 American Catamarans 1956 £1.00 £0.50

11 Wishbone Rig 1957 * †

12 Amateur Research 1957 * †

13 (see No 127) n/a n/a

14 Wingsails 1957 * †

15 Catamaran Design 1957 * †

16 Trimarans & Outriggers 1957 * †

17 Commercial Sail 1958 * †

18 Catamaran Developments 1958 * †

19 Hydrofoil Craft 1958 £1.00 £0.50

20 Modern Boatbuilding 1958 * †

21 Ocean Cruising 1958 * †

22 Catamarans 1958 1958 * †

23 Outriggers 1958 1959 * †

24 Yacht Wind Tunnels 1959 * †

25 Fibreglass 1959 * †

26 Sail Rigs 1959 * †

27 Cruising Cats 1959 * †

28 Catamarans 1959 1959 * †

29 Outriggers 1959 1960 * †

30 Tunnel & Tank 1960 £1.00 £0.50

31 Sailing Theory 1960 * †

32 Sailboat Testing 1960 £1.00 £0.50

33 Sails 1960 1960 * †

34 Ocean Trimarans 1961 £1.00 £0.50

35 Catamarans 1960 1961 * †

36 Floats, Foils & Flows 1961 £1.00 £0.50

37 Aerodynamics I 1961 * †

38 Catamarans 1961 1962 * †

39 Trimarans 1961 1962 * †

40 Yacht Research I 1962 * †

41 Yacht Research II 1962 * †

42 Catamarans 1962 1963 £1.00 £0.50

43 Trimarans 1962 1963 * †

44 AYRS Yachts 1963 £1.00 £0.50

45 Basic Research 1963 £1.00 £0.50

46 Catamarans 1963 1964 £1.00 £0.50

47 Outriggers 1963 1964 £1.00 £0.50

48 Yacht Electronics 1964 * †

49 Keel Yachts 1964 £1.00 £0.50

50 Catamarans 1964 1965 £1.00 £0.50

51 Foils & Floats 1965 £1.00 £0.50

52 Trimarans 1964 1965 * †

53 Solo Cruising 1965 £1.00 £0.50

54 Catamarans 1965 1965 * †

55 Trimarans 1965 1966 * †

56 Sailing Figures 1966 £1.00 £0.50

57 Round Britain 1966 1966 £1.00 £0.50

58 Practical Hydrofoils 1966 £1.00 £0.50

59 Multihull Design/Cats 1967 * †

60 Multihull Seamanship 1967 * †

61 Sailing Analysis 1967 * †

62 Hydrofoil Victory 1967 * †

63 Multihull Capsizing 1968 * †

64 Catamarans 1967 1968 £1.00 £0.50

65 Trimarans 1968 1968 * †

66 Foils/Ice Yachts/Sails 1968 £1.00 £0.50

67 Catamarans 1969 1969 £1.00 £0.50

68 Outriggers 1969 1969 £1.00 £0.50

69 Multihull Safety Study 1969 * †

70 Retirement Yachts/Polars 1969 £1.00 £0.50

71 Transatlantic Races 1970 £1.00 £0.50

72 Catamarans 1970 1970 £1.00 £0.50

73 Trimarans 1970 1970 £1.00 £0.50

74 Sailing Hydrofoils 1970 n/a n/a

75 Deep-water Seamanship (hb) 1971 £5.00 £3.00

76 Sail Trim, Test & Theory 1971 £1.00 £0.50

77 Trimaran Selection 1971 £1.00 £0.50

78 Cruising Cats 1971 n/a n/a

79 Rudder Design (hb) 1974 £5.00 £3.00

80 Round Britain Race 1974 £1.00 £0.50

81 Sail Rigs 1976 1976 £1.00 £0.50

82 Design for Fast Sailing (hb) 1976 £10.00 £7.00

83A Journal 83A 1976 * †

83B Journal 83B 1976 * †

84 Hydrofoils '76 1976 * †

84B Hull Research '76 1976 * †

100A Kite sail rigs '76 1976 £1.00 £0.50

100B Boatbuilding & Materials 1976 £1.00 £0.50

86 OSTAR '76 & Safety 1977 £1.00 £0.50

87 Kites & Sails 1977 £1.00 £0.50

88 Yachts Tenders & Boats 1977 £1.00 £0.50

89 Facts & Figures 1977 £1.00 £0.50

90 Hydrofoil Options 1978 £1.00 £0.50

91 Power from the Wind 1979 £1.00 £0.50

92 Racing & Cruising 1979 £1.00 £0.50

93 Speed Sailing 1979 £1.00 £0.50

94 Shallow Draft Craft 1980 £1.00 £0.50

95 Racing Hydrofoils 1982 £1.00 £0.50

96 Cruiser Development 1983 £1.00 £0.50

97 Sails, Rigs & Hydrofoils 1983 £1.00 £0.50

98 Windmills & Kites 1983 £1.00 £0.50

99 Megalithic Boats 1984 £1.00 £0.50

100 Efficient Performance 19100 £1.00 £0.50

101 Windmills & Hydrofoils 19100 £1.00 £0.50

102 Sailboards & Speedweek 1986 £1.00 £0.50

103 Optimum Yachts 1987 £1.00 £0.50

104 Multihull Cruisers 1988 n/a n/a

105 High Speed Sailing 1989 £1.50 £1.00

106 Seaworthiness & Stability 1989 £1.50 £1.00

107 Low Drag Craft 1990 £1.50 £1.00

108 Foils & Hapas 1991 * †

109 Propellers & Solar Boats 1991 £1.50 £1.00

110 Developments in Yacht Design 1992 £3.50 £3.00

111 Rig Efficiency 1993 £3.50 £3.00

112 AYRS Projects 1993 * †

113 Rig Theory 1993 £3.50 £3.00

114 Ultimate Sailing 1994 £3.50 £3.00

115 Speed Sailing & Speedweek 1994 £3.50 £3.00

116 Ultimate Sailing II 1994 £3.50 £3.00

117 Natural Aerodynamics 1995 £3.50 £3.00

118 Ultimate Sailing III 1995 £3.50 £3.00

119 Instrumentation, Measurement of Performance 1995 £3.50 £3.00

120 21st Century Multihulls
(2 vols. together) 1996 £7.00 £5.00

121 Canoes for Experiments 1996 £3.50 £3.00

122 Ultimate Sailing IV 1996 £3.50 £3.00

123 Computers Afloat 1997 £3.50 £3.00

124 Transport Sailcraft 1997 £3.50 £3.00

125 Rotors & Steering 1998 £3.50 £3.00

126 Low Flying Boats 2002 £3.50 £3.00

127 Self Steering 1999 £10.00 £7.00

AIRS Booklets Nos 1-5, 7-10 1971-75 £1.00 each £0.50 each

AIRS Nos 6, 11 1973, 1975 * †

An Index to articles in AYRS publications can be found here

Back numbers of Catalyst - the Journal of AYRS:

Nos 1-17: £4.00 (non-members), £3.50 (members), No 18 et seq: £5.00 (non-members), £4.50 (members), including surface postage.

1 (2000) Weymouth Speedweek, Newport symposium, performance measurement, land sailing, kite sailing, solar & human power

2 Hydrofoil sailing, America's Cup, performance modelling, experiments

3 (2001) Hull design, proas, ferro cement, seadogs, performance

4 Sunshine sailing canoe, Sailrocket, designing racing dinghies (pt 1)

5 Wind profiles, Costes hydrofoils, rotors, designing dinghies (pt 2)

6 Quarterline hull shapes, Revolution amphibious sailer, speedsailing

7 (2002) John Hogg prizes 2001 (Swingsail, glider-sail, windlogger) Swifgig

8 Special edition on Rigs,

9 Conveyor belt foils, Kcat70, Ergonomic oars

10 Speedweek, Hydrofoils, Windrigger cat, Downwind faster than the wind

11 (2003) John Hogg prizes 2002, Hull & keel design, windmills, Rigs

12 Rigs, Monofoil, Downwind faster than the wind

13 Hapa Stabilised Sail Craft, Smart Anchor, Mill-Prop paradigm, Balancing Act

14 "Alice May", Automatic Headboard, Kite Sail system, Spar Buoys

15 (2004) John Hogg Prize 2003, Quatrefoil, Free Spirit trimaran, Gravity Shift keel, AYRS-Bolt, Polar Curves

16 The Marine Engine - A Necessary Evil?; Making Water Sports Easy for Disabled People; A paddle wheel design; An Autonomous Wing-Sailed Catamaran; Self Stabilising Variable Geometry Kite Sail System;

17 The Case for a New About Fishtails, Raymotion, and Gondolas; The Romy Rig; The 50 Knot Barrier - Can it be Conquered? An Autonomous Wing-Sailed Catamaran: Part 2: Construction of the Wingsail; The Application of Soft Wing Sails to Large Racing Yachts to Improve Upwind Performance; Austin Farrar; Weymouth meeting;Bauer Vehicle test; Sailboard Pioneer dies; Whale Tail efficiency

18 Moths on Foils;Transition sailing rig;Four Times Faster Than The Wind;Buoyant Keel Boats & Boards

19 (2005) Outleader Kites;Downwind as fast as you like; Mini-Trimaran; A Monoplane Wingsail Cruising Trimaran; AYRS John Hogg Memorial Prize Award 2005; New world sailing speed record; Weymouth Speedweek;Case for a new mug; Proa crew wanted

20 Rushing About on Ivanpah 2004; Elementarry; The Wave Rocker; The Power Alternating Sailing (PAS) Principle and the Mill-Prop Principle; Kites & Sailing Records; Concept Boat, RIBEX

21 Freewing; Moorhen; A Bauer String Yacht Demonstration; IDEC, new proa launched, rowing record; CATRI, WSSRC ratifications, Wincheetah, Broker wanted, DWFTTW; Drawing Long-Radius Curves

22 Coastal rowing gains direction; A new analysis of the Pacific crab claw rig; Self-righting multihulls; Design and construction of hulls for Windriggercat (WRC) 6800; More on DWFTTW; Weymouth Speedweek, Concept Boat competition; Quatrefoil. ROCAT, soft wingsails, DWFTTW

23 (Jan 2006) Innovative Self Steering Gear; Stabilising foils and variable geometry for proas; A different approach to Sail Design & Construction; Tri-foiler project update; John Hogg Competition report

An Index to articles in Catalyst can be found here

*	out of print (Photocopies available at £0.10/$0.20 per page)
n/a	out of print (Photocopies NOT available)
†	Photocopies available at cost. (Contact AYRS office)

No	Title	Date	Price	Members
1	Catamarans	1955	*	†
2	Hydrofoils	1955	*	†
3	Sail Evolution	1955	*	†
4	Outriggers	1956	£1.00	£0.50
5	Sailing Hull Design	1956	*	†
6	Outrigger Craft	1956	£1.00	£0.50
7	Catamaran Construction	1956	*	†
8	Dinghy Design	1956	*	†
9	Sails & Aerofoils	1956	*	†
10	American Catamarans	1956	£1.00	£0.50
11	Wishbone Rig	1957	*	†
12	Amateur Research	1957	*	†
13	(see No 127)		n/a	n/a
14	Wingsails	1957	*	†
15	Catamaran Design	1957	*	†
16	Trimarans & Outriggers	1957	*	†
17	Commercial Sail	1958	*	†
18	Catamaran Developments	1958	*	†
19	Hydrofoil Craft	1958	£1.00	£0.50
20	Modern Boatbuilding	1958	*	†
21	Ocean Cruising	1958	*	†
22	Catamarans 1958	1958	*	†
23	Outriggers 1958	1959	*	†
24	Yacht Wind Tunnels	1959	*	†
25	Fibreglass	1959	*	†
26	Sail Rigs	1959	*	†
27	Cruising Cats	1959	*	†
28	Catamarans 1959	1959	*	†
29	Outriggers 1959	1960	*	†
30	Tunnel & Tank	1960	£1.00	£0.50
31	Sailing Theory	1960	*	†
32	Sailboat Testing	1960	£1.00	£0.50
33	Sails 1960	1960	*	†
34	Ocean Trimarans	1961	£1.00	£0.50
35	Catamarans 1960	1961	*	†
36	Floats, Foils & Flows	1961	£1.00	£0.50
37	Aerodynamics I	1961	*	†
38	Catamarans 1961	1962	*	†
39	Trimarans 1961	1962	*	†
40	Yacht Research I	1962	*	†
41	Yacht Research II	1962	*	†
42	Catamarans 1962	1963	£1.00	£0.50
43	Trimarans 1962	1963	*	†
44	AYRS Yachts	1963	£1.00	£0.50
45	Basic Research	1963	£1.00	£0.50
46	Catamarans 1963	1964	£1.00	£0.50
47	Outriggers 1963	1964	£1.00	£0.50
48	Yacht Electronics	1964	*	†
49	Keel Yachts	1964	£1.00	£0.50
50	Catamarans 1964	1965	£1.00	£0.50
51	Foils & Floats	1965	£1.00	£0.50
52	Trimarans 1964	1965	*	†
53	Solo Cruising	1965	£1.00	£0.50
54	Catamarans 1965	1965	*	†
55	Trimarans 1965	1966	*	†
56	Sailing Figures	1966	£1.00	£0.50
57	Round Britain 1966	1966	£1.00	£0.50
58	Practical Hydrofoils	1966	£1.00	£0.50
59	Multihull Design/Cats	1967	*	†
60	Multihull Seamanship	1967	*	†
61	Sailing Analysis	1967	*	†
62	Hydrofoil Victory	1967	*	†
63	Multihull Capsizing	1968	*	†
64	Catamarans 1967	1968	£1.00	£0.50
65	Trimarans 1968	1968	*	†
66	Foils/Ice Yachts/Sails	1968	£1.00	£0.50
67	Catamarans 1969	1969	£1.00	£0.50
68	Outriggers 1969	1969	£1.00	£0.50
69	Multihull Safety Study	1969	*	†
70	Retirement Yachts/Polars	1969	£1.00	£0.50
71	Transatlantic Races	1970	£1.00	£0.50
72	Catamarans 1970	1970	£1.00	£0.50
73	Trimarans 1970	1970	£1.00	£0.50
74	Sailing Hydrofoils	1970	n/a	n/a
75	Deep-water Seamanship (hb)	1971	£5.00	£3.00
76	Sail Trim, Test & Theory	1971	£1.00	£0.50
77	Trimaran Selection	1971	£1.00	£0.50
78	Cruising Cats	1971	n/a	n/a
79	Rudder Design (hb)	1974	£5.00	£3.00
80	Round Britain Race	1974	£1.00	£0.50
81	Sail Rigs 1976	1976	£1.00	£0.50
82	Design for Fast Sailing (hb)	1976	£10.00	£7.00
83A	Journal 83A	1976	*	†
83B	Journal 83B	1976	*	†
84	Hydrofoils '76	1976	*	†
84B	Hull Research '76	1976	*	†
100A	Kite sail rigs '76	1976	£1.00	£0.50
100B	Boatbuilding & Materials	1976	£1.00	£0.50
86	OSTAR '76 & Safety	1977	£1.00	£0.50
87	Kites & Sails	1977	£1.00	£0.50
88	Yachts Tenders & Boats	1977	£1.00	£0.50
89	Facts & Figures	1977	£1.00	£0.50
90	Hydrofoil Options	1978	£1.00	£0.50
91	Power from the Wind	1979	£1.00	£0.50
92	Racing & Cruising	1979	£1.00	£0.50
93	Speed Sailing	1979	£1.00	£0.50
94	Shallow Draft Craft	1980	£1.00	£0.50
95	Racing Hydrofoils	1982	£1.00	£0.50
96	Cruiser Development	1983	£1.00	£0.50
97	Sails, Rigs & Hydrofoils	1983	£1.00	£0.50
98	Windmills & Kites	1983	£1.00	£0.50
99	Megalithic Boats	1984	£1.00	£0.50
100	Efficient Performance	19100	£1.00	£0.50
101	Windmills & Hydrofoils	19100	£1.00	£0.50
102	Sailboards & Speedweek	1986	£1.00	£0.50
103	Optimum Yachts	1987	£1.00	£0.50
104	Multihull Cruisers	1988	n/a	n/a
105	High Speed Sailing	1989	£1.50	£1.00
106	Seaworthiness & Stability	1989	£1.50	£1.00
107	Low Drag Craft	1990	£1.50	£1.00
108	Foils & Hapas	1991	*	†
109	Propellers & Solar Boats	1991	£1.50	£1.00
110	Developments in Yacht Design	1992	£3.50	£3.00
111	Rig Efficiency	1993	£3.50	£3.00
112	AYRS Projects	1993	*	†
113	Rig Theory	1993	£3.50	£3.00
114	Ultimate Sailing	1994	£3.50	£3.00
115	Speed Sailing & Speedweek	1994	£3.50	£3.00
116	Ultimate Sailing II	1994	£3.50	£3.00
117	Natural Aerodynamics	1995	£3.50	£3.00
118	Ultimate Sailing III	1995	£3.50	£3.00
119	Instrumentation, Measurement of Performance	1995	£3.50	£3.00
120	21st Century Multihulls (2 vols. together)	1996	£7.00	£5.00
121	Canoes for Experiments	1996	£3.50	£3.00
122	Ultimate Sailing IV	1996	£3.50	£3.00
123	Computers Afloat	1997	£3.50	£3.00
124	Transport Sailcraft	1997	£3.50	£3.00
125	Rotors & Steering	1998	£3.50	£3.00
126	Low Flying Boats	2002	£3.50	£3.00
127	Self Steering	1999	£10.00	£7.00

AIRS Booklets Nos 1-5, 7-10		1971-75	£1.00 each	£0.50 each
AIRS Nos 6, 11		1973, 1975	*	†

1 (2000)	Weymouth Speedweek, Newport symposium, performance measurement, land sailing, kite sailing, solar & human power
2	Hydrofoil sailing, America's Cup, performance modelling, experiments
3 (2001)	Hull design, proas, ferro cement, seadogs, performance
4	Sunshine sailing canoe, Sailrocket, designing racing dinghies (pt 1)
5	Wind profiles, Costes hydrofoils, rotors, designing dinghies (pt 2)
6	Quarterline hull shapes, Revolution amphibious sailer, speedsailing
7 (2002)	John Hogg prizes 2001 (Swingsail, glider-sail, windlogger) Swifgig
8	Special edition on Rigs,
9	Conveyor belt foils, Kcat70, Ergonomic oars
10	Speedweek, Hydrofoils, Windrigger cat, Downwind faster than the wind
11 (2003)	John Hogg prizes 2002, Hull & keel design, windmills, Rigs
12	Rigs, Monofoil, Downwind faster than the wind
13	Hapa Stabilised Sail Craft, Smart Anchor, Mill-Prop paradigm, Balancing Act
14	"Alice May", Automatic Headboard, Kite Sail system, Spar Buoys
15 (2004)	John Hogg Prize 2003, Quatrefoil, Free Spirit trimaran, Gravity Shift keel, AYRS-Bolt, Polar Curves
16	The Marine Engine - A Necessary Evil?; Making Water Sports Easy for Disabled People; A paddle wheel design; An Autonomous Wing-Sailed Catamaran; Self Stabilising Variable Geometry Kite Sail System;
17	The Case for a New About Fishtails, Raymotion, and Gondolas; The Romy Rig; The 50 Knot Barrier - Can it be Conquered? An Autonomous Wing-Sailed Catamaran: Part 2: Construction of the Wingsail; The Application of Soft Wing Sails to Large Racing Yachts to Improve Upwind Performance; Austin Farrar; Weymouth meeting;Bauer Vehicle test; Sailboard Pioneer dies; Whale Tail efficiency
18	Moths on Foils;Transition sailing rig;Four Times Faster Than The Wind;Buoyant Keel Boats & Boards
19 (2005)	Outleader Kites;Downwind as fast as you like; Mini-Trimaran; A Monoplane Wingsail Cruising Trimaran; AYRS John Hogg Memorial Prize Award 2005; New world sailing speed record; Weymouth Speedweek;Case for a new mug; Proa crew wanted
20	Rushing About on Ivanpah 2004; Elementarry; The Wave Rocker; The Power Alternating Sailing (PAS) Principle and the Mill-Prop Principle; Kites & Sailing Records; Concept Boat, RIBEX
21	Freewing; Moorhen; A Bauer String Yacht Demonstration; IDEC, new proa launched, rowing record; CATRI, WSSRC ratifications, Wincheetah, Broker wanted, DWFTTW; Drawing Long-Radius Curves
22	Coastal rowing gains direction; A new analysis of the Pacific crab claw rig; Self-righting multihulls; Design and construction of hulls for Windriggercat (WRC) 6800; More on DWFTTW; Weymouth Speedweek, Concept Boat competition; Quatrefoil. ROCAT, soft wingsails, DWFTTW
23 (Jan 2006)	Innovative Self Steering Gear; Stabilising foils and variable geometry for proas; A different approach to Sail Design & Construction; Tri-foiler project update; John Hogg Competition report

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