£1000

for outstanding recent achievement in the research and development of improved yacht performance, safety or endurance

Closing date for submissions

1 October 2007

A gifted professional engineer and keen amateur sailor, John's special interest was in measuring and recording the interaction of wind speed, wind angle and sail trim and their effect on optimal boat speed. He contributed seminal papers to the AYRS journal describing his work based on data from innovative electronic equipment developed and built in his spare time.

During the sixties he produce polar diagrams for a wide range of racing yachts and particularly for wing sail, multihull and hydrofoil projects. In 1962 he built and evaluated radio controlled scale models under sail to validate tank test data for the Kurrewa V America's Cup challenge.

From the Society's creation until his death in June 2000, John encouraged and assisted members to support published work with hard quantified evidence in the interest of the science.

The John Hogg Prize, to celebrate John's life and work, is funded by donations.

The aim of this international award is to encourage and recognise important contributions to the understanding and development of sailing performance, safety and endurance. Submissions may be made by members or non members to arrive not later than 1st October.

The winning entry will be announced and the prize will be awarded at the London International Boat Show in the following January. All short-listed entrants will receive one year's free membership of the AYRS.

If you would like to enter your project (or nominate someone else) for the competition, 
please download this reprint from Catalyst - the journal of Yacht Research - for full details. (Note: Acrobat reader required)