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SUMMARY:Annual General Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The 2023 AGM of the AYRS is on Sunday 22 Janurary 2023 at 14:00 London Time.  The meeting will be included within the ‘All-day’ Social and Technical meeting that we are holding at the Basingstoke Canal Center at Mytchett near Farnborough\, Surrey – see separate announcment on our Events page. \nThe AGM can be attended at the Basingstoke Canal Centre or on-line by Zoom. \nWe will open our Zoom meeting at approximately 13:45 London time\, the link to join by Zoom is below. \nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/2536740617?pwd=VFdMOGxWRDNzK1Z4NkxpTkU1a3ZUZz09 \nThe passcode for the meeting is ayrs and the Meeting ID is 253 674 0617 but I don’t think you will need that if you join through the link provided. Following the AGM we may be able to share a small part of our technical meeting with remote viewers. \nAll AYRS members should receive the AGM documents by post or by email at least two weeks in advance of the meeting\, let me know (email chairman@ayrs.org) if you have not received these. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.ayrs.org/event/annual-general-meeting/
LOCATION:Basingstoke Canal Centre\, Mytchett Place Road\, Mytchett\, Camberley\, Surrey\, GU16 6DD\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230122T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230122T170000
DTSTAMP:20260619T153433
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SUMMARY:'All-day' discussion meeting - (with AGM included during the afternoon)
DESCRIPTION:We meet at the Basinstoke Canal Centre meeting room to talk about our projects and our boating activities. This can include boating holidays as well as construction or research projects.  And\, as in previous years\, we will embed our AGM within this meeting during the afternoon – see separate announcement for our AGM. \nAlthough we call this an ‘All-day’ meeting feel free to come and leave as you wish.  We usually have a mixture of informal discussion and prepared presentations\, if you have a particular subject you wish to talk about you might like to let me know in advance so that I can ensure you get a ‘time slot’ and if you like even an advance mention on this webpage.  Also\, do feel free to bring your portable hardware along to show other members. We will provide either a digital projector or a large screen so members can show digital material.  The meeting room has a WiFi system which we will use with Zoom to make our AGM available to the wider AYRS membership and maybe we will also share a part of the technical meeting by Zoom\, possibly a ‘keynote’ presentation to follow the AGM. \nTea\, coffee and biscuits will be available in the meeting room.  For lunch you can bring your own sandwiches but you don’t have to since the BCC has an onsite cafe which serves hot and cold food.  Also\, there is a pub next door to the BCC\, this could be an option for an evening meal after the meeting if that is of interest. \nNote that the BCC is not actually at Basingstoke – it is at Mytchett near Farnborough in Surrey\, postcode GU16 6DD.  – just a few minutes off the M3 motorway.
URL:https://www.ayrs.org/event/all-day-discussion-meeting-with-agm-included-during-the-afternoon/
LOCATION:Basingstoke Canal Centre\, Mytchett Place Road\, Mytchett\, Camberley\, Surrey\, GU16 6DD\, United Kingdom
ORGANIZER;CN="John Perry":MAILTO:chairman@ayrs.org
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230117T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230117T203000
DTSTAMP:20260619T153433
CREATED:20221230T171023Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221230T181522Z
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SUMMARY:Zoom Meeting - Sharing photos of sailing in 2022
DESCRIPTION:The AYRS Zoom meetings held during the covid ‘lockdowns’ were popular\, and I think appreciated\,  but interest dwindled for the last few meetings held in spring of 2022.  It did not seem worthwhile holding these meetings over the summer of 2022 but we have now decided to start them again on a trial basis for the first three months of 2023.  On-line meetings are the only way for many of the geographically spread AYRS membership to ever ‘meet’. \nWe will not attempt to provide a prepared presentation for each of these meetings\, although if anyone would like to offer a presentation on a particular boating topic do let us know (contact chairman@ayrs.org).  Rather\, we envisage most of these meetings to be informal\, although perhaps with a stated theme to focus on.  We might also start the meetings with brief announcements and a five to ten minute summary of what has been happening in the world of sailing and if that starts some discussion that is fine. \nFor this first meeting I suggest the theme can be members sailing pictures from 2022\, so if you have ‘holiday snaps’ from your cruising or racing last season do share them using the Zoom ‘screenshare’ facility.   The link to join this meeting is: \nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/2536740617?pwd=VFdMOGxWRDNzK1Z4NkxpTkU1a3ZUZz09 \nThe passcode for the meeting is ayrs and the Meeting ID is 253 674 0617 but I don’t think you will need that if you join through the link.  We will open the link at about 19:15 London time\, for a meeting start at 19:30\,  closing the meeting at around 20:30.  We will not mind if you choose to leave early. \nI am not sure which day of the week will best suit our members\, so I have scheduled this meeting for a Tuesday\, the February meeting for a Wednesday and the March meeting for a Monday\, that way those who have recuring events on a particular day of the week will be able to come to at least some meetings.
URL:https://www.ayrs.org/event/zoom-meeting-4/
CATEGORIES:On-line meetings
ORGANIZER;CN="John Perry":MAILTO:chairman@ayrs.org
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221210
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221211
DTSTAMP:20260619T153433
CREATED:20220531T161401Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221218T154737Z
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SUMMARY:Winter Meeting in Merseyside
DESCRIPTION:This is a meeting of the AYRS North West Local Group\, to include a buffet lunch and to be hosted by Col & Mike Howard in Lydiate\, Merseyside.  Meet at 12:30 pm for 1:00pm.  For further information contact editor@ayrs.org.
URL:https://www.ayrs.org/event/winter-meeting-in-merseyside/
CATEGORIES:AYRS Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221112T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221112T170000
DTSTAMP:20260619T153433
CREATED:20220215T162222Z
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SUMMARY:'All-day' technical discussion meeting
DESCRIPTION:We meet at the Basinstoke Canal Centre meeting room to talk about our projects and our boating activities. This can include boating holidays as well as construction or research projects.  Although we call this an ‘All-day’ meeting feel free to come and leave as you wish.  We usually have a mixture of informal discussion and prepared presentations\, if you have a particular subject you wish to talk about you might like to let me know in advance so that I can ensure you get a ‘time slot’ and if you like even an advance mention on this webpage.  Also\, do feel free to bring your portable hardware along to show other members. We will provide either a digital projector or a large screen so members can show digital material.  The meeting room has a WiFi system and we may use this to broadcast part of our meeting to the wider AYRS membership\, but I think we will probably keep any such broadcast to a limited period\, say one hour during the afternoon. \nTea\, coffee and biscuits will be available in the meeting room.  For lunch you can bring your own sandwiches but you don’t have to since the BCC has an onsite cafe which serves hot and cold food.  Also\, there is a pub next door to the BCC\, this could be an option for an evening meal after the meeting if that is of interest. \nThe Basingstoke Canal Centre is a waterside location with a slipway suitable for launching lightweight boats so I am thinking that if anyone would like to do a bit of canal exploration on the Sunday following this meeting we should be able to arrange that.  This slipway has a small step down at the water edge so it is not suitable for heavy boats but it is fine for canoes\, rowing boats\, yacht tenders\, paddleboards etc. Josephine and I will probably bring our 15foot rowing boat.   Unfortunately the canal is not suitable for boats with masts due to low bridges and overhanging trees. So let me know if you would like to join us  afloat on the Sunday following this Saturday meeting – email chairman@ayrs.org \nNote that the BCC is not actually at Basingstoke – it is at Mytchett near Farnborough in Surrey\, postcode GU16 6DD.  – just a few minutes off the M3 motorway.
URL:https://www.ayrs.org/event/all-day-technical-discussion-meeting/
LOCATION:Basingstoke Canal Centre\, Mytchett Place Road\, Mytchett\, Camberley\, Surrey\, GU16 6DD\, United Kingdom
ORGANIZER;CN="John Perry":MAILTO:chairman@ayrs.org
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221015
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221022
DTSTAMP:20260619T153433
CREATED:20211102T184155Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221005T213555Z
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SUMMARY:Weymouth Speedweek 2022
DESCRIPTION:2022 will be the 50th anniversary of Weymouth Speedweek!    Although this is not an AYRS event as such\, the AYRS has a long association with Speedweek and the AYRS will once again be holding a meeting on the Wednesday evening of Speedweek. For 2022 this will be October 19th and the meeting will be held at the Weymouth Sailing Club\,  Nothe Parade\,  DT4 8TX. I think the clubhouse will be open from 19:00.  These meetings are for discussing advances in sailing technology relating to all kinds of boat\, not just kites and boards. Indeed\, this year we are expecting at least a couple of rather special visitors to Speedweek and to our Wednesday meeting: \nBenoit Gaudiot\, a co-founder of the SP80 project plans to be at Speedweek – At our Wednesday evening meeting he will present his team’s project to challenge the unlimited world speed sailing record.   Like the current record holder Paul Larsen’s ‘SailRocket’\, the SP80 concept balances the lateral and upwards force from an inclined aerofoil with the lateral and downward force from an inclined hydrofoil. The most obvious difference is that whereas SailRocket connects the aerofoil and hydrofoil with a ridgid streamlined pole\, SP80 uses an advanced kite design as the aerofoil and connects this to the hydrofoil via kite strings.  For more detail see https://sp80.ch/ \nJames Grogono\, pioneer of Hydrofoil Sailing hopes to be at Speedweek and to give a presentation at the Wednesday evening meeting. James developed the Icarus hydrofoil catamaran that was the first sailing hydrofoil to sail in the UK and a new team is now working to restore this boat and get it sailing again.  If at all possible they will have it sailing at Weymouth this year but I hear that there is curently some uncertainty about finding a mast to complete the rig.  I would also mention that James has recently published his sailing autobiography titled ‘A Dozen Tots of Grog’.  This covers not only the early development of hydrofoil sailing but a wide variety of boating adventures in craft large and small. You can get a copy for £10 from Ebay.co.uk – just do a search in the Ebay search box for ‘A Dozen Tots of Grog’. \nIn recent years the great majority of  Weymouth Speedweek competitors have been kite and wind surfers\, so if you would like to see what world class kite and wind surfers can do these days just come to Weymouth Speedweek – its a free event for spectators. Both kites and windsurf boards are now sailing on hydrofoils and the equipment has improved so much that high speeds are achievable in quite light winds.  At the 2021 event\, around 30 knots was achieved with both kites and windsurf sails in something around Beaufort 3 – if you don’t think that is possible come to Portland in October and see for yourself!   Despite the majority of competors being on rather small boats (i.e. boards)\, Speedweek is about the development of performance sailing craft of all kinds. With hydrofoils now being applied to all sizes of sailing craft I expect we will see experimental boats back at Speedweek – I know that the AYRS does have members with appropriate projects underway.  Maybe this year\, but if not before too long I hope! \nchairman@ayrs.org \n 
URL:https://www.ayrs.org/event/weymouth-speedweek-2022/
LOCATION:Weymouth/Portland
ORGANIZER;CN="Norman Phillips":MAILTO:wnorman.phillips@ntlworld.com
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221002
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221003
DTSTAMP:20260619T153433
CREATED:20220909T114058Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220909T114058Z
UID:1554-1664668800-1664755199@www.ayrs.org
SUMMARY:AYRS Eastern Local Group Meeting
DESCRIPTION:What: 2nd AYRS Eastern Region Members Meeting \nWhen: Sunday 2nd October 2022 \, Starting at 10am \nWhere: Conference Room at Alton Water Sports Centre \, \nAlton Water | Suffolk | Anglian Water Parks \nAddress: Alton Watersports Centre\, Holbrook Road\, Stutton\, Ipswich\, IP9 2RY\, \nCar park opening/closing times: – 09:00 to 18:00 \nParking cost: Over 5 hrs/All Day/All Day Explorer Ticket – £6:00\n\nLaunching is permitted from Alton Watersports Centre: Launching is permitted only when the Alton Watersports centre is open and within the last launch time. Pop into reception to pay a day launch fee\, ‘Sign On’ to the water and grab a safety wristband. Note that you must hold adequate third party insurance for your craft. \n\nContacts:Tel: 01473 328408 \nAlton Water contact: Andy Woolnough – awoolnough@anglianwater.co.uk (Andy is who I have been dealing with) \nThe conference room has coffee/tea making facilities and a Video Projector/Screen. WiFi is also available. \nThere is a cafe available BUT in another building on the reservoir site. \n** Please bring your own lunch as per our normal ‘Thorpe Village Hall’ meetings ** \nThe Meeting Format: I am suggesting we base it around the ‘Thorpe Village Hall’ agenda of – News\, who has seen what? and ‘mini’ presentations from members and guests with lots of questions. + any boat/bits/demos. \n(I am hoping to bring my latest contraption – SubSail – as I have now built it and should have a sail for it in time for the meeting.) \nPLEASE CONFIRM if you can make it via MY Phone (01473 625024) or email (kim.fisher@btinternet.com) if you intend to attend. \nLooking forward to meeting you all at Alton Water on the 2nd October\, 2022. \nRegards \nKim Fisher.
URL:https://www.ayrs.org/event/ayrs-eastern-local-group-meeting/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220730
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220801
DTSTAMP:20260619T153433
CREATED:20220215T170615Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220531T162549Z
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SUMMARY:SailGP on Plymouth Sound
DESCRIPTION:Last year a small number of AYRS members watched the SailGP racing in Plymouth Sound and it was spectacular.  SailGP is raced with the F50 class strict one-design hydrofoil catamarans.  These are possibly the fastest racing yachts in existence today\, a speed of 51.1 knots having been recorded. The AC75 Americas cup class claims similar or higher speeds\, to early so say for sure which is faster since the latest generation of AC75s are not yet afloat.  These are certainly exciting times for high performance sailing. \nIf members would like to watch SailGP at Plymouth this year perhaps we can arrange to meet up\, both to watch the racing and/or for a social gathering or meal afterwards.   Let me know if this is of interest – email chairman@ayrs.org.   It is a bit early to make definite plans but spectators can watch from Plymouth Hoe\, either by buying a ticket to the official viewing area that has the benefit of a commentary and close up screen\, or by joining the crowds that are likely to form along the road to the seaward side of the Hoe.   Or last year two of us found what could be an even better view point on the lane between Staddiscombe Heights and Jennicliff. \nAnother possiblity is to watch from afloat in Plymouth Sound.  I have an F32 trimaran (Ian Farrier design\, about 32 feet length) now afloat in Millbrook Creek near Plymouth Sound but I am still working on getting the rig functional – for one thing we have some broken sail battens to replace.  If we can have this boat available in the right area at the right time I would be pleased to take members on board to watch the SailGP racing.  For sailing the boat is intended to carry up to 5 persons but for motoring on the sound and watching the racing I think we could take carry more if necessary.   Let me know if this is of interest\, also let me know if you also have a vessel in the area which could accommodate spectators.  John
URL:https://www.ayrs.org/event/sailgp-on-plymouth-sound/
ORGANIZER;CN="John Perry":MAILTO:chairman@ayrs.org
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220730
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220731
DTSTAMP:20260619T153433
CREATED:20220531T155618Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220531T164146Z
UID:1526-1659139200-1659225599@www.ayrs.org
SUMMARY:Summer Outing in Cheshire
DESCRIPTION:SUMMER OUTING to Nantwich & Border Counties Sailing Club\, Doddington\, Cheshire.   Meet at the club at 11:00am.  Hosted by a member of our AYRS North West Local Group.  Further details to follow. \nContact editor@ayrs.org
URL:https://www.ayrs.org/event/1526/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220615
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220616
DTSTAMP:20260619T153433
CREATED:20220531T155254Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220531T163914Z
UID:1524-1655251200-1655337599@www.ayrs.org
SUMMARY:Summer Outing at Windermere
DESCRIPTION:Meet at The Jetty\, Bowness on Windermere at 11:00 am.   Further details to follow. \nContact: editor@ayrs.org \nThis is an event organised by our very active AYRS North West Local Group
URL:https://www.ayrs.org/event/summer-outing-on-windermere/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220507
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220509
DTSTAMP:20260619T153433
CREATED:20220303T141839Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220421T113741Z
UID:1508-1651881600-1652054399@www.ayrs.org
SUMMARY:Gathering at Mount Batten near Plymouth
DESCRIPTION:Come by boat or by land\, for one or both days.  Show your projects and chat about sailing.  Join other members for a meal in the Mount Batten Centre bar at around 7pm on Saturday evening. (Let Jasper know if you would like to be i ncluded in a table booking).  Make informal arrangements to sail in company or crew with other members on the Sunday. \nContact for this meeting is Jasper Graham-Jones\, Mobile 07881085435\,  Jasper.graham-jones@plymouth.ac.uk \nThe venue is Mount Batten Watersports & Activities Centre\, 70 Lawrence Rd\, Mount Batten\, Plymouth PL9 9SJ\,   https://www.mount-batten-centre.com/    Telephone 01752 40456\,   enquiries@mount-batten-centre.com \nCar parking in the Mountbatten Centre is £5.00 per day and can be booked at the centre reception on arrival or anytime before.  There is also a free public car park across the road from the centre.  There is a wide concrete free public slipway at Mount Batten which is suitable for launching all sizes of road trailable boats at almost all tide states – it is only at low water springs that the concrete tails off into a stony seabed at the end of the slipway.  If you need overnight accommodation the Mount Batten Centre does offer some rooms\, there is also Hotel Mount Batten nearby and other hotels and B&Bs in the area. \nSaturday – Given suitable weather\, Jasper plans to sail from Looe\, Cornwall\, in his Swift 18 sailing boat and arrive at Mountbatten to meet up with other members on the foreshore between the pontoon and the public slipway at about 4pm on Saturday 7th May.  John and Josephine plan to arrive about mid-day with their sailing dinghy.  Jasper plans to either stay overnight on the beach at Mount Batten or to take a berth in the Plymouth Yacht Haven Marina which is a short walk east from the Mount Batten Centre. The marina has a minimum charge of 7 meters and £29 per night.    If there is poor weather Jasper will drive from Looe bringing a small boat\, probably a kayak.  If the weather is very poor we will meet in the bar of the Mount Batten Centre at about 5pm rather than outside on the foreshore. \nSunday – Meet for coffee/breakfast for people who stay overnight.  It would be ideal if we could sail in company.  Also a good opportunity to get photos taken at sea. \nIf you wish to join\, or have any questions please contact Jasper\, Email is best. It is not essential to contact Jasper in advance but it would be helpful if you can do so since Jasper would like to have some idea of how many people are coming and what kind of boats they may bring. \n\n\n\nSaturday 7th May \nHigh Water 10:03     4.24m \nLow water 16;09      2.10m \nHigh Water 22:15    4.63m\nSunday 8th May \nLow water  04:39      2.15 m \nHigh Water  10:51    4.24m \nLow Water 16:57    2.35m \nHigh Water 23:10   4.43m \n \n\n\n\n \nPictures above show the Mount Batten slipway towards low tide.  It’s a 15m wide gently sloping concrete slipway\, it was used for launching Sunderland seaplanes.  The beach to the side of the slipway is stony with some larger boulders.  In the first picture you can see the Plymouth Yacht Haven marina in the distance behind the slipway.  The marina is about 400m from the slipway\, a few minutes walk east along the sea front. \n 
URL:https://www.ayrs.org/event/gathering-at-mountbatten-near-plymouth/
LOCATION:Mount Batten\, Plymouth\, 70 Lawrence Rd\, Mount Batten\,\, Plymouth\, PL9 9SJ\, United Kingdom
ORGANIZER;CN="John Perry":MAILTO:chairman@ayrs.org
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220312T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220312T203000
DTSTAMP:20260619T153433
CREATED:20220215T174610Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220215T191832Z
UID:1499-1647113400-1647117000@www.ayrs.org
SUMMARY:March Zoom Meeting
DESCRIPTION:For our March meeting I propose to talk about the instrumented hydrofoil that I have made for our display at the RYA Dinghy Show at the end of February.  For our Zoom meeting I can explain how it works and how easy it is these days for a non-electronics specialist such as myself to put together a data logging system to take experimental measurements and record data electronically.  I can also describe the various experiments I have in mind for this equipment\, or maybe improved versions of this equipment – these include: \n\nInvestigating some possible ways to control the flying height of  a Tee style hydrofoil\, perhaps even without needing any electronics or powered actuators or even ‘wands’.\nQuantifying stuctural stress in hydrofoils\ncomparing various styles of hydrofoil – e.g. ]T’ shape\, ‘V’ shape\, ‘L” shape ‘J’ shape etc.\nQuantifying the hydrodynamic advantage that an underhull rudder may have over a transom mounted rudder.\n\nThe link to join this meeting is: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/2536740617?pwd=VFdMOGxWRDNzK1Z4NkxpTkU1a3ZUZz09. \nThe meeting ID is 253 674 0617 and the passcode is ayrs but I don’t think you will need that information if you log on through the link above. \nThis will be our final Zoom meeting for winter 2022.  We will then break off for the summer.  At our January Zoom meeting I asked those present whether they would like these meetings to continue next autumn and the response seemed to be a ‘yes’.  I do wonder if Saturday evening is the best day of the week for this\, let me know if you have any thoughts on that\, also let me know if you have ideas for subjects/speakers for future meetings – email chairman@ayrs.org \n 
URL:https://www.ayrs.org/event/march-zoom-meeting/
ORGANIZER;CN="John Perry":MAILTO:chairman@ayrs.org
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220226
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220228
DTSTAMP:20260619T153433
CREATED:20211026T210735Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220215T171832Z
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SUMMARY:RYA Dinghy and Watersports Show
DESCRIPTION:The AYRS will be on stand F12 at the RYA Dinghy Show at Farnborough in 2022. \nWe expect the centrepiece of our display to be a 6m tall prototype reefable wingsail built by AYRS member Charles Magnan and we will also display a hydrofoil assembly instrumented with strain gauges to measure hydrodynamic forces.  Do drop in at our stand to chat\, or if you are not yet a member maybe even to join us – our annual subsciption is only £10 for receiving our publications electronically or £20 to receive them on paper. \nI think we had a really good display on our stand at the most recent RYA Dinghy Show pre-covid in 2020 – picture below – we hope to do at least as well in 2022!
URL:https://www.ayrs.org/event/rya-dinghy-and-watersports-show/
LOCATION:Farnborough International Exhibition Centre\, Farnborough International Exhibition and Conference Centre\, Farnborough\, Surrey\, Gate F – GU14 6TQ Gate A – GU14 6XE\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220212T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220212T203000
DTSTAMP:20260619T153433
CREATED:20220121T181256Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220121T182442Z
UID:1478-1644694200-1644697800@www.ayrs.org
SUMMARY:Monthly Zoom Meeting - Kim Fisher will tell us about Parabeam
DESCRIPTION:For our February monthly Zoom meeting Kim Fisher will tell us about his experiments with using Parabeam and I think also how he is using Parabeam with a hull mould made by draping an elastic membrane over a ‘skeleton’ framework – an innovative way to quickly make curvy 3D shapes. \nParabeam is a way of making a fairly lightweight fibreglass panel approximately 3mm thick with just one layer of reinforcement material.  Kim has kindly sent me a sample\, photo at left shows an edge of the reinforcement material.  It is a thick ‘spongy’ fabric and when you wet it out with resin the outside surfaces get fully impregnated but the central region is mostly air filled\, so it automatically forms a kind of sandwich structure with a single wetting out operation. I had better not say more\, or I will spoil Kim’s talk! \nThe link to join this meeting is: \nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/2536740617?pwd=VFdMOGxWRDNzK1Z4NkxpTkU1a3ZUZz09 \nThe meeting ID is 253 674 0617 and the passcode is ayrs but I dont think you will need that information if you log on through the link above. \nThis will be our pen-ultimate Zoom meeting for this Spring\, after a March meeting we will break off and maybe restart in the Autumn\, but we will have to consider that over the summer.  Over the past few months our Zoom meetings have lost the popularity they enjoyed over 2019\, maybe the need was only during the first stages of covid-19.   Having said that\, arranging a Zoom meeting as just an informal on-line ‘bar chat’ as opposed to a formal presentation is very easily done\, if there is demand for that we can certainly send out a monthly link for as long as even a handful of members choose to log on.   Maybe Saturday is not the best day of the week\, do let us know your thoughts.  (email chairman@ayrs.org).
URL:https://www.ayrs.org/event/monthly-zoom-meeting-kim-fisher-will-tell-us-about-parabeam/
LOCATION:https://zoom.us
ORGANIZER;CN="John Perry":MAILTO:chairman@ayrs.org
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220123T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220123T150000
DTSTAMP:20260619T153433
CREATED:20210712T203504Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220119T091711Z
UID:1380-1642946400-1642950000@www.ayrs.org
SUMMARY:2022 Annual General Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The Annual General Meeting of the Amateur Yacht Research Society will be held during  our ‘All-day’ meeting that is planned for Sunday 23 January 2022 at the Basingstoke Canal Centre.  The ‘All-day’ meeting is planned to start at 10:45am\, the AGM at 2:00pm.   The AGM will be broadcast by Zoom so that distant members can participate\, including voting.  Depending on time available\, we may also be able to use Zoom to tell the remote audience a bit about our proceedings during the technical part of our ‘all-day’ meeting. For further information about the venue for these meetings please see the announcment for the ‘all-day’ meeting –  click here \nThe Zoom link to join our AGM on-line is: \nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/2536740617?pwd=VFdMOGxWRDNzK1Z4NkxpTkU1a3ZUZz09 \nThe meeting ID is 253 674 0617 and the passcode is ayrs but I dont think you will need this information if you join using the link above. \nItems to be considered by the AGM\, including nominations for the committee and items to be included under ‘Any Other Business’ – item 8 below\, must be received by the AYRS Secretary (secretary@ayrs.org) before 24th December 2021.    \nThe agenda for the AGM is: \n\nApplogies for absence\nPresentation of the Minutes of the 2021 Annual General Meeting for approval\nChairman’s Report\nTreasurer’s Report and approval of accounts\nConfirmation of President and Vice Presidents\nElection of Officers and Committee Members\nApointment of Reporting Accountant\nAny other business: we have two proposals to be considered at this AGM\, these as detailed as Proposal 1 and Proposal 2 below.\n\nPROPOSAL 1: APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY\nProposer: Mike Howard – Hon Editor – AYRS \n‘That the AYRS Committee should consider appointing a MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY as a separate Officer and that the Hon Treasurer should relinquish all the duties assigned to this new post.’ \n  \nPROPOSAL 2: INCREASE IN ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP FEES\nProposer: Mike Howard – Hon Editor – AYRS \n‘That the AYRS Committee consider increasing the Annual Membership Fees in the majority of classes as follows:\nUK and Overseas Members (Digital Catalyst) to remain at 10.00 GBP\nUK Members (hard copy Catalyst): Increase from 20.00 GBP to 30.00 GBP\nUK Retired Members (hard copy Catalyst): Increse from 10.00 GBP to 20.00 GBP\nOverseas Members (hard copy Catalyst): Increase from 30.00 GBP to 40.00 GBP’ \nNote that we have scheduled a Zoom meeting for January 8th\, (Click here) and this will provide an opportunity for a preliminary discussion of the above two proposals in advance of the AGM.
URL:https://www.ayrs.org/event/2022-annual-general-meeting/
LOCATION:Basingstoke Canal Centre\, Mytchett Place Road\, Mytchett\, Camberley\, Surrey\, GU16 6DD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:AGM,AYRS Meetings,On-line meetings
ORGANIZER;CN="AYRS Secretary":MAILTO:secretary@ayrs.org
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220123T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220123T163000
DTSTAMP:20260619T153433
CREATED:20210712T204006Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211214T181431Z
UID:1382-1642932000-1642955400@www.ayrs.org
SUMMARY:All-Day Meeting in Surrey (embracing our AGM)
DESCRIPTION:Important note: \nThis meeting will only happen as a ‘face to face’ event if covid rules at the time allow that. Should we be unable to meet as planned we still intend to hold our AGM at 2:00pm on January 23rd\, but by Zoom only. \nAssuming that we are able to hold this meeting at the Basingstoke Canal Centre\, we ask all those who attend in person to provide evidence (e.g. photo on mobile phone) of a NEGATIVE Covid-19 Rapid Self Test (Rapid Lateral Flow Test) which has been carried out within the last forty eight hours prior to the meeting. These tests can be carried out at home and at the time of writing test kits are available free of charge.  You can have test kits sent to your home\, or you can collect them from designated pick up sites\, most of which are pharmacies such as Boots or Superdrug\, or you can be tested at a covid testing centre.   A pack of tests will be taken to the venue for any member attending who has not carried out a test prior to their arrival. \nFor further information about covid-19 rapid lateral flow tests see here:  NHS Webpage about Rapid Lateral Flow Tests \nTo order free test kits sent to your home go here:   Government webpage to order test kits sent to your home \n To find a local collection point for free test kits enter your location at this NHS webpage NHS Webpage for finding a local collection point \nWe hope that those attending our meeting will be happy to comply with this plan and that we will all feel (and be) safer at the meeting knowing that the other people present have tested negative.\n \n\nThis meeting offers a whole day of chat and presentations about AYRS members’ projects and new developments in sailing and will also include the AGM of our society. The AGM will commence at 2:00pm and will be broadcast by Zoom so that distant members can attend and vote.\n \nAlthough this is an ‘all-day’ meeting you can arrive and leave as you wish. Bring your pictures/video/posters/hardware to show other members. If you have a more formal presentation you could let the chairman (chairman@ayrs.org.uk) know in advance to be sure we can fit you in\, but that is not essential. Presentations by members about their projects has been the main content of these meetings but presentations about sailing holidays or general discussion of boating topics or development of the AYRS are also welcome. Do also bring along models\, items of equipment\, books etc. for members to inspect and discuss during our coffee breaks. We expect to have a PC with a good sized screen available (or possibly a digital projector) so that video and digital pictures can be displayed. \nNote that the Basingstoke Canal Centre (BCC) is not actually at Basingstoke – it is at Mytchet near Farnborough. Driving\, it is a few minutes off the M3 and for public transport Farnborough has two stations with quite fast services from Waterloo. Car parking is available at the site. \nTea & coffee will be available through the day. The Basingstoke Canal Centre has an on-site cafe which we understand is open through the year and it does have outdoor seating as well as indoor. If any members would like to meet for a meal after the meeting then Potters Steakhouse would be a possibility\, it is next door to the BCC. Potters Steakhouse has rooms available which could be an option if you need overnight accommodation. For alternative accommodation (for the hardy I think) the BCC has its own camping field and according to their website this is available all the year round! \nAll our meetings are open to all those who share an interest in the technical aspects of boating\, so members and non-members are welcome\, (although only members may vote at the AGM). Donations will be invited to pay for the meeting room and for a supply of tea/coffee. \nWe aim to gather from 10:00 to start our meeting at 10:45am.
URL:https://www.ayrs.org/event/all-day-meeting/
LOCATION:Basingstoke Canal Centre\, Mytchett Place Road\, Mytchett\, Camberley\, Surrey\, GU16 6DD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:AYRS Meetings,On-line meetings
ORGANIZER;CN="John Perry":MAILTO:chairman@ayrs.org
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220108T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220108T203000
DTSTAMP:20260619T153433
CREATED:20211224T143410Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211224T143629Z
UID:1457-1641670200-1641673800@www.ayrs.org
SUMMARY:January Zoom Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Our January Zoom meeting will be an opportunity to discuss options for the future development of our Society.  We have two proposals to be considered under Any Other Business at our forthcomming AGM\, (Click here for our AGM announcement) this Zoom meeting will be an opportunity for a preliminary discussion of these proposals in advance of the AGM. \nAlso\, if you have an idea for an AYRS event your proposal would be welcome and if you are prepared to help with any arrangements necessary to make that event happen that could be even better! An AYRS summer event could be as simple as a sugestion for a waterside venue\, perhaps a pub or restaurant\, together with a date\, where we would invite members to meet\, with or without watercraft\, for a social evening and perhaps a chance to crew on other members’ boats the following day. An AYRS winter event could be as simple as an invitation for members to meet to view and discuss a particular project\, or projects in general. Our North West Local Group has been very successful in holding this kind of event\, often meeting in each others homes\, it would be good for this to happen in other areas. \nThe link to join this Zoom meeting is: \nhttps://www.google.com/url?q=https://us06web.zoom.us/j/2536740617?pwd%3DVFdMOGxWRDNzK1Z4NkxpTkU1a3ZUZz09&sa=D&source=calendar&usd=2&usg=AOvVaw2-92r4K9TJ5AbbfXJNcPta \nThe Meeting ID: 253 674 0617\nPasscode: ayrs
URL:https://www.ayrs.org/event/january-zoom-meeting-2/
LOCATION:https://zoom.us
ORGANIZER;CN="John Perry":MAILTO:chairman@ayrs.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211211T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211211T203000
DTSTAMP:20260619T153433
CREATED:20211026T204129Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211026T204129Z
UID:1441-1639251000-1639254600@www.ayrs.org
SUMMARY:December Zoom Meeting - Building a Stornoway 16 Sailing Dinghy - Steve Goodchild
DESCRIPTION:For our December Zoom meeting Steve Goodchild will tell us how he built a beautiful 16′ strip planked ‘Stornoway 16’ sailing dinghy – picture above.   Steve is an experienced woodworker\, at one time he owned and ran a woodworking and furniture making factory in Malawi\, but this was his first boat building project. The first\, but not the last\, perhaps he will also tell us about another boat building project that followed this one. \nI hope that this meeting will show that the AYRS is not just about experimental boats but is also relevant to the building of practical boats for everday use – even if a boat building project produces a fairly conventional end result there is plenty of scope for inovation\, both in the details and fittings and in the construction methods.  I think this will be well demonstrated by Steve’s project. \nIf you would like a preview to Steve’s presentation\, the Stornoway 16 is a design by Selway Fisher and the example built by Steve is featured at this webpage:   https://epoxycraft.com/projects/building-a-stornoway-16-part-3/https://epoxycraft.com/projects/building-a-stornoway-16-part-3/ \nLooking to the future\, Steve used 3D printing to make some of the parts for this project and I am hoping that Steve will be able to contribute to a future Zoom meeting about this technique. \n 
URL:https://www.ayrs.org/event/december-zoom-meeting-building-a-stornoway-16-sailing-dinghy-steve-goodchild/
LOCATION:https://zoom.us
ORGANIZER;CN="John Perry":MAILTO:chairman@ayrs.org
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211113T143000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211113T153000
DTSTAMP:20260619T153433
CREATED:20211026T194534Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211026T194821Z
UID:1431-1636813800-1636817400@www.ayrs.org
SUMMARY:November Zoom Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Our November Zoom meeting will\, as usual\, be second Saturday of the month but it will not be at the usual time.    We plan to broadcast this meeting from the venue where we will be holding a ‘real’ meeting that day in Surry UK.  Holding the Zoom meeting during the afternoon will\, we hope\, allow us to share a selected part of the ‘real’ meeting with a wider audience and to include remote members in questions and discussion.  This will be experimental\, please bear with us if we have technical problems.  If all goes reasonably well we plan to hold our AGM at the same Surrey venue while also using Zoom to include distant members. \nThe part of the ‘real’ meeting which we will share by Zoom is likely to include one or two members talking about their own projects\, questions and discussion to follow. \nFor details of the ‘real’ meeting venue and how to attend ‘in person’ please see the separate announcement here: November meeting at Basingstoke Canal Centre
URL:https://www.ayrs.org/event/november-zoom-meeting/
LOCATION:https://zoom.us
ORGANIZER;CN="John Perry":MAILTO:chairman@ayrs.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211113T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211113T170000
DTSTAMP:20260619T153433
CREATED:20210624T184840Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211026T184808Z
UID:1373-1636799400-1636822800@www.ayrs.org
SUMMARY:All-day November Meeting (incorporating November Zoom meeting)
DESCRIPTION:Important Note:\nWe are asking all those who attend this meeting (other than by Zoom!)  to display\, on their mobile telephone\, a photograph of a NEGATIVE Covid-19 Rapid Self Test (Rapid Lateral Flow Test) which has been carried out within the last forty eight hours prior to the meeting. These tests can be carried out at home and at the time of writing test kits are available free of charge.  You can have test kits sent to your home\, or you can collect them from most pharmacies or public libraries. A pack of tests will be taken to the venue for any member attending who has not carried out a test prior to their arrival. \nFor further information about covid-19 rapid lateral flow tests see here:\nClick for NHS web page about rapid lateral flow Covid-19 test kits \nTo have a free test kit(s) sent to your home go here:\n Government webpage to order test kits sent to your home \nTo collect a free test kit(s) from a pharmacy you first have to get a code – get your code at this link: Government webpage to get collection code \nWe hope that those attending our meeting will be happy to comply with this plan and that we will all feel (and be) safer at the meeting knowing that the other people present have tested negative. \n  \n\nA whole day of chat and presentations about members’ projects and new developments in sailing!  \nAlthough this is an ‘all-day’ meeting you can arrive and leave as you wish. Bring your pictures/video/posters/hardware to show other members. If you have a more formal presentation you could let the chairman (chairman@ayrs.org.uk) know in advance to be sure we can fit you in\, but that is not essential. Presentations by members about their projects has been the main content of these meetings but presentations about sailing holidays or general discussion of boating topics or development of the AYRS are also welcome.  Do also bring along models\, items of equipment\, books etc.  for members to inspect and discuss during our coffee breaks. We expect to have a PC with a good sized screen available (or possibly a digital projector) so that video and digital pictures can be displayed. \nNote that we are holding this meeting at a new venue this year. The Basingstoke Canal Centre is not actually at Basingstoke – it is at Mytchet near Farnborough.  I think this should be a reasonably accessible location for a large part of our membership – driving\, it is a few minutes off the M3 and for public transport Farnborough has two stations with quite fast services from Waterloo. Plenty of car parking available at the site. \nTea & coffee will be available through the day.  The Basingstoke Canal Centre has an on-site cafe which is normally open thoughout the day\, however our information as at 26th October is that this cafe is temporarily closed but it is hoped that it will be open again in November.  We will update this webpage a couple of days in advance of the meeting to advise current availablity of the cafe.  If the on-site cafe is not open members will need to bring their own packed lunches\, (or maybe visit Potters Steakhouse – the pub next door to the BCC)    If any members would like to meet for a meal after the meeting then Potters Steakhouse would be a possiblity for that\, they also have rooms available which could be an option if you need overnight accommodation.  For alternative accommodation (for the hardy I think) the BCC has its own camping field and according to their website this is available all the year round! \nAll our meetings are open to all those who share an interest in the technical aspects of boating\, so members and non-members welcome. Donations will be invited to pay for the meeting room and for a supply of tea/coffee. \nWe will aim to gather from 10:30 to start our meeting proper at 11:00am. \nFrom 2:30am we will broadcast part of this meeting by Zoom for the benefit of geographically distant members.  We will aim for a Zoom broadcast of about one hour and within this period we will attempt to show one or two members projects with remote members being included in questions and discussion.  This is rather experimental\, at least for our Society it is\, so I hope that members will bear with us if we do find we have problems\, technical or otherwise.  It should be good practice for our AGM which we also plan to broadcast by Zoom while also holding it ‘face to face’ for those who are local to the meeting venue. \nHolding this meeting at the BCC does not necessarily mean that we will never again hold meetings at Thorpe Village Hall (TVH)\, but we do need a broadband connection for Zoom\, we understand that this is not currently available at Thorpe Village Hall. \n 
URL:https://www.ayrs.org/event/all-day-november-meeting/
LOCATION:Basingstoke Canal Centre\, Mytchett Place Road\, Mytchett\, Camberley\, Surrey\, GU16 6DD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:AYRS Meetings,On-line meetings
ORGANIZER;CN="John Perry":MAILTO:chairman@ayrs.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211013T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211013T213000
DTSTAMP:20260619T153433
CREATED:20210108T150511Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210108T150511Z
UID:1257-1634153400-1634160600@www.ayrs.org
SUMMARY:AYRS Weymouth meeting on Speedsailing
DESCRIPTION:Assuming we will be clear of any residual COVID restrictions\, AYRS proposes to hold another of its annual series of meetings on fast boats and boards coincident with Weymouth Speedweek. (NB Venue is to be confirmed\, keep an eye on this website in case of any changes)
URL:https://www.ayrs.org/event/ayrs-weymouth-meeting-on-speedsailing/
LOCATION:Weymouth Sailing Club\, Nothe Parade \, Weymouth\, DT4 8TX\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:AYRS Meetings
ORGANIZER;CN="AYRS Secretary":MAILTO:secretary@ayrs.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211009T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211009T203000
DTSTAMP:20260619T153433
CREATED:20210613T165830Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210613T171519Z
UID:1359-1633807800-1633811400@www.ayrs.org
SUMMARY:AYRS Zoom meeting from Weymouth
DESCRIPTION:A zoom broadcast from the AYRS team attending the Weymouth Speedweek at the Weymouth & Portland Sailing Academy.\nAt the time of writing this (June) the format is not yet precise\, but it is hoped to include interviews and maybe a panel discussion with the organisers of Speedweek (which event AYRS sponsors) as well as with competitors. Your questions from the “floor” will be encouraged. \nThe Zoom link to join this online meeting is: \nhttps://zoom.us/j/2536740617?pwd=VFdMOGxWRDNzK1Z4NkxpTkU1a3ZUZz09 \nIf you need it\, the Meeting ID is 253 674 0617\nand the passcode is “ayrs”
URL:https://www.ayrs.org/event/ayrs-zoom-meeting-from-weymouth/
LOCATION:https://zoom.us
CATEGORIES:AYRS Meetings,On-line meetings
ORGANIZER;CN="John Perry":MAILTO:chairman@ayrs.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211009
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211016
DTSTAMP:20260619T153433
CREATED:20210108T150000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210108T150531Z
UID:1255-1633737600-1634342399@www.ayrs.org
SUMMARY:Weymouth Speedweek 2021
DESCRIPTION:Weymouth Speed Week is the oldest and longest-running speed sailing event in the world. Held annually since 1972\, it has challenged sailors of a wide variety of wind-powered craft to sail as fast as they can over a distance of 500m with their speed being recorded as the average speed over that distance. \nToday’s competitors comprise kite boarders\, sail boarders and boaters. They compete over a 500m course laid out in Portland Harbour. The number of courses and their positions can vary each day according to the prevailing and anticipated wind conditions. Each course has a start line and each competitor is free to choose their best angle to maximise their speed. Each competitor’s run is now accurately measured by GPS with the recorded GPS data processed each day to generate the results for each of the competition classes. Competitors are also free to put in as many runs as they can; on a windy day\, the course can be a constant buzz as the competitors relentlessly charge up and down to find the best wind. \nSailing fast is not simply about sailing in strong winds; whilst strong winds provide the basis for a fast run\, a sailor’s ability to sail efficiently and consistently is highly important. Sailing fast in less-than-perfect winds presents an opportunity to demonstrate a sailor’s skill and judgement. \nWeymouth Speed Week is a unique event. All sailors with an interest in speed sailing are invited to compete and there are no restrictions upon the craft you may sail – experimental craft are particularly welcome. There are\, in fact\, few rules to who can compete; so long as your craft is wind-powered\, it is eligible. The event has attracted some of the world’s top professional and record-holding sailors over the years. The event allows first-time competitors to compete with professionals on the same course – not something normally offered by other events.
URL:https://www.ayrs.org/event/weymouth-speedweek-2021/
LOCATION:Weymouth & Portland Sailing Academy\, Osprey Quay\, Portland \, DT5 1SA\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:non-AYRS events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210926T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210926T170000
DTSTAMP:20260619T153433
CREATED:20210826T140024Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210826T140024Z
UID:1405-1632650400-1632675600@www.ayrs.org
SUMMARY:Eastern Region Local Group - Inaugural meeting
DESCRIPTION:Kim Fisher is setting up this first meeting of an AYRS local group primarily for members living in East Anglia\, although as with other AYRS meetings\, all are welcome\, from any part of the world. \nThe conference room at the Alton Watersports Centre is booked for this event\, and will be available to us from 10:00am.  The format of the meeting is expected to be similar to that we have followed for our meetings at Thorpe Village Hall – that means that the meeting will continue until around 5:00pm but those who do not wish to stay the whole day join and leave as they wish. \nThe conference room has coffee/tea making facilities and a Video Projector/Screen. It is believed that WiFi is also available. There is a cafe available BUT in another building on the reservoir site so Kim says ‘Please bring your own lunch’ – i.e. packed lunch – sandwiches etc.  The AYRS will make no charge for this meeting but assuming that you travel by car you will need to pay a £6.00 parking fee to the Alton Watersports Centre. The car park will be open from 09:00 to 18:00. \nKim writes:  This first meeting is to sort out how we organise ourselves and what we want to do going forward. I am suggesting we base it around the ‘Thorpe Village Hall’ agenda of – News\, who has seen what? and ‘mini’ presentations from members and guests with lots of questions. + any boat/bits/demos \nKim is hoping to bring his boat ‘Quill’ (crab claw – tacking Proa) and the ‘Yellow Alert’ (forward rowing boat) to this meeting for trips on the water\, other members may also bring boats but should pop into the centre reception to pay a day launch fee\, sign on and collect a safety wristband. Craft using the water must have adequate third party insurance.  For further information about the centre and use of the water contact Graham Colam who Kim has been dealing with and who knows who AYRS are – gColam@anglianwater.co.uk   01473 328408. \n 
URL:https://www.ayrs.org/event/eastern-region-local-group-inaugural-meeting/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210717
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210719
DTSTAMP:20260619T153433
CREATED:20210421T204121Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210601T113056Z
UID:1343-1626480000-1626652799@www.ayrs.org
SUMMARY:SailGP coming to Plymouth UK!
DESCRIPTION:SailGP is coming to Plymouth UK over the weekend of  17/18 July 2021 (of course\, that will be subject to the virus situation at the time).   The SailGP events are for the F50 Catamarans that have been developed from the boats that contested the America’s Cup during 2017. They are now a tightly controlled one-design class but the design rule is not frozen\, rather it is further developed each year by consultation with the racing teams which number eight at the time of writing. These boats have two element rigid wing sails and an 8.8m beam so they are difficult boats to handle on shore – presumably there is a plan for handling the boats on shore at Plymouth but I cannot guess what that plan might be! The F50 racing should be spectacular to watch\, the speeds possible are on a par with those achieved with the AC75 foiling monohulls. We hope it will be spectacular rather than downright dangerous – during the recent Bermuda SailGP event the Japanese boat tacked too late to avoid the US boat which was on starboard – no one was injured but the collision and resulting damage took both boats out of the race series. \nA handful of AYRS members have now told me that they would like to meet up during the weekend of the Plymouth SailGP\, more are welcome.  I have been in contact with Cargreen Yacht Club which is on the Tamar above Saltash and the club Social Secretary has offered to help us set up and cook a waterside barbeque at CYC on the evening of Saturday 17 July.  That club can also offer visitor’s moorings for any AYRS members visiting Plymouth by sea – details at CYC website. As for watching the SailGP racing\, there are several options set out at this web page: https://sailgp.com/races/great-britain-sail-grand-prix-tickets/   There are two free of charge options\, one for watching from on-shore at Plymouth Hoe and one for watching from your own boat. There are also paid for options which I think are intended to give a slightly better vantage point together with complementary drinks and such like.   Josephine and myself will probably choose one of the free options and although it could be fun to watch from the water I am guessing that watching from the high ground of Plymouth Hoe might actually give the better view of the racing. And if any AYRS members visiting Plymouth over the weekend of SailGP would like to sail together maybe we could arrange a day-sail or even a short cruise in company either before or after the event.  There is extensive fairly sheltered estuary sailing in the vicinity of Plymouth so both yachts and road transportable boats could be included in this.
URL:https://www.ayrs.org/event/sailgp-coming-to-plymouth-uk/
ORGANIZER;CN="John Perry":MAILTO:chairman@ayrs.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210612T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210612T203000
DTSTAMP:20260619T153433
CREATED:20210601T111116Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210601T111116Z
UID:1352-1623526200-1623529800@www.ayrs.org
SUMMARY:ZOOM Mtg. - Reuben Thomson tells us about his 'Mini-Skiff'
DESCRIPTION:Our next AYRS Zoom meeting will be on Saturday 12 June 2021 at 19:30 BST.  For this meeting Reuben Thompson will tell us about the design\, building and sailing of his ‘mini-skiff’ – picture above. This is a tiny performance sailing dinghy only 7 foot 7 inches in hull length but with trapeze ‘racks’ and a laser mainsail plus a foresail set on a good length bowsprit.  There is a video clip showing Reuben sailing the mini-skiff at this link:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMH2X5SUGNk   This video is a bit shaky\, but it does show that the mini-skiff sails well.  It rather reminds me of the pictures of over-canvassed Australian sailing boats that Alan Smith showed at our previous meeting\, including the ‘6 Foot’ class that is even shorter than the mini-Skiff. \n \nThe Zoom link to join this online meeting is: \nhttps://zoom.us/j/2536740617?pwd=VFdMOGxWRDNzK1Z4NkxpTkU1a3ZUZz09 \nIf you need it\, the Meeting ID is 253 674 0617\nand the passcode is ayrs \, but if you use the meeting ID above I think you will come in without needing the password. \nPlease note that followng our Zoom meeting on 12 June we will break off our monthly Zoom meetings until October – We imagine that many of our members would rather spend the weekends of the peak northern hemisphere sailing season afloat or at their sailing clubs rather than looking at a computer.  So\, keeping to the second Saturday of the month\, our next Zoom meeting after June will be on Saturday 9 October. This happens to be the first Saturday of Weymouth Speedweek (covid permitting) – see https://www.speedsailing.com – so we may be able to host that Zoom meeting from the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Centre and possibly get some input from organisers and competitors.  Also\, as for previous Weymouth Speedweeks\, on the Wednesday of the week\, that is 13th October\, we plan to hold an AYRS meeting (not an on-line meeting) in Weymouth to which all are welcome.
URL:https://www.ayrs.org/event/zoom-mtg-reuben-thomson-tells-us-about-his-mini-skiff/
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SUMMARY:AYRS Zoom meeting - Presentation by Alan Smith
DESCRIPTION:Our next Amateur Yacht Research Society Zoom meeting will be on 8th May 2021 at 20:00 BST – Note that this is half an hour later than usual.  For this meeting we have a presentation by Alan Smith about the development of sails\, which is a slight change of subject from our previous announcment\, the dynamics of foiling yachts will probably be for some future occasion.  Alan has asked me to circulate a hand out in advance of this meeting\, so this is a link: \nhttps://www.ayrs.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/2021-05-08-Hand-out-for-Alan-Smith-talk-on-sails.pdf \nAlan lives about 100 miles NE of Melbourne in Australia and because of the time difference Alan will join the meeting at around 20:30 BST\, this is still very early morning for him. I am sure we can find something to talk about in the half hour before Alan joins the meeting. \nAlan joined the AYRS at the Earls Court boat show in 1960.  At that time he was working as the liaison engineer to the British army for the Australian Malkara anti tank weapon. Then in 1966/1967 he studied for an MSc in aircraft stability and control at Cranfield\, his thesis was on yacht dynamics. In 1967 he sailed with Tom Vaughan in International 14’s\, mainly at Richmanswoth\, and he raced in the Prince of Wales week out of Cowes. He worked with Tom and Jeremy Pudney to modernise the International 14 and to incorporate the Australian 14 ft skiff class.  Alan’s professional life was developing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and he regards Nulka as the high point\, this being an Australian built anti-missile decoy system. Alan considers that there is a strong synergy between his professional life and his longstanding interest in fast sailing. \nYou can join this meeting by clicking on this link (or copying and pasting it into your browser): \nhttps://zoom.us/j/2536740617?pwd=VFdMOGxWRDNzK1Z4NkxpTkU1a3ZUZz09\nIf you need it (you shouldn’t do if you use the link above)\, the Meeting ID is: 253 674 0617 and the Passcode is: ayrs \n(We are setting a simple password for these meetings because this avoids people having to go into a waiting room before joining the meeting) \nRemember that AYRS meetings\, both conventional meetings and on-line meetings\, are open to all\, so do feel free to pass these details to friends who may be interested. \nAgain – note that this meeting will start half an hour later than usual (although I will log in at the usual time just in case that message has not reached everyone!) \n 
URL:https://www.ayrs.org/event/ayrs-zoom-meeting-presentation-by-alan-smith/
LOCATION:https://zoom.us
CATEGORIES:On-line meetings
ORGANIZER;CN="John Perry":MAILTO:chairman@ayrs.org
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210410T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210410T220000
DTSTAMP:20260619T153433
CREATED:20201012T123338Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210410T110007Z
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SUMMARY:AYRS Zoom Meeting - A Small Catamaran and I-Wood
DESCRIPTION:A last minute change of plan for the AYRS April Zoom meeting – we now have two members who would like to give short presentations: \nGiuseppe Gigliobianco will tell us about a small catamaran he built and Chris Scott about ‘I-Wood’ so I sugest we make these the main subject for this meeting rather than a discussion about the AC75 which was previously announced on this website. \nI-Wood is Chris’s concept for a way to use timber that makes best use of smaller logs and is suitable for easy assembly from pre-cut kits of timber parts.  Chris may also include applications to wooden boat building and he also has ideas for building vertical axis wind turbines – ‘Squirrel Cage Power Poles’. \nThese are some links that Chris has sent for video about I-Wood: \nWhat is I-Wood – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EB8cbjsCoI \n100q.ft. Build\, Salt Spring.–  https://youtu.be/Ttmrp5SJDF8 \nRob Greenfield & Chris Scott – a Tiny House – https://youtu.be/hNoY2VZK9KA \nInsulation with I-Wood – https://youtu.be/UpsEkZTflx0 \nCutting to shape on Woodmaster – Robert Riendl Workshop – https://youtu.be/6oNsI4ZFF68 \nAYRS meeting\, on-line or not\, are open to all\, so do feel free to pass this on to others who may be interested. \nThe link to join the meeting is: \nhttps://zoom.us/j/2536740617?pwd=VFdMOGxWRDNzK1Z4NkxpTkU1a3ZUZz09 \nMeeting ID: 253 674 0617\nPasscode: ayrs \n(we are setting a simple passcode for these meetings since this avoids people having to go through a ‘waiting room’) \nOne tap mobile\n+13017158592\,\,2536740617# US (Germantown)\n+13126266799\,\,2536740617# US (Chicago) \nDial by your location\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown)\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 646 558 8656 US (New York)\n+1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\nMeeting ID: 253 674 0617\nFind your local number: https://zoom.us/u/adUa0P78R0
URL:https://www.ayrs.org/event/ayrs-zoom-meeting-apr2021/
CATEGORIES:AYRS Meetings,On-line meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210313T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210313T223000
DTSTAMP:20260619T153433
CREATED:20201012T123335Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210114T194153Z
UID:1201-1615663800-1615674600@www.ayrs.org
SUMMARY:AYRS Zoom Meeting - Members Projects
DESCRIPTION:AYRS Meeting Host is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.\nAn on-line replacement for the cancelled AYRS meetings that were planned to be held in Surrey UK this winter.  Material to be provided by participants using the ‘Share Screen’ feature.  Updates on projects\, interesting news items\, ideas for projects etc. Please contact zoom@ayrs.org with items to be added to the agenda. \nhttps://zoom.us/j/2536740617?pwd=VFdMOGxWRDNzK1Z4NkxpTkU1a3ZUZz09 \nMeeting ID: 253 674 0617\nPasscode: ayrs \nOne tap mobile\n+13017158592\,\,2536740617# US (Germantown)\n+13126266799\,\,2536740617# US (Chicago) \nDial by your location\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown)\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 646 558 8656 US (New York)\n+1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\nMeeting ID: 253 674 0617\nFind your local number: https://zoom.us/u/adUa0P78R0
URL:https://www.ayrs.org/event/ayrs-zoom-meeting-dec2020/
CATEGORIES:AYRS Meetings,On-line meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210213T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210213T213000
DTSTAMP:20260619T153433
CREATED:20210114T194902Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210114T195801Z
UID:1267-1613244600-1613251800@www.ayrs.org
SUMMARY:Zoom meeting - talk by John Welsford - joint with the Dinghy Cruising Association
DESCRIPTION:A change of plan for our monthly Zoom meeting on 13th February – The new plan is that we attend a presentation by small craft designer John Welsford\, this presentation having been arranged by the Dinghy Cruising Association (see dinghycruising.org.uk)  The date and time that the DCA planned for this presentation happened to exactly coincide with the timing of our regular AYRS monthly Zoom meeting so arranging for AYRS members to join the DCA audience avoids a clash and gives us a chance to see a presentation by a well known designer of small sailing craft. For further information about the work of John Welsford see his website at: http://www.jwboatdesigns.co.nz \nAYRS members who would like to attend the presentation by John Welsford need to register for it ASAP by going to this link: \nhttps://www.dinghycruising.org.uk/agm.html \nFrom the above link you will see two registration forms\, one for the DCA AGM and a second one lower on the page for John Welsford’s talk. Unless you are a member of the DCA\, only fill in the second form then click the register button.  The simple form requires a name\, email address and DCA membership number. AYRS members should enter ‘AYRS’ for membership number.   In due course the DCA will email you a link to join the Zoom meeting.   The reason for having to register is that this talk may be popular so we need to know if there is a need to arrange a Zoom account upgrade to cater for more than 100 participants.
URL:https://www.ayrs.org/event/zoom-meeting-joint-with-the-dinghy-cruising-association/
LOCATION:https://zoom.us
CATEGORIES:AYRS Meetings,non-AYRS events,On-line meetings
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