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AGM 2020

The 56th Annual General Meeting of the AYRS will be held on Sunday 26th January 2020 at the Village Hall, Thorpe, Surrey, TW20 8TE, UK starting at or after 4.00 pm (after the all-day AYRS meeting).
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Meeting Reports News 

AYRS NWUK Local Group – Winter meeting – 10th December 2016

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As is now the custom at our Winter Meeting, members arrived just after noon for a 12.30 pm start. There were seven members and four of their wives present. Three apologies from absence were received from Roy Anderson, Steve McKenna and Colin Weir. After a short introduction, a Buffet Lunch was served which was enjoyed by everyone (thanks Col). Amply fed and watered, the Ladies retired to the conservatory leaving the Gents in the lounge to have their ‘official’ meeting.

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Members Projects & Papers 

The Split Junk Rig

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Back in 2002, AYRS Member Slieve MacGalliard was looking for a way to improve the one weak point of the modern western Junk rig – the windward performance. His conclusion was that camber is needed right to the luff of the sail, a feature that is difficult to achieve with the standard rig, which is normally pulled aft. One possible idea was to build a cambered rig with a lot of sail balance forward of the mast and split the sail in way of the mast so that the camber would be the same on both tacks and not distorted by the mast.

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