Amateur Yacht Research Society

It is by all accounts a typical misinterpretation that winding of a multihull structure is opposed basically by the torsional solidness and torsional quality of the cross pillars. For some viable plans, without a doubt I would state most functional structures, it is the twisting quality of the cross...

The Microtransat Challenge is a competition to design and build an autonomous sailboat under 4 meters in length, which is capable of crossing the Atlantic Ocean without human interaction. The challenge was originally conceived in 2005 by Mark Neal of Aberystwyth University and Yves Briere of ISAE. T...