2020 AGM

12th July 202012th July 2020 AYRS Secretary 0 Comments

The draft Minutes of the 2020 AGM are now in the Members-only area of the Forum. These have not yet

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Zoom Mtgs. 6th and13th June – From the UK to New Zealand – Bernard Rhodes

15th June 202011th July 2020 John Perry 0 Comments Bernard Rhodes, Klis trimaran

Bernard Rhodes tells us about the design and construction of the trimaran Kliss back in the 1960’s and his voyage

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Zoom Mtg. 30 May – Antifouling Treatments – Open discussion

30th May 202017th June 2020 John Perry 0 Comments antifouling

For this meeting we invited members to share their experiences with antifouling treatments. A recording is at this link: Recording

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Zoom Mtg. 23 May – Ideas for Generating Power from Natural Fluid Flow – Tom Potts

23rd May 202017th June 2020 John Perry 0 Comments power generation

Tom Potts described his ideas for generating power from the wind and from river or tidal currents and a general

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Zoom Mtg. 16 May – A Reefable Soft Wingsail – Charles Magnan

16th May 202017th June 2020 John Perry 0 Comments wingsails

Charles Magnan presented his project to develop a reefable and furlable soft wingsail. The America’s Cup has shown that multi-element

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Zoom Mtg. 9 May – The ‘Paradox’ 14 foot cruising boat – Alastair Law

9th May 202017th June 2020 John Perry 0 Comments Paradox sailboat

Alastair Law tells us about the construction and sailing of his ‘Paradox 14 foot (4.25m) cruising boat designed by Matt

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Power craft & engines • Re: solar electric propulsion of a power kat, 6.3 m
Few things about electric boating...There are at least three different chapters in your tips: The motor that assume the propulsion, the batteries or how the electric power is stored and then the solar panels themselves or how to reload batteries.1.The motor. I think that first of all it would be a good thing to know […]
Power craft & engines • solar electric propulsion of a power kat, 6.3 m
I'm currently building a 6 meter power kat, which will be driven by 2 electric motors, (hopefully) mostly powered by solar panels. State of the build: the semi hulls are fitted on the bridge deck and the cabin is erected and covered. I would like to discuss some questions of electric boat drives with interested […]
Events & other announcements • Re: Talk 'Yulohing on the Thames' - 6th April 17:45 BST
I have now been sent the joining details for the above talk as below:Topic: LARNO chatTime: 1800Join Zoom Meetinghttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/84909156208...Meeting ID: 849 0915 6208Passcode: 557847Statistics: Posted by John Perry — Tue Apr 06, 2021 12:51 pm
Events & other announcements • Talk 'Yulohing on the Thames' - 6th April 17:45 BST
An AYRS member has just alerted the AYRS Committee to the above talk. At this stage we don't have any further information other than that the talk will be given by Zoom by Jacky Manning who is Secretary of the London RNR Former Members Club. I know that some AYRS members are interested in yulohs […]
AYRS Meetings • Sail GP Event at Plymouth UK July 17/18 2021
I previously mentioned the SailGP Event to be held at Plymouth on 17/18 July in the 'News' section of this forum (do we have too many overlapping sections on this forum I wonder?) but I am now thinking that the weekend of this event could be an opportunity for an AYRS gathering - (subject to […]