Coronavirus

22nd March 202022nd March 2020 AYRS Webmaster 0 Comments

As you may guess, at this point in time, AYRS is postponing or cancelling all activities that may bring groups of people together. We are reviewing this on a month by month basis.

The SW UK Area meeting is therefore cancelled (but see below), and the Norfolk sailing meeting (Broad Horizons 2020) is postponed at least until mid-late June.

It is possible that some meetings may be replaced by online video conferences (by Skype or similar). For further details please see the Forum where these things will be announced.

News

(Updated effective Jan 9) Fred Ball, AYRS Chairman, dies.

6th January 202018th January 2020 AYRS Secretary 0 Comments

It is with deep sorrow that AYRS has to announce that our Chairman, Fred Ball, died on Friday 3rd January

News Publications

Catalyst 55 is now available for paid-up members

13th October 201913th October 2019 AYRS Webmaster 0 Comments

In the Forum at https://www.ayrs.org/phpbb/viewforum.php?f=37 If you’re not already registered on the Forum you will need to register and be

News Publications

Catalyst 54 is now available for paid-up members

8th January 201913th October 2019 AYRS Editor 0 Comments

Catalyst 54 is now available for paid-up members In the Forum at https://www.ayrs.org/phpbb/viewforum.php?f=37 If you’re not already registered on the

News

Catalyst 53 now available for paid-up members

28th February 20186th January 2019 AYRS Webmaster 0 Comments

In the Forum at https://www.ayrs.org/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=37&p=2559 If you’re not already registered on the Forum you will need to register and be

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Catalyst 52 now available for paid-up members

29th December 201730th December 2017 AYRS Webmaster 0 Comments

In the Forum at https://www.ayrs.org/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=37&p=2727#p2727 If you’re not already registered on the Forum you will need to register and be

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AYRS Newsletter December 2017

29th December 201730th December 2017 AYRS Secretary 0 Comments

New Years Resolutions

AYRS relies on the members writing about their experiments and ideas so YOUR No.1 Resolution is to write and let us know what you are doing. Then we can publish it in Catalyst which helps you get your monies worth!

You can also do your bit by encouraging other members to use the forum which means members can get something in between issues of Catalyst.

Meeting Reports News

Report of AYRS meeting at Thorpe 17-11-05

24th November 201715th November 2019 John Perry 0 Comments

Several hours of presentations of members’ projects were interspersed with chat over tea/coffee breaks together with a mid-day break for our packed lunches.

Meeting Reports News

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

30th January 201722nd December 2017 AYRS Webmaster 0 Comments

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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Catalyst 51 now available for paid-up members

24th January 2017 AYRS Webmaster 0 Comments

Catalyst 51 is now available through the Discussion Forum. You will first need to register on the Forum if you

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Gossip & other snippets • Power from kites
At a recent AYRS on-line meeting we briefly discussed generating power from kites and I showed a short video clip about the system developed by Scottish company Kite Power Systems (their intellectual property now I think sold to a Norwegian company). The idea of this is to run a kite line in and out with […]
Gossip & other snippets • Re: Antifouling
At the recent AYRS Zoom meeting on anti-fouling methods we briefly mentioned 'boat bags' - see boatbath.co. These are roughly as you sugest although sodium hypochlorite (domestic bleach) rather than salt is normally added to the water in the bag. According to the website, only half a cup of bleach is sufficient to dose the […]
Gossip & other snippets • Antifouling
Here is a news item on an antifouling, superhydrophobic diamond film, which is supposed to be robust, too: https://phys.org/news/2020-06-antibiofo ... amond.html This is still basic research, so it will be a while until it becomes clear whether it will ever come to market. I have been wondering, though, about another way to inhibit growth, and […]
Boats • Re: Paradox/Yuloh/Electric
The electric 'godille' looks neat and simple - a clever design. We have several AYRS members who are experimenting with Yulohs and may not be aware that this is a recognised sport in France - perhaps we could mention this in our publications.JohnStatistics: Posted by John Perry — Sat Jun 06, 2020 7:14 pm
Boats • Paradox/Yuloh/Electric
I very much enjoyed the recent Zoom meeting about Alastair Law's Paradox micro cruiser. There was a bit of discussion about auxiliary power which brought to mind something I saw recently billed as an 'electric yuloh' (well actually an 'electric godille' because they are French):https://www.temofrance.com/en_GB/This seems rather expensive for what it is but it looks […]