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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html;CHARSET=iso-8859-1"> <META NAME="CONTENT" Content="See our booth (24G) at the London International Boat Show. AYRS is dedicated to making yachting better (faster, safer, more fun, etc). Our members run from sober-sided professional designers to bearded eccentrics full of ideas they cannot make work."> <META NAME="KEYWORDS" Content="London international boat show, boat show, research, yacht, speedsail, sailing, amateur yacht research society, AYRS, Weymouth, speed, sail, hydrofoil, aerofoil, airfoil, wingsail, aerodymanics, hydrodynamics"> <TITLE>Welcome to AYRS!</TITLE> <BASE HREF="http://www.dcss.org/ayrs/"> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" LINK="#000066" ALINK="#000066"> <FORM ACTION="http://www.stpt.com/cgi-bin/general/vote.cgi" METHOD="POST" ENCTYPE="application/x-www-form-urlencoded"> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><BR> <IMG SRC="images/AYRSlogo.gif" WIDTH="536" HEIGHT="129" ALIGN="BOTTOM" ALT="AYRS logo" BORDER="0"></P> <P> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD WIDTH="25%" VALIGN="TOP"><IMG SRC="images/AYRSbk5.gif" WIDTH="120" HEIGHT="916" ALIGN="BOTTOM" ALT="Margin Graphic" BORDER="0"></TD> <TD WIDTH="67%" VALIGN="TOP"> <P> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD WIDTH="69"> </TD> <TD><FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#000077" FACE="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif">Welcome to AYRS!</FONT></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <FONT FACE="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif"><BR> </FONT><FONT SIZE="2" FACE="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif">AYRS is dedicated to finding out how to make yachting better (faster, more fun, whatever you want it to be). Our members run from sober-sided professional yacht designers and builders to bearded eccentrics full of ideas that they cannot make work. From our members have come the winged keel, modern sailing multihulls, self-steering gear, sailboards, a flock of successful sailing hydrofoils, the World Speed Sailing Record system, etc etc. Now people are taking off with kiteboats and autogyro-sails, and the first amphibious bicycle!</FONT></P> <P><FONT SIZE="2" FACE="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif">Membership is open to anyone interested in the improvement of yachts and equipment through research and development. AYRS is a UK registered Educational Charity (No 234081)</FONT></P> <P><A HREF="http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Fishwick/ayrs.htm"><FONT SIZE="4" FACE="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif"><B>About AYRS</B></FONT></A><FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif"><B><BR> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" FACE="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif">Who are we? How does one buy back-publications? How much? How can you participate? Here's the site for answers. Includes information on joining the Society, and a list of all publications, price list and ordering information.</FONT></P> <P><A HREF="http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Fishwick/catalyst.htm"><FONT SIZE="4" FACE="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif"><B>Catalyst - a Journal of the AYRS</B></FONT></A><A HREF="http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Fishwick/ayrs.htm"><FONT FACE="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif"><BR> </FONT></A><FONT SIZE="2" FACE="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif">January 2000, AYRS launched its new Journal - <B>Catalyst - <I>"a thing acting as a stimulus in bringing about or hastening a result".</I></B> Get more information and read sample articles.</FONT><FONT FACE="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif"><BR> </FONT><A HREF="http://www.dcss.org/ayrs/TOC.html"><FONT SIZE="4" FACE="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif"><B>AYRS' Index</B></FONT></A><FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif"><B>M</B></FONT><A HREF="TOC.html"><FONT FACE="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif"><BR> </FONT></A><FONT SIZE="2" FACE="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif">Full index of every AYRS publication, 1955 to 1996. Fully keyword searchable. Links to sources to purchase all back issues.</FONT><FONT FACE="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif"><BR> </FONT><A HREF="http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Fishwick/ayrscal.htm"><FONT SIZE="4" FACE="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif"><B>AYRS Events</B></FONT></A><FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif"><B>M</B></FONT><A HREF="speedweek.html"><FONT FACE="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif"><BR> </FONT></A><FONT SIZE="2" FACE="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif">List of current and anticipated events, both those organised by AYRS and others of interest. (Contributions welcome! </FONT><A HREF="mailto:[email protected]"><FONT SIZE="2" FACE="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif">Email the AYRS Hon Secretary!</FONT></A><FONT SIZE="2" FACE="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif">) (See also </FONT><A HREF="http://www.dcss.org/speedweek/WSSR_regs.html"><FONT SIZE="2" FACE="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif">Speedsailing Rules</FONT></A><FONT SIZE="2" FACE="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif"> and </FONT><A HREF="http://www.dcss.org/speedweek/FAQs.html"><FONT SIZE="2" FACE="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif">Frequently Asked Questions</FONT></A><FONT SIZE="2" FACE="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif">)</FONT><FONT FACE="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif"><BR> </FONT><A HREF="http://www.dcss.org/ayrs/newsltrs/"><FONT SIZE="4" FACE="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif"><B>AYRS Newsletters are now online!</B></FONT></A><FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif"><B>M</B></FONT><A HREF="newsltrs/"><FONT FACE="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif"><BR> </FONT></A><FONT SIZE="2" FACE="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif">AYRS is carrying their Official newsletter on the World Wide Web. AYRS members receive these on paper in the months indicated. You can get back issues here!</FONT><FONT FACE="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif"><BR> </FONT><A HREF="http://www.dcss.org/ayrs/AYRSpubs/"><FONT SIZE="4" FACE="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif"><B>AYRS Back Publications</B></FONT></A><FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif"><B>M</B></FONT><A HREF="AYRSpubs/"><FONT FACE="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif"><BR> </FONT></A><FONT SIZE="2" FACE="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif">Learn how to find, search, and order more than 120 of our archived publications!</FONT><FONT FACE="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif"><BR> </FONT><A HREF="http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~fsinc/yachts/photos/index.htm"><FONT SIZE="4" FACE="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif"><B>Photo gallery</B></FONT></A><FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif"><B>M</B></FONT><A HREF="http://www.webstrand.org/yachts/photos/index.shtml"><FONT FACE="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif"><BR> </FONT></A><FONT SIZE="2" FACE="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif">A series of "Those Wonderful Men and Their Flying (Sailing) Machines." From the AYRS Speedweeks, 1995, 1996 and 1997.</FONT><FONT FACE="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif"><BR> </FONT><A HREF="http://www.dcss.org/Savineau/"><FONT SIZE="4" FACE="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif"><B>Cedric Savineau's Speed Sailing site</B></FONT></A><FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif"><B>M</B></FONT><A HREF="../Savineau/"><FONT FACE="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif"><BR> </FONT></A><FONT SIZE="2" FACE="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif">Cedric Savineau created a well known speed sailing website while a student at MIT. Upin his graduation, the University eventually deleted this great resourse. It's back, updated, with new photos, specifications and articles on the boats. Check it out!</FONT><FONT FACE="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif"><BR> </FONT><A HREF="http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Fishwick/ayrs.htm"><FONT SIZE="4" FACE="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif"><B>Questions about AYRS?</B></FONT></A><FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif"><B>M</B></FONT><A HREF="http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Fishwick/ayrs.htm"><FONT FACE="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif"><BR> </FONT></A><FONT SIZE="2" FACE="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif">Who are we? How does one buy back-publications? How much? How can you participate? Here's the site for answers.</FONT></P> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><A HREF="http://www.dcss.org/joinAYRS.html"><FONT SIZE="4" FACE="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif"><B>Join AYRS!</B></FONT></A></P> <P><FONT SIZE="2" FACE="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif">Questions? Suggestions? Ideas for links? 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