When I try to connect to http://www.ayrs.org/ the connection is refused - anyone know why? I have managed from the same computer, the same OS, the same web...
Web site seems to be down at the moment ________________________________ From: ayrs@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ayrs@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Tord Eriksson ...
The website is indeed down - see http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/5400256.stm. (Briefly: the website is hosted by Demon, one of the longer-standing, and...
Czesc (=Hello) Ian Thanks for link to Windrigger project. I should remember your name as I visited this excellent page before. Sorry for not answering, I've...
I was at Weymouth Speedweek with Josephine last Wednesday. Lots of activity afloat, espeicially kite and sailboards. Excellent series of short talks at the...
Gooday Janusz I am very impressed by your proa and the large effort and courage you must have devoted to creating the craft showed in file 6. Its going to...
Today the solar catamaran Sun21 will start its journey from Basel, Switz. to New York. I'm going to the sendoff and will go along the first mile or so on...
http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2005/MAIR/mai r222.aspx The above website reports a tragety that occured in the sea strait between...
Every motor boat should carry a kite stowed as safety gear. you can always get back with one. - Dave Culp has many interesting stories to tell. Robert Downhill...
... When one reads the accident report it is evdent that the design was awfully inadvecate, and even worse manufactured. That there had been not a single swamp...
Hello, We will keep the boat here in Port Saint Louis and we will organise next year a big "rendez vous" for creative multihull and if possible a competition...
G'day, Have you ever wondered what the fastest rig and hull would be if there was a limit on sail area, but everything else was open? cat, tri, foiler, planing...
... I can only offer vapourware, I'm afraid. I have neither the time nor the money to develop a new type of ofshore racer. If I did, the concept that would...
G'day, I too would be interested to see some amaran reports. Pity you can't put one together, as it would be interesting to compare it to the proa. I am not...
Much discussion takes place about different sails, lift to drag ratios, efficiency of rigs and many other points about sailing, but there is not very much...
... I don't know much myself but I heartily recommend reading Bethwaite. Part 1 of High Performance Sailing is all about wind and how it varies. Cheers, Dave...
Dave Howorth
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... Here's an example plot: http://www.speedsailing.com/Results_windspeed_5_october_1998.htm Cheers, Dave Culp...
Having spent many (many!) hours watching recording anemometers run while gathering data, I can tell you that both velocity and direction change, all the time....
Hello AYRS team, Let's present myself. During 1998-2000, when I was naval architect student I do my final project on a sailing machine for breaking speed...
Nice try but as the 'flag' is in line with the propellor its impossible to say if the vehicle is travelling faster than the wind or generating/interfering with...
Have another look, Tom. The flag is actually on a long thin "flagpole" which is cantilevered far to one side of the turbine blades (away from the camera). ...
Your paper is nothing short of astonishing, Luc. I love your cover illustration! I would give a great deal (including some cash money) if there were a version...
... I've obviously missed something. What "DTWFTTW video"? Cheers, Dave...
Dave Howorth
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Nov 21, 2006 9:00 pm
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Winds are three-dimensional, plus vortices and thermals , big and small (dust-devils to hurricane size), and jet streams, all mixed up. Normally, wind speeds...
Paid-up members of AYRS receive the quarterly journal Catalyst. The latest one has much to do with downwind faster than the wind (DDWFTTW). Among other great...
I could not down load it! Robert Downhill ... ___________________________________________________________ Tiscali Unlimited Broadband with FREE weekend calls...
Dave, We actually record the wind speed at Weymouth Speed Week every time a competitor goes over any start or finish line so we get readings every 5 to 10...
