Amateur Yacht Research Society
- Amateur Yacht Research Society
The Amateur Yacht Research Society or AYRS is a nonprofit organization headquartered in the UK and with an international membership. The purpose of the AYRS is to improve the sport of yachting, by making yachts faster, safer, easier, or better in any way. The AYRS is a UK registered Educational Charity, and it is headed by the Duke of Edinburgh. Since the AYRS membership is international, much of the discussion between members has been via mailing list and is currently held primarily in a Yahoo! [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ayrs/ discussion group] .
External links
* [http://www.ayrs.org/ AYRS homepage]
* [http://www.messingaboutinboats.com/archives/mbissuenovember99.html Messing About in Boats article] on AYRS Boat Design Symposium at Newport, RI, Sept. 1999
* [http://www.intute.ac.uk/socialsciences/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=PORT975602065 Intuite] education and research directory record for the AYRS
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