3 The Amateur Yacht Research Society 4 Editorial (January 1974 Edition) 5 Introduction 5 The Facilities of Self Steering Gears 8 Self Steering Today 13 The Behaviour of a Monohull Sailing Boat 15 Natural Self Steering and Tuning Techniques 19 Vane Gear Test (A note on the measurement ofa Vane-steered 5-ton Cruiser) [ di John Hogg ] 19 The History ofSelf Steering 21 The Model Yachtsmen 24 The Classification of Self Steering Gears 25 Sheet to Tiller Gears 30 Downwind Rigs 30 Self Steering with a Squaresail 31 The Twin Headsail Rigs 32 The Value of Twins 33 The Fenger Gill Twins 37 Self Steering with the Weather Twin [ di Frederic A. 'Fritz' Fenger ] 40 DVARA'S sailing with “The Weather-Twin” [ di Stanley Bradfield ] 44 Self Steering with the Weather Twin [ di Stanley Bradfield ] 45 Vane Gears 46 A Self Steering Device [ di H. Hambley Tregoning ] 50 The “Moving Carriage Gear” 51 The Vane Design 52 The Rudder Design 52 The Model Sailing Technique 55 Vane Steering for Full Sized Yachts 59 “Harriet”, the Third Hand on Mick the Miller 64 The Design Principles of Full Sizes Vane Gears 69 A SImplified “Mill” Gear [ di John Morwood ] 72 The Henderson Gears 84 The “Quartermaster” Gear [ di H. K. Wilkes ] 89 The Gyroscopic Gear 89 The Pen Duick Gear and the Gunning Modification [ di M. F. Gunning ] 93 The A.Y.R.S. Gear [ di John Morwood ] 94 The Burrough Gear 97 The Morwood Gear 98 The Herbert Gear 100 The Hydraulic Gear 101 The “Automate” Wind Vane Steering Gear [ di J. R. Flewitt ] 102 [Mail] [ di Bill Howell ] 104 Comparison of the work of the Horizontally and Vertically pivoted Vanes [ di Jock Burrough ] 106 The Horizontal Axis of Rotation [ di Tom Herbert ] 106 Gears Using Horizontally Pivoted Vanes 107 The Burrough Mark I Gear [ di John Morwood ] 108 The A.Y.R.S. Gear (Burrough Mark I) 110 Quantock Marine Enterprises Horizontal Axis Self Steering Gear [ di Peter Board ] 113 The Q.M.E. in the Atlantic 113 M.N.O.P. Gear 116 The Aries Gear [ di John Morwood ] 122 The Hydrovane Steering Unit 126 The “Atoms” Gear 126 “Polaris” Self Steering 126 Batutstyr Gear 128 Vane Gears for Commercial Production 131 Found in the New Zealand Magazine “Sea Spray” 132 The Mudie Gear [ di Colin Mudie ] 134 A Differential Gear [ di P. A. Townsend ] 134 Vertically Pivoted Vanes 135 Self-Steering a 26-Ton Ketch [ di S. L. Seaton ] 139 [Letter from Derek Fawcett to John Morwood] [ di Derek Fawcett ] 141 Letter from John Morwood to Derek Fawcett. Dated 17th July 1969] [ di John Morwood ] 142 [Letter from Derek Fawcett to John Moorwood] [ di Derek Fawcett ] 143 [Letter from Gregory Maue Jr.] [ di Gregory, Jr. Maue ] 144 Self Steering [ di Jock Burrough ] 145 Self Steering for Multihulls 145 The Behaviour of a Multihull Sailing Boat [ di Tom Herbert ] 147 The Tuning of Multihulls 148 Self Techniques for Multihull Yachts 150 Multihull Surfing 154 The Multihull “Breakaway” [ di Jock Burrough ] 155 Vane Gear and Multihulls 155 [Letter from John Hogg to John Moorwood Dated 14th March 1967] [ di John Hogg ] 158 Self Steering Gear [Letter from Nat Barnardiston to the Editor] [ di Nat Barnardiston ] 158 [Letter from Jock Burrough to John Morwood] [ di Jock Burrough ] 161 Self Steering Gears in Ocean Racing 165 Summary [ di Michael Ellison ] 167 Coming Developments 167 _
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Bradfield, Stanley ( - ) Bradfield, Stanley ( - ) Bradfield, Stanley
Herbulot, Jean-Jacques ( - ) Herbulot, Jean-Jacques ( - ) Herbulot, Jean-Jacques
Gianoli, Marcel ( - ) Gianoli, Marcel ( - ) Gianoli, Marcel
Morwood, John ( - ) Morwood, John ( - ) Morwood, John
Quantock Marine Enterprises, ( - ) Quantock Marine Enterprises, ( - ) Quantock Marine Enterprises,
Fawcett, Derek ( - ) Fawcett, Derek ( - ) Fawcett, Derek
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