Intro; Preface; Organizing Committees; Contents; Part I Sails and Software for Autonomous Sailing; An Alternative Wing Sail Concept for Small Autonomous Sailing Craft; 1 Introduction; 2 Design Development; 3 Evaluation Approach; 3.1 Computational Fluid Dynamics; 3.2 Wind Tunnel Testing; 3.3 Velocity Prediction Program (VPP); 3.4 Sea Trials; 4 Discussion; 5 Future Recommendations; References; Correlation of Velocity Prediction Program for Small Autonomous Sailboats; 1 Introduction; 2 Approach; 3 Results; 4 Discussion; 5 Future Recommendations; References

APASailâ#x80;#x94;An Agent-Based Platform for Autonomous Sailing Research and Competition1 Introduction; 2 Related Work; 3 APASail; 4 Simulation Case Study; 5 Conclusion and Future Work; References; A Component-Based C++ Communication Middleware for an Autonomous Robotic Sailboat; 1 Introduction; 2 ISE Middleware; 3 A-Tirma's Communication Infrastructure; 4 Conclusions; References; Part II Navigation and Anti-collision Algorithms; Voter Based Control System for Collision Avoidance and Sailboat Navigation; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Related Work; 1.2 ASPire Project; 2 Voter Based Architecture

2.1 Core Sailing Voters2.2 Collision Avoidance; 3 Results; 4 Conclusion and Future Work; References; An Attractor/Repellor Approach to Autonomous Sailboat Navigation; 1 Introduction; 2 Navigation by Attractors and Repellors; 3 Computing Ideal Heading; 4 Using VMG and Magnetic Waypoints; 5 Special-Case Navigation; 6 Navigation Simulations; 7 Future Work; References; Chase, No Straighter: COLREG Compliant Anti-collision Manoeuvres for Crossing Situations; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Anti-collision Regulations; 1.2 Colregs for Autonomous Vessels; 2 Algorithm for ``Human'' Collision Avoidance

2.1 Which Rule to Apply2.2 The Chasing Strategy for Conflict Situations (Rule 15); 2.3 Calculation of New Course and New Way Points; 3 Results and Discussion; 3.1 Limitations; 4 Conclusion; References