Posted by Peter Willis on 09/26/00 from 62.136.76.132 via proxy webcache17b.cache.pol.co.uk:
In Reply to: TARS activities: Three types of TAR? posted by John Birch on September 25, 2000 at 13:11:50:
I was always told there were two types of TARS, literary and boaty, often with the implcation that they were as estranged as chalk and cheese of catholics and protestants. My experience has been quite other, and the largest constituency seems to be in the middle where people are both, though, as in your case, often latently boaty.
One of the best things TARS does, in my view, is to organise events which facilitate a gentle introduction to sailing, either in a historic boat like Cochy - recently in the Midland Region at Rudyard Lake, or using members own boats, or arranging a taster day at a local sailing club - we organised serveral of these in the South not long ago.
So I don't think you'll have long to wait for an opportunity to crop up.
And you could also consider sailing in Nancy Blackett, if you prefer a bigger boat - we organise at least one and usually more taster sessions each year.
Nancy has just been safely put to bed for this winter (friends will be relieved to hear) but we are already beginnning to plan next year's programme, which will celebrate her 70th birthday.