http://www.arthur-ransome.org/forum This is the Arthur Ransome society's message Forum. To post to this forum you must be a member of the Arthur Ransome society and have logged into the site using your username and password. If you are a member and do not have a username and password, please send your name, address and membership number to 'tarsnet@arthur-ransome.org' daily 1 2008-09-12T10:08:46Z http://www.arthur-ransome.org/forum/tars-general-discussion/728746161/927664652/view I paid £500 for my 1953 clinker dinghy, Titty Walker, with a trailer (could use a better one) so apart from the film connection I'd reckon it should go for ... 2010-03-13T18:46:54Z Comment http://www.arthur-ransome.org/forum/tars-general-discussion/14769631/56131602/view The ISP's server on which TarBoard is hosted has been attacked by a defacer. About 300 sites have been defaced (in this case the home pages have been replaced ... 2010-03-13T16:22:29Z Comment http://www.arthur-ransome.org/forum/tars-general-discussion/14769631/941576057/view Aye. She's been taken aback on a lee shore, for sure. 2010-03-13T13:44:48Z Comment http://www.arthur-ransome.org/forum/the-books/405112096/474992661/view My granny once commented that in a Broads yacht you could cook your breakfast whilst sitting on the toilet, it was so cramped. 2010-03-13T13:44:12Z Comment http://www.arthur-ransome.org/forum/tars-general-discussion/728746161/190455124/view Right then, I can put away my cash then! But I will contribute a garage space, some elbow grease, some varnish, a car with a towbar.... She's ... 2010-03-13T13:42:50Z Comment http://www.arthur-ransome.org/forum/tars-general-discussion/728746161/654765452/view We could then rent her out to the BBC for their movie if it happens. Robin 2010-03-13T13:01:01Z Comment http://www.arthur-ransome.org/forum/the-books/405112096/50469371/view I like that Rob, has anyone read any camping books of the 30s to see how they suggested handling this issue. Robin 2010-03-13T12:58:50Z Comment http://www.arthur-ransome.org/forum/tars-general-discussion/14769631/988442079/view Likewise, maybe she encountered a water spout, or a hawk got the pigeons. Must be some technical glitch, or they have not put a shilling in the meter. ... 2010-03-13T12:56:26Z Comment http://www.arthur-ransome.org/forum/tars-general-discussion/14769631/953839118/view It looks like Tarboard has struck Pike Rock and sunk!  I haven't been able to get on board today.  Has anyone else had any difficulty in 'boarding' ... 2010-03-13T00:21:55Z Comment http://www.arthur-ransome.org/forum/the-books/405112096/212458479/view Does anyone remember the book "Let's be Broad Minded" by Dennis Rooke, written in 1948, about a sailing week on the Broads. I bought a copy when I was about 10 ... 2010-03-12T21:50:08Z Comment http://www.arthur-ransome.org/forum/tars-general-discussion/728746161/461633384/view Magnus - on balance, I'm inclined to agree with you. TARS currently has  nearly £50k in reserves, but it's not so much about buying it as where you ... 2010-03-12T21:40:02Z Comment http://www.arthur-ransome.org/forum/tars-general-discussion/797106195/122178480/view Thanks Rob, owing to shipping costs Ike Stephenson who is donating the books in memory of his father Capt Ike lll , felt he had to limit it to TARSUS at least ... 2010-03-12T16:53:24Z Comment http://www.arthur-ransome.org/forum/tars-general-discussion/728746161/318702515/view I would really like to see TARS or the NBT bid for her, and am happy to put my money where my mouth is. I'd like to see her go to a home whereby she is kept ... 2010-03-11T22:39:12Z Comment http://www.arthur-ransome.org/forum/tars-general-discussion/797106195/85083232/view Robin - I'd guess this applies only to US Juniors for many reasons. Could I put it into Outlaw though - due out mid April. Deirdre - I'm also ... 2010-03-11T20:46:26Z Comment http://www.arthur-ransome.org/forum/tars-general-discussion/728746161/818841669/view As most of you are aware by now Swallow from the movie is on the auction block, I wonder if TARS will bid for her. ... 2010-03-11T16:56:28Z Comment http://www.arthur-ransome.org/forum/tars-general-discussion/797106195/195074223/view That is great news. Don't forget Deidre as a TARSUS junior you can win a full set of the Swallows and Amazons Books all 12 copies by writing an essay as ... 2010-03-10T22:04:59Z Comment http://www.arthur-ransome.org/forum/tars-general-discussion/797106195/939061112/view I was researching the history of semaphore for a project in school, and I was reading about non-maritime uses. It said something about it being used in books ... 2010-03-10T15:50:25Z Comment http://www.arthur-ransome.org/forum/the-tars-website/990378433/963242122/view >Why would they want to invade our site? A question and assumption I've made myself in the past, typically in the context of not adding security to a ... 2010-03-09T18:15:00Z Comment http://www.arthur-ransome.org/forum/the-tars-website/990378433/952491953/view The AusTARS website has two parts; one is accessible to anyone at all.  The second part requires the use of a username and password to get entry.  ... 2010-03-09T02:19:38Z Comment http://www.arthur-ransome.org/forum/the-tars-website/990378433/593660980/view NBT link    http://www.nancyblackett.org/  2010-03-08T22:51:05Z Comment