Tad - going to TAYC any time you want to sail is nice for you and the folks with contacts, but doesn't help anybody who wants to join the sport and doesn't have those contacts or the scratch to join such a club in the first place. Doesn't help grow the base of sailors, and contributes to the sailing as a rich person's game notion.
Keith, the whole point of that tirade was to point out that even though some areas may seem "closed for public use", a simple act of making personal contact with the person(s) responsible for the property can get you a long way.
I didn't name-drop any of my friends' names, and I'm almost positive that they didn't remember me from 15 years ago
