The Nancy Blackett Trust http://nancyblackett.org - caring for Arthur Ransome's Nancy Blackett Tue, 13 Jul 2010 22:58:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=8043 Grounded! Nancy’s night on a mudbank – dramatic photo http://nancyblackett.org/site/2010/07/12/grounded-nancys-night-on-a-mudbank-dramatic-photo/ http://nancyblackett.org/site/2010/07/12/grounded-nancys-night-on-a-mudbank-dramatic-photo/#comments Mon, 12 Jul 2010 22:41:06 +0000 Nancy Blackett Trust http://nancyblackett.org/?p=765 Nancy Blackett spent a large part of last weekend aground after inadvertently encountering a mudbank in the River Alde, near Iken. She was on her way to Snape Maltings, and missed a channel withy close to Iken church at around 1245 on Saturday. Skipper Richard Wainwright remained aboard, having sent the rest [...] Related posts:
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]]> http://nancyblackett.org/site/2010/07/12/grounded-nancys-night-on-a-mudbank-dramatic-photo/feed/ 2 Nancy’s Round the Island – the full story: results, statistics, cake http://nancyblackett.org/site/2010/06/26/nancy%e2%80%99s-round-the-island-%e2%80%93-the-full-story-results-statistics-cake/ http://nancyblackett.org/site/2010/06/26/nancy%e2%80%99s-round-the-island-%e2%80%93-the-full-story-results-statistics-cake/#comments Fri, 25 Jun 2010 23:31:04 +0000 PeterWillis http://nancyblackett.org/?p=756

The most dramatic episode in Nancy Blackett's Round the Island adventure actually occurred during the preceding night, when our mooring – on a buoy out in the  Cowes Roads – started to drag. The wind had got up, it was raining hard (in contrast to the weather on both the day before [...] Related posts:

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]]> http://nancyblackett.org/site/2010/06/26/nancy%e2%80%99s-round-the-island-%e2%80%93-the-full-story-results-statistics-cake/feed/ 2 Nancy Blackett: Homeward Bound http://nancyblackett.org/site/2010/06/23/nancy-blackett-homeward-bound/ http://nancyblackett.org/site/2010/06/23/nancy-blackett-homeward-bound/#comments Wed, 23 Jun 2010 19:38:13 +0000 Nancy Blackett Trust http://nancyblackett.org/?p=755 Fresh from her circumnavigation of the Isle of Wight in the Round the Island Race, the Nancy Blackett is making good progress on her journey back to the East Coast.

Following a changeover day on Sunday at Hamble, Nancy Blackett and her crew left there at 9.45AM on Monday, arriving at Brighton [...] Related posts:

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]]> http://nancyblackett.org/site/2010/06/23/nancy-blackett-homeward-bound/feed/ 0 Nancy Blackett completes Round the Island Race http://nancyblackett.org/site/2010/06/19/nancy-blackett-completes-round-the-island-race/ http://nancyblackett.org/site/2010/06/19/nancy-blackett-completes-round-the-island-race/#comments Sat, 19 Jun 2010 18:46:59 +0000 Nancy Blackett Trust http://nancyblackett.org/?p=754 Nancy Blackett completed the 2010 J.P. Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race earlier today in a time of 12:24:37, crossing the finishing line at Cowes, Isle of Wight at 17:34:37.

Entered in the Traditional Gaffers class, the Nancy Blackett came 8th out of nine finishers and twelve entrants. The oldest boat [...] Related posts:

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