We look after Nancy Blackett, the favourite yacht of “Swallows and Amazons” author Arthur Ransome.
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See Nancy Blackett in London this weekend at the Classic Boat Festival
Arthur Ransome’s favourite yacht Nancy Blackett will be open to visitors again this weekend (12th & 13th September) at the Classic Boat Festival in St Katherine Docks, London. The annual boating extravaganza will also see ...
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Nancy Blackett at Queenborough after all
Nancy Blackett has, after all, made it to Queenborough, Isle of Sheppey, for the Classic Boat Festival. She was sailed directly from Woolverstone, setting off at 10:38am yesterday morning and arriving at 9:02pm, and should ...
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Nancy Blackett skips Queenborough, aims for St Katherine Docks
The planned attendance by Nancy Blackett at this weekend’s Classic Boat Festival (September 5th & 6th) at Queenborough, Isle of Sheppey, has unfortunately been cancelled as the delivery passage from Woolverstone had to be aborted ...
(Read more...)Our 29th anniversary – saving Nancy Blackett since 1997
Twenty-nine years ago this week – on the 9th of June 1997 – Nancy Blackett was bought by the then ‘Nancy Blackett Appeal’. The cost, £25,000, had been raised by donations from around 350 Arthur ...
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You can visit and sail the Nancy Blackett, once owned by Swallows and Amazons author Arthur Ransome and the star of his novel We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea, the seventh book of his Swallows and Amazons series, and probably his best sailing novel.
Nancy Blackett, lightly disguised in the book as the Goblin, was named after the “Amazon” pirate girl character who featured in Swallows and Amazons.
Nancy Blackett was Arthur Ransome’s favourite yacht and is now owned by the Nancy Blackett Trust, preserving her as a living part of the Arthur Ransome heritage. Each year many Ransome fans enjoy the experience of sailing her, and many more visit her at maritime events.
Explore our website to find out more about Nancy Blackett’s history, how you can sail on her, help support her, and also discover more about the mission and work of the Nancy Blackett Trust.
More about Arthur Ransome’s East Coast
Header: Nancy Blackett on the River Orwell, 2011 (Photo: Peter Willis)
Above: Nancy Blackett at Pin Mill, 2017 (Photo: Bill Wallace-King)
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