We look after Nancy Blackett, the favourite yacht of "Swallows and Amazons" author Arthur Ransome.
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Mike Rines sails again31st July 2021At the end of his piece to camera for the ITV Anglia news story on Nancy Blackett at 90, ... [read more]
Memories to add to the third edition of The Secrets of Filming Swallows and Amazons (1974) – part three3rd July 2021Sophie Neville, star of the original Swallows and Amazons film and author of The Making ... [read more]
Celebrate Nancy Blackett’s 90th Anniversary with our Limited Edition Teatowel and embroidered clothing25th June 2021You can now celebrate Nancy Blackett’s 90th Anniversary with our new Limited ... [read more]
Nancy Blackett celebrates her 90th Anniversary with ITV Anglia8th June 2021Arthur Ransome’s favourite yacht, Nancy Blackett, has celebrated her 90th ... [read more]
Swallow’s flag and the bamboo fishing rods featured in the original Swallows and Amazons4th June 2021Sophie Neville takes a closer look at some of the Swallows and Amazons film props ... [read more]
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Welcome
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 her, how you can help support her, and the mission and work of the Nancy Blackett Trust.
Nancy Blackett passes Pin Mill, June 2017.
Photo: Bill Wallace-King.