South Coast members of the Nancy Blackett Trust will have a major chance to sail on Nancy Blackett in their local waters in late May and early June, when we attend the TARS International AGM at the YMCA’s Fairthorne Manor centre near Botley, during the Spring Bank Holiday (May 25th-28th). This will be followed by the OGA’s Yarmouth Festival (June 1st-3rd), before hopefully visiting Poole and Weymouth, returning to the East Coast mid-June. Further details of events will be published when available.

Principal Events for 2007

May 25th-28th – TARS IAGM, Upper Hamble/YMCA Fairthorne Manor, Botley, Hampshire
– Talk (“Ransome In, and Around, the Solent”) by Peter Willis, NBT Chairman, evening of Fri 25th
– Nancy Blackett open to visitors on the afternoons of Sat 26th/Sun 27th
– Nancy Blackett available for sailing before and after the AGM

May 28th-31st – River Hamble, Hampshire
– Nancy Blackett available for short family sails, or longer ones

June 1st-3rd – Yarmouth, Isle of Wight
– OGA Yarmouth Festival

June 4th-24th – Poole/Weymouth/East Coast
– Long-distance voyages to Poole and Weymouth (subject to demand, availability and confirmation) before returning to the East Coast

July 7th – Annual General Meeting, Royal Harwich Yacht Club, Woolverstone, Suffolk

July 25th-29th – Dutch Classic Yacht Regatta, Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands
– A popular event in 2003, we may return this year (voyage cancelled due to poor weather)

August 24th-27th – Sail de Ruyter, Vlissingen, Netherlands
– This year marking the 400th anniversary of Michiel de Ruyter (who invaded Chatham in 1667) with a classics feeder race from Oostende (subject to crew availability and favourable weather)

September 8th-9th – Maritime Woodbridge, Woodbridge, Suffolk
– an annual celebration of Woodbridge’s maritime and riverside heritage from Anglo-Saxon times to the present day.