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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...
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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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Nancy Blackett back in commission
Over the May Bank Holiday weekend Trust members ‘recommissioned’ Nancy Blackett after her long winter lay-up and extensive restoration work, writes Peter Willis… Saturday saw a team of Trust members transfer everything moveable, including bunk...
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A cluster of Nancy Blackett Anniversaries
Thirty years ago this month – on Easter Saturday 1996 (April 5th that year, as it happens) a small item in Signals, the Arthur Ransome Society’s newsletter, caught the eye of one of its members....
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Winter work on Nancy Blackett continues
The major refurbishment of Arthur Ransome’s Nancy Blackett – now in its third winter – is continuing at Harry King’s Pin Mill boatyard. Currently work is focused on the interior of the bow area where...
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The Nancy Blackett book that started it all
The Nancy Blackett book that started it all is Roger Wardale’s Nancy Blackett: Under Sail with Arthur Ransome, and you now the chance to buy one of two rare copies of it. Published in 1991,...
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Time to top up your winter reading?
Grab some book bargains in our January Sale and help support Nancy Blackett! We’ve been busy sorting out our stockroom and have unearthed previous-edition copies of some of Arthur Ransome’s classic titles – which are...
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