Earlier this morning Dame Ellen MacArthur, Patron of the Nancy Blackett Trust, crossed the finish line near Singapore at the end of the eleventh and final leg of the inaugural Asian Record Circuit, having established thirteen records between various ports in south-east Asia. With an international crew onboard the trimaran B&Q, including sailors from France, […]
The Nancy Blackett Trust’s Patron Dame Ellen MacArthur has been voted France’s favourite European Personality, ahead of people like Luciano Pavarotti, Michael Schumacher, The Pope and HM Queen Elizabeth II. The survey was conducted by IFOP, which interviewed 1,005 people on April 27th and 28th. Ellen also was voted the favourite personality by French men, […]
Ten years after the launch of the original appeal for funds to purchase and preserve Arthur Ransome’s boat Nancy Blackett, the Nancy Blackett Trust is opening a new fund designed to secure the future of the historic vessel. The aim is to create a reserve fund ready to meet any unforeseen emergency repairs, or more […]
2006 is a year of special anniversaries, including the 75th anniversary of the building of Nancy Blackett, and the 10th anniversary of the launch of the original Nancy Blackett Appeal, which led to the formation of the Nancy Blackett Trust. The two key events planned to celebrate these anniversaries are a special Gala AGM, to […]
A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all our members and visitors.
Double celebrations are in order next year, as not only does Nancy Blackett celebrate her 75th anniversary, but it is also the 10th anniversary of the Nancy Blackett Appeal, which resulted in the purchase of Nancy and the formation of the present Trust. Various celebratory events and activities are being planned, details of which will […]
Ellen MacArthur is taking a couple of months off sailing (for the first time in 8 years) to take part in a birdlife survey at the island of South Georgia with biologist Sally Poncet, and to publicise the plight of albatrosses, with 19 of the 21 speices reported to be in danger of extinction. After […]
The Nancy Blackett Trust's Patron Ellen MacArthur has won more awards from the BBC. During a brief journey home earlier this month, she managed to pick up two titles at the BBC East Midlands Sports Awards – Sportswoman of the Year and Sports Personality of the Year. She also narrowly missed out on winning last […]
The fastest sailor around the world is now the fastest Star in a Reasonably Priced Car. Ellen MacArtur, Patron of the Nancy Blackett Trust, saw off fifty-nine other celebrities on the BBC’s Top Gear show yesterday when she posted the fastest lap time of them all. Ellen was invited to take the challenge in a […]
Nancy Blackett features in this evening’s episode of Meridian TV’s ‘River Walks’, hosted by Charlie Dimmock. Tonight’s programme focuses on the River Arun, and includes a section on Hillyards, the Littlehampton boatbuilder where Nancy Blackett was built. Nancy happened to be there herself when the programme was being filmed – revisiting her birthplace for the […]
Ship’s Boy Mark Jacobson joins Nancy Blackett on an expedition to Secret Water. On many occasions Nancy has met with Privateers. Not that this has been in any way a problem to her: although boarded by such, they always have an official ‘letter of marque’ authorising their activities, signed by no less a personage than […]
Following the release in March by the National Records Office of two reconstituted government files concerning Arthur Ransome’s years in Russia, the BBC commissioned a documentary film which Griff Rhys Jones investigated whether Ransome was a British spy or a Bolshevik sympathiser during the Russian Revolution in 1917. Griff Rhys Jones also tracked down the […]
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