Nancy Blackett has finally returned home following her epic Summer voyage along the south coast of England. Along the way she revisited her birthplace, Hillyards of Littlehampton, for the first time, participated in the International Fleet Review, and received many visitors at the International Festival of the Sea. Although she was unable to reach her […]
Nancy Blackett’s historic visit to Hillyard’s boatyard in Littlehampton was later covered by ‘Practical Boatowner’. The article is entitled “Nancy Comes Home” and may be read here.
Nancy Blackett’s historic visit to Hillyard’s boatyard in Littlehampton was covered in the local press. ‘Littlehampton Today’ published an article entitled “Nancy’s Amazon journey”, which may be read here.
Nancy Blackett’s epic summer voyage along the South Coast is under way, as one of the highlights of what is turning out to be a very special year, following the record-breaking circumnavigation by patron Ellen MacArthur. Trafalgar 200 and the International Festival of the Sea Nancy has been invited to participate in the International Fleet […]
Ellen MacArthur, Patron of the Nancy Blackett Trust, has broken the solo record for sailing non-stop around the world. Ms. MacArthur, a keen sailor since childhood, beat the record set last year by Francis Joyon by one day, eight hours and thirty-five minutes, in a specially-constructed tri-maran. As a result of her achievement, Ms. MacArthur […]
Nancy Blackett has gained a place in ‘Classic Boat’ magazine‘s listing of the top 200 classic boats. The list was compiled, with votes from readers, to mark the magazine’s 200th issue, cover-dated February 2005, and on sale from mid-January. Nancy Blackett is in the top half of the table, which is particularly gratifying as she […]
Helen Tew, vice-president of the Nancy Blackett Trust, and Transatlantic yachtswoman, died on November 9th 2004, aged 92. Helen was best known for her Transatlantic crossing in her boat Mary Helen, in 2000, when she was 89. She lived near Buckler’s Hard, and got to know Arthur and Evgenia Ransome in the 1950s when they […]
Nancy Blackett will participate in the following events in 2005, subject to confirmation. Anyone who wishes to bid for skippering or crewing Nancy Blackett on any sailing events, or for sailing in between them, should contact the Sailing Secretary (details are on the Contacts page). 2005 October 10th: End-of-season lift-out, Woodbridge 8th: Lift-out Social, Woodbridge […]
The Nancy Blackett is due to be brought round to Woodbridge’s Tidemill Yacht Harbour on Saturday 16th October, where her moveable equipment will be unloaded prior to her liftout at Robertson’s boatyard on Monday 18th. Assistance will be welcomed with the unloading during the day on Saturday, which will be followed by afternoon tea, cake […]
The Nancy Blackett has a new jib and a new staysail, thanks to the generosity of members of the Nancy Blackett Trust, and others. The staysail is about 50% larger than the previous sail, which Jim Andrews noticed looked undersized during the Arthur Ransome Society AGM in 2003. We checked and found that it was […]
The Nancy Blackett Trust’s Patron Ellen MacArthur is interviewed in the July/August 2004 edition of ‘E-Motion’, South West Trains’ passenger magazine. You can read the article here, or obtain the paper edition of the magazine free-of-charge from South West Trains.
The date of the Nancy Blackett Trust’s AGM has been moved to Saturday 10 July. The venue is the Royal Harwich Yacht Club, Woolverstone, Suffolk. The change of date is in order to secure the use of the club which has proved a favourite in the past, and is very convenient for organising sailing trips […]
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