Arthur Ransome’s East Coast

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Arthur Ransome’s Selina King and Nancy Blackett at the NBT AGM

by Nancy Blackett

Selina King, the yacht that Arthur Ransome had built as a replacement for Nancy Blackett, visited the Nancy Blackett Trust’s AGM on Saturday, following her relaunch after an eleven-year restoration. Built by Harry King’s of Pin Mill in 1938, she recently returned there to complete the work originated in Bermuda and continued in Chichester Harbour. […]

Please vote for Selina King in the
Classic Boat Awards!

by Nancy Blackett

Arthur Ransome’s Selina King has been shortlisted for this year’s Classic Boat Awards, in the ‘Restored Sailing Vessel Under 40ft’ class. The largest and finest of Ransome’s yachts, she has been entered by King’s Boatyard of Pin Mill where she was built 85 years ago, and where she is now completing a long and complex […]

Memories to add to the third edition of The Secrets of Filming Swallows and Amazons (1974) – part three

by Nancy Blackett

Sophie Neville, star of the original Swallows and Amazons film and author of The Making of Swallows and Amazons, reveals more memories and anecdotes that will appear in the 3rd edition of her e-book The Secrets of Filming Swallows and Amazons in time for the film’s 50th anniversary in 2024. Many people have fond memories of watching the original movie of Swallows […]

Nancy Blackett is featured in this year’s Coastal Guide

by Nancy Blackett

Arthur Ransome’s favourite yacht, Nancy Blackett, is featured in this year’s Coastal Guide with a cover photo and a three-page spread. The Coastal Guide is a free annual publication that promotes various destinations, activities and facilities on the East Coast, and is distributed via sailing and yacht clubs, marinas, chandleries, brokerages, bars, restaurants and other […]

Happy 80th birthday Selina King!

by Nancy Blackett

Today, September 25th, 2018, marks the 80th anniversary of the launch of Arthur Ransome’s Selina King at Harry King’s yard in Pin Mill. The largest and finest of Ransome’s sea-going yachts, she was commissioned as a replacement for his Nancy Blackett. She was designed by Fred Shepherd, who came up with a handsome 35ft double-ended […]

Introducing the Selina King Exhibition Catalogue and Greetings Card

by Nancy Blackett

On the first anniversary of the Selina King Exhibition at Pin Mill, we are pleased to announce the publication of the exhibition’s catalogue, as well as a commemorative greetings card. The Exhibition Catalogue not only includes half-page reproductions of Arthur Ransome’s photographs of the build and launch of Selina King, but also an introduction and background notes, […]

We Did Mean to Go to Zeeland – Nancy Blackett in the Netherlands, by Peter Willis

by Nancy Blackett

To celebrate a multiple anniversary, Arthur Ransome’s Nancy Blackett retraced his (and his fictional Goblin’s) wake across the North Sea to Flushing – and stayed to explore the local waterways, as told in this special article written by Peter Willis, President of the Nancy Blackett Trust, which was featured in the October/November 2017 edition of “Classic […]

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