Holland 2017

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Dispatches from Middelburg

by Nancy Blackett

The latest message that we received from skipper Richard Wainwright earlier today: “Nancy Blackett is now moored in the centre of Middelburg alongside Wildcat. We had a stormy passage down the canal with 40 knot gusting wind astern and 5 opening bridges to pass through. We found we could hold her almost stationary with reverse engine […]

Nancy Blackett has arrived safely in Holland

by Nancy Blackett

Nancy Blackett safely completed her cross-Channel voyage earlier today (5th June), arriving at Vlissingen at 1PM BST after having sailed most of the way, in time for lunch with the Trust’s Chairman Roger Sturge. The dispatch received from skipper Richard Wainwright read: “We arrived safely in the outer harbour of Vlissingen at about 1pm BST […]

‘2017 Year of Literary Heroes’ to celebrate Arthur Ransome

by Nancy Blackett

Visit England has declared 2017 the ‘Year of Literary Heroes’, highlighting anniversaries of great writers, including Arthur Ransome, who died 50 years ago in 1967 – and Suffolk’s Shotley Peninsula, which features in two of his books, and where his famous yacht Nancy Blackett is based, is joining in with gusto. Pin Mill, the peninsula’s […]

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