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 …
This summer Nancy Blackett went on an epic eight-week sailing adventure in Holland, following her commemorative departure in a 40-boat flotilla from the Royal Harwich Yacht Club. Here are the stories of the 4th and …
In Peter Willis’ final report from his week onboard Nancy Blackett, he writes… We’re on the train back to Hook of Holland and John Millward and his crew are now aboard Nancy Blackett. Yesterday (Friday) …
Peter Willis sheds some light on the most recent adventures of Nancy Blackett and her crew… Following Wednesday’s cracking sail on the Oosterschelde, we enjoyed a convivial drink with fellow Brits John and Margaret from …
Today we had our best sail of the week so far for the current Nancy Blackett crew, which we’ve dubbed the Riddle of the Sands passage, or possibly the Riddle of the Middle, writes Peter …
For our mid-week round-up of the fourth week of Nancy Blackett’s Dutch adventure, we received the following missive from Peter Willis, President of the Nancy Blackett Trust: “It was too windy to sail on Sunday, so …
