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. Her final two weeks in Holland started out benignly enough, but the voyage back to England concluded in a way that no-one could have foreseen… Nancy Blackett’s penultimate […]
At the end of her penultimate week in Zeeland, skipper John Dixon reveals how Nancy Blackett once again worked her magic… On Thursday we awoke to torrential rain. With a force 7 gale forecast for later in the day, we just had a short but delightful 3-sail reach to Goes in flat seas and sunshine. […]
In the latest update from Nancy Blackett, Barry Goldbourne writes… On a sunny Wednesday we got underway early from lovely Zierikzee in an easterly force 4 wind. We motored backwards under the Zeelandbrug, letting the flood-tide take us slowly through, before heading to Yerseke for the seafood. With the mainsail reduced in F6 squalls, having […]
Nancy Blackett’s penultimate week in Holland got off to a leisurely start, writes crewman Barry Goldbourne… Our new crew took over a great-looking Nancy Blackett at midday on Saturday, spending a leisurely afternoon in Middelburg after a 5.00am start to arrive in Holland. In the evening we had a lovely meal with the crew of […]
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