The new October/November 2017 issue of Classic Sailor magazine includes a six-page feature article about Nancy Blackett’s summer trip to the Netherlands. Classic Sailor is available in the shops from today (October 6th). And for Suffolk members, Nancy Blackett Trust President Peter Willis will be on BBC Radio Suffolk on Monday (October 9th) as the […]
Sophie Neville, President of the Arthur Ransome Society and “Titty Walker” in the 1974 “Swallows and Amazons” film, spent a week sailing Nancy Blackett in Dutch waters earlier this summer. Here’s the second half of her story… Nancy Blackett, the 28-foot cutter that Arthur Ransome bought with Spanish gold, as he called his royalties from […]
Sophie Neville, President of the Arthur Ransome Society and “Titty Walker” in the 1974 “Swallows and Amazons” film, spent a week sailing Nancy Blackett in Dutch waters earlier this summer. Here’s the first part of her story… This summer, I grabbed the chance to sail Arthur Ransome’s favourite little ship, the Nancy Blackett. If you recognise […]
The Selina King exhibition at Anthony Cullen’s Pin Mill Studio was featured in the June edition of “Essential Suffolk”. The feature article, “Arthur Ransome: an East Coast Celebration”, was written by Anne Gould and tells the story of how the exhibition was created. It also explores Arthur Ransome’s connections to Pin Mill, including Nancy Blackett, Selina […]
Nancy Blackett is featured in the Autumn edition of “Discover Greater Anglia”, the quarterly free magazine available from Greater Anglia trains. The feature article, “Arthur’s Anglia”, was written by Christina Hardyment and explores Arthur Ransome’s connections to East Anglia, including Nancy Blackett and “We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea”. You can read it here by: […]
A marathon reading of Arthur Ransome’s classic story “Swallows and Amazons” will be happening in Coniston this Sunday (3rd September), to mark the end of a summer-long series of celebrations commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of his death. The free event will take place on the shore of Coniston just north of the Coniston Boating Centre and […]
With Griff Rhys Jones, Libby Purves, Sophie Neville and more… including you? Arthur Ransome’s “We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea” is absolutely key to both our own purpose in the Nancy Blackett Trust and his period in Suffolk during which it was written – so what better way to conclude the summer of Ransome […]
Arthur Ransome’s Selina King is now back in the United Kingdom, writes Peter Willis. Her owner, Martin Pollard, collected her from Southampton Dock yesterday (9th August) and she was transported by road to storage in West Sussex. Selina King was built for Arthur Ransome by Harry King & Sons of Pin Mill in 1938. She […]
The Nancy Blackett Trust’s Sailing Secretary, John Smith, reports… “Had a message from Nancy Blackett at sea this morning off the entrance to the river Deben: “Approaching Bawdsey at 0825. 6.2 knots over ground. ETA Woolverstone 1130. A little wind, hardly enough to fill sails. Flat calm. Occasional light shower.” And an hour later… “More […]
The Nancy Blackett Trust’s Sailing Secretary, John Smith, updates us on the last leg Nancy’s homeward voyage… “I checked Nancy Blackett out yesterday after our engineer left and approved that was it now OK to her sail again. “Since then, with a fresh crew comprising Skipper Neil, Mate Simon and the Trust’s Chairman Roger Sturge, […]
The Nancy Blackett Trust’s President Peter Willis and Chairman Roger Sturge spent a fairly ‘interesting but ultimately frustrating’Â Saturday afternoon at the Royal Norfolk and Suffolk Yacht Club in Lowestoft investigating the cause of Nancy Blackett’s recent engine failure. Following further inspections during the week repairs have since been made and tests successfully run. With favourable […]
A historic yacht reputed to be favourite of “Swallows and Amazons” author Arthur Ransome has been rescued by a Lowestoft crew after her engine failed off the Suffolk coast, writes Stuart Anderson in the Eastern Daily Press. A historic yacht reputed to be favourite of “Swallows and Amazons” author Arthur Ransome has been rescued by […]
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