Today was an easy day for Nancy Blackett and her new crew. Skipper Ian McGlynn writes: “We left Middelburg at the 10:15am bridge opening. At 12:15 pm we were moored in Veere and spent the afternoon exploring the town. “The seawater filter cap was loosened, cleaned and greased, the filter cleaned, and the cooker knob […]
Today was a changeover day for Nancy Blackett and crew in Middelburg, in glorious summer sunshine. Sophie Neville joins our crew for this third week, and Dutch author (and Vlissingen resident) Veronica Frenks managed to track them down this afternoon. Here’s the story in their own words and pictures: With @NancyBlackettUK in Middleberg, the Netherlands […]
Last weekend (10th/11th June) saw the 18th annual “Swamazons” event held by the East Coast area of the Old Gaffers Association. The weekend started with a welcoming cooked breakfast at the Walton and Frinton Yacht Club, before the fleet of 17 traditional sailing dinghies faced challenging blustery conditions on a sunny Saturday. The course for […]
As Nancy Blackett reaches the end of the second week of her Dutch adventure, skipper Bryan Davies concludes: “(Yesterday we) had another fine sail… in a freshening wind. We sailed under the Zeelandbrugge – looked a bit scary, does Nancy’s 13m air draft include the antenna? Then along and locked into the Veerse Meer, where […]
A panoramic video of Nancy Blackett and the Royal Harwich Yacht Club on the morning of Sunday 4th July 2017, while preparing for the Parade of Sail flotilla and her departure for the Netherlands… https://youtu.be/6aiRwNtPhow&rel=0
Watch High Water Mark perform a sea shanty at the Royal Harwich Yacht Club before the Parade of Sail flotilla on 4th June 2017:
A short update this evening on Nancy Blackett’s day from Skipper Bryan Davies: “A very pleasant sail round the Roompot today. Not that much wind but very pleasant nevertheless. In Colinsplaat for the night.”
Take the works of Arthur Ransome for inspiration, add over 200 children from eight local schools, a poet, a composer and the City of London Sinfonia and you have the “Shanties on the Shore” creative project – the results of which can be seen and heard in two concerts on Thursday 22nd June at Woolverstone […]
Nancy Blackett’s Dutch adventure continues! Just in from Skipper Bryan Davies: “Another perfect sailing day today! Â We left Wemeldinge, where they discounted our berthing (“because you have such a lovely old boat”) fairly early and sailed under the Zeelandbrugge into the Roompot. Â “We then did some general sailing around just for fun and then […]
Nancy Blackett’s continuing Dutch adventure had a distinctly land-based turn today, as Skipper Bryan Davies recounts… “Today was one of those frustrating go/no-go days. Force 5 winds with stronger gusts from our intended destination led us to decide that the prudent course was to stay in Wemeldinge. Â “The crew divided into two parties: the […]
As Nancy Blackett commences the second week of her Dutch canal adventure with a fresh crew, we received the following message earlier this evening from skipper Bryan Davies:
In case you missed it, here’s Ellen MacArthur’s message to the Nancy Blackett Trust that was presented last Saturday (3rd June) at the Trust’s 20th Anniversary AGM. In her message, Ellen said: “A short message to you all – to hope you have a wonderful time at the Royal Harwich Yacht Club, and to wish […]
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